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Seattle's Strippergate is the name of a 2003 government scandal and criminal conspiracy masterminded by Frank Colacurcio Sr., a strip-club magnate, and Frank Colacurcio Jr., his son.[1] Former Washington state governor Al Rosellini assisted the Colacurcios by lobbying six members of the Seattle City Council and raising funds for three of the politicians. . .In June 2003, James Bush, a reporter for the North Seattle Sun, reported city council members Judy Nicastro, Jim Compton and Heidi Wills received large amounts of campaign donations from the Colacurcio family and their business associates.[4] Eventually, investigators determined the campaign contributions totaled $36,000.[1] The prosecutor found that no councilmember, Nicastro, Wills or Compton did anything wrong. . .The parking expansion was opposed by the neighbors who lived behind Rick's nightclub. People who lived in Seattle in the 1950s and 1960s knew of Colacurcio Sr.'s reputation. He was known as "Seattle's longest-running crime figure, [and] often was portrayed by law-enforcement officials and the news media as one of Seattle's most notorious racketeering figures."[5] On June 16, 2003, in a 5–4 vote, the council approved the parking zoning changes allowing them to use their existing land for parking requested by the Colacurcios.[4] Nicastro, Compton and Wills, who had received donations from the Colacurcios and their associates, voted in favor of the parking-lot expansion.[4] This vote was consistent with all their land use votes. . .After investigations by the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission and the King County Prosecutor's Office, the Colarcurios' associates' donations were revealed to be "political money laundering" according to King County Prosecuting Attorney Norm Maleng.[1] In order to circumvent campaign finance laws, the Colacurcios had given $36,000 to their associates with instructions to contribute the funds to Nicastro, Compton and Wills. . .Heidi Wills unsuccessfully attempted to return to the Seattle City Council in 2019. . .: Strippergate (Seattle)
17 posted on 06/23/2020 10:11:35 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora
Map of Washington Hoods (Seattle and Tacoma)

The Seattle gangs and hoods of some of the worst neighborhoods in Seattle like SeaTac, Burien, South Park, High Point, Central District, South End, and others areas.

Seattle gangs like South Side Locos 13, Cherry Block, West Side Street Mob, Mad Pack, Surenos 13 gangs, Holly Park Crips, Asian Bloods like Loko Asian Boyz, Oriental Fantasy Boyz (OFB), Little Ruthless Boyz (LRB), and Hoover Criminal.

Worst neighborhoods in Seattle Asian areas has Asian gangs like the Loko Asian Boyz, Oriental Fantasy Boyz (OFB), or Little Ruthless Boyz (LRB), others are Asian Boyz, Crips like the YOT or OT Oriental Troops and more.

Map of the Tacoma gangs and ghetto of Tac Town, shows the Bloods like the 181 Goons or the Samoan Bloods around Spanaway and Pacific Avenue, South Tacoma with 66 Scanless Fam or Crime Family Gz aka 56-74 aka Jive-6 GD, gangs in Lakewood like the Hustler Crips of 47th Avenue or the West Side Islanders, the Tillicum Park Gangsters, and Crips in Tacoma’s Hilltop area from 12th Street to 25th Street.

Other areas of Tacoma are in the SouthEnd like the Trey Five Alley Dawgs, 96 Murdaville, or Kushman Block. On the East Side there is Original Ruthless Bloodz of 38th, the Original Loko Boyz of 44th, Eastside Gangster Crips, Morton Blocc Crips, Seven Deuce Mob, and more.

21 posted on 06/23/2020 10:25:39 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora

>> This vote was consistent with all their land use votes.

So the system was rigged such that a private landowner felt he needed to make huge campaign contributions to get a vote to use his private property in a way that was consistent with land use plans?


33 posted on 06/23/2020 11:41:12 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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