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Racine, Wis., Mayor Arrested On Child Porn Charge (Name that party)
CBS2 Chicago ^ | 1/14/09

Posted on 01/14/2009 10:17:04 AM PST by LdSentinal

Gary Becker, 51, Held On $165,000 Bond

Racine city officials say Mayor Gary Becker is under arrest on possible charges of child pornography and solicitation of a minor.

The 51-year-old mayor is being held in the Kenosha County Jail on $165,000 bond.

City administrator Ben Hughes says Becker was arrested on Tuesday by agents from the state Division of Criminal Investigation at a shopping mall outside of Milwaukee.

The case is under review by the Kenosha County District Attorney's office. City Council President David Maack says he got a call from the police chief shortly after midnight telling him about the arrest involving child pornography.

Maack says he was "shocked and disappointed" by the news and alerted the city's other aldermen. Maack says he'll serve as acting mayor for the time being. He was not sure what would happen if Becker could not finish his term.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: caseofthemissingd; cultureofcorruption; democrat; democratscandals; mayor; mediabias; perv; racine
He's a Democrat.
1 posted on 01/14/2009 10:17:05 AM PST by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal

That was not hard to guess! But in the eyes of the Democrat party, what he did was OK, let’s just move on!


2 posted on 01/14/2009 10:19:15 AM PST by RightWingConspirator (Swiftboating: Revealing inconvenient truths about Democrat candidates)
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To: LdSentinal
He was not sure what would happen if Becker could not finish his term.

Uh, special election?......

3 posted on 01/14/2009 10:19:30 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: LdSentinal
Of course he is. If he was a Pubbie, it would have been mentioned 10 to 12 times in the article.
4 posted on 01/14/2009 10:20:13 AM PST by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 71)
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To: Northern Yankee; Geee
Between this story and this one we are starting to give Minnesota politics a run for its money.

On second thought, nothing beats Stuart Smalley for Senate.

5 posted on 01/14/2009 10:24:48 AM PST by MozartLover (Proud mom of a Wisconsin National Guardsman.)
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To: RightWingConspirator

He can expect a call any day now with an offer to serve in the Ombama administration.


6 posted on 01/14/2009 10:25:07 AM PST by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: Russ

Boy or Girl?


7 posted on 01/14/2009 10:32:55 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: LdSentinal

Obama: “That’s not the Gary Becker I knew.”


8 posted on 01/14/2009 10:33:09 AM PST by ScottinVA (All I needed to know about islam I learned on 9-11.)
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To: Russ
He can expect a call any day now with an offer to serve in the Ombama administration.

Education or child 'services'?

9 posted on 01/14/2009 10:34:06 AM PST by null and void (Hey 0bama, now that you've caught the car, what are you going to do with it, hmmm?)
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To: LdSentinal
But didn't Nancy say in 2006 that she was going to clean out the swamp?
Seems that the Democratic Party swamp is really deeper than anyone has claimed before.
We will find out just how much deeper it is in the next 4 years.
10 posted on 01/14/2009 10:37:42 AM PST by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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2 in 2 days
A grand jury has indicted Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon on 12 counts of theft, perjury and misconduct stemming from her romantic relationship with a Baltimore developer, the state prosecutor said Friday.

We need to start a file of all the non named D's /sarc
11 posted on 01/14/2009 10:39:17 AM PST by Foolsgold ("We live in the greatest country in the world and I am going to change it" Barry O'boomarang 2008)
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To: LdSentinal
Of course he is. Otherwise, the article would have read like this:

Gary Becker, 51, Republican, Held On $165,000 Bond

Racine city officials say Republican Mayor Gary Becker is under arrest on possible charges of child pornography and solicitation of a minor.

The 51-year-old Republican mayor is being held in the Kenosha County Jail on $165,000 bond.

City administrator Ben Hughes says Becker, a Republican, was arrested on Tuesday by agents from the state Division of Criminal Investigation at a shopping mall outside of Milwaukee, known to be frequented by Republicans.

The case is under review by the Kenosha County District Attorney's office. City Council President David Maack (unlike the Republican mayor, a Democrat) says he got a call from the police chief shortly after midnight telling him about the arrest involving child pornography. Maack says he was "shocked and disappointed" by the news and alerted the city's other aldermen (some of whom are Republicans, but whose complicity at this time is uncertain). Maack says he'll serve as acting mayor for the time being. He was not sure what would happen if the Republican, Becker, could not finish his term.

12 posted on 01/14/2009 10:40:08 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.)
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To: RightWingConspirator

**But in the eyes of the Democrat party, what he did was OK, let’s just move on!**

But in the eyes of God he is infected with internal leprosy.


13 posted on 01/14/2009 10:48:41 AM PST by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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To: LdSentinal

"lItTlE gIrL...."

14 posted on 01/14/2009 10:49:52 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: LdSentinal
City administrator Ben Hughes says Becker was arrested on Tuesday by agents from the state Division of Criminal Investigation at a shopping mall outside of Milwaukee.

What’s this you say? They arrested him where?!

Why not a no knock raid?

They didn’t bust down the door of his million-dollar home in the middle of the night?

they didn’t drag his wife out of bed and press her face to the floor and scream profanities?

This guy is obviously a dangerous felon.

15 posted on 01/14/2009 11:02:07 AM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: LdSentinal

He’s also a member of Bloombergs “Mayors Against Illegal Guns”, which judging by the number of members under indictment, ought to be renamed “Illegal Mayors Against Guns” This has got to be one of the most criminal groups in America. Baltimore mayor was just recently charged for stealing gift cards meant for the poor.


16 posted on 01/14/2009 10:37:22 PM PST by Gadsdenman (What is best in life? To crush the Code Pinkos,and to hear the lamentation of the womyn!)
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