Trouble is surely brewing now. Call in Al to appease the other troublemakers ? Hmm ...
I'll post links to previous articles on Al in a few minutes.
Here are some refresher pics in the meantime ...
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RYAN DONNELL / SPECIAL TO DMN
Al Lipscomb (left) shakes hands with probation
officer Ted Wheelis, who helped remove his electronic
monitoring device.
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CONRAD SCHMIDT / DMN
Al Lipscomb interrupted media
interviews to accept some cookies
from his grandson, Albert Lipscomb III.
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Lipscomb 'free and clear' - Bribery retrial wouldn't serve justice, U.S. attorney says |
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Posted by MeeknMing On 08/31/2002 8:53 AM CDT with 11 comments The Dallas Morning News ^ | August 31, 2002 | By TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News Lipscomb 'free and clear' Bribery retrial wouldn't serve justice, U.S. attorney says 08/31/2002 By TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News U.S. Attorney Jane Boyle announced Friday that she would not retry former Dallas City Council member Al Lipscomb on bribery charges, in spite of what she called overwhelming evidence of corruption. A second trial would "not serve the interests of justice," she said in a prepared statement. The decision not to retry Mr. Lipscomb, 77, comes six weeks after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed his 1999 conviction on 65 charges of accepting bribes from a... |
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Lipscomb says no to politics - Dallas Bribery Convict changes mind, has four job offers |
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Posted by MeeknMing On 07/16/2002 5:10 AM CDT with 2 comments The Dallas Morning News ^ | July 16, 2002 | By TODD BENSMAN and TIARA M. ELLIS / The Dallas Morning News Lipscomb says no to politics With legal fate unclear, ex-council member says he's weighing 4 job offers 07/16/2002 By TODD BENSMAN and TIARA M. ELLIS / The Dallas Morning News On his first day of freedom, Al Lipscomb said Monday that he would not run for public office and instead would look at four job offers. An appellate court reversed Mr. Lipscomb's 2000 bribery conviction Friday, but it wasn't until Monday that his probation officer removed the electronic monitoring bracelet he had worn for his 27 months of home confinement. With the 77-year-old still facing a decision by government... |
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Lipscomb conviction overturned - Dallas Convict Al Libscomb Gets a Pass |
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Posted by MeeknMing On 07/12/2002 8:18 PM CDT with 16 comments The Dallas Morning News ^ | July 12, 2002 | By VICTORIA LOE HICKS and TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News Lipscomb conviction overturned 07/13/2002 By VICTORIA LOE HICKS and TODD BENSMAN / The Dallas Morning News A federal appeals court set Al Lipscomb free Friday night, 27 months into the former Dallas City Council member's 41-month home confinement for taking bribes. Mr. Lipscomb, who is 77 and has a variety of health problems, greeted the news with gratitude at his southern Dallas home. "I wanted to fall on my knees and just pray," he told a WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reporter. "I'm thankful to all the people who stuck with me." Also Online Complete text of court's opinion U.S. Fifth... |
The courts had one of these will Al's name on it ...
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The other Dallas black thug is Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price ("If you want to bribe a county commissioner, be sure you consider price") fits in there somewhere. While the usual black racists are thumping the tub, Al and Price have been strangely quiet. They are usually knee jerk blacks who jump to the loud defense of ANY black under attack no matter what the facts. Their silence so far leads me to believe that the Mayor has got some real goods on Bolton.
By the way, if you watch Bolton on TV you'll swear that he is related to Gary Coleman, one of the leading candidates for the California governor's vacancy.