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D.C. Mayor Worries Stolen Money Ended Up In Campaign Coffers (officials looted teachers' union)
NBC4 NEWS ^ | December 20, 2002

Posted on 12/21/2002 4:45:45 PM PST by Liz

Teachers' Union Officials Accused Of Embezzlement

WASHINGTON -- D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams said Friday he is worried money allegedly stolen from the Washington Teachers Union may have made its way into his campaign coffers.

News4 first reported Thursday that FBI, IRS and Inspector General agents, acting on a 50-page search warrant affadavit, were raiding the homes of several former teacher union officials. The document details page after page of expensive items allegedly purchased over a 7-year period and involving more than $2 million in unauthorized and illegal expenses.

Art work, furniture, televisions, computers and files were among the items carted away by agents after Thursday's raid.

Authorities are investigating, among others, former teacher union President Barbara Bullock and her assistant Gwen Hemphill (photo).

Hemphill also was co-chairperson of Williams' reelection campaign until she resigned abruptly this summer.

The pages and pages of items including furs, custom-made clothes and wigs, art and vacations stunned Williams, who considers Hemphill a friend. Hemphill was involved in the mayor's disasterous petition campaign scandal that got him thrown off the ballot and fined $250,000.

In the current union probe, federal and local authorities are investigating a wide range of possible crimes including mail and wire fraud, false statements, money laundering, embezzlement and tax evasion.

Williams told News4's Tom Sherwood that he is personally concerned about Hemphill and others involved, but in private has called the alleged crimes "piggish".

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: bitchsetmeup; crooksrus; geewhatasurprise; imshockedshocked
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To: Liz
See, Trent was right, but everybody is afraid to say so.
21 posted on 12/21/2002 5:24:29 PM PST by VMI70
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To: johniegrad
The pages and pages of items including furs, custom-made clothes and wigs, art and vacations stunned Williams (D)

And then Williams was overheard to say...

"Da Bitch set me up!"

22 posted on 12/21/2002 5:40:13 PM PST by Itzlzha
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To: Liz
I especially liked the $15,000, yes that's $15,000, plasma wide screen TV used by the Teacher's Union.

You cannot imagine how hard left these corrupt Teacher's Union scum are. I have had some dealings with their astonishing political agenda. Man if there was ever an argument for vouchers, just talk for 1/2 hour about politics with one of the more rabid union characters.

As for the Mayor, D.C. is the most corrupt (surprise!) governmental entity in the country, a veritable banana republic 3rd world entity.

The current felon, oops I meant distinguished mayor, know the exact amount of illegal union money in his coffers. He is just setting up a defense in advance since he suspects the truth will come out.

23 posted on 12/21/2002 5:51:43 PM PST by friendly
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To: friendly
The corruptness in DC local govt has been going on for a long time.
24 posted on 12/21/2002 6:04:22 PM PST by Liz
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To: Liz
I can't believe that somebody in the world, besides me, remembers Claude Raines. My favorite actor of all time.
25 posted on 12/21/2002 7:55:59 PM PST by wife-mom
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To: martin_fierro
Your syntax has racist overtones.

Should read, "Sheee -it somebody done gib me dirty money. I be jiggy dat be wrong."

26 posted on 12/21/2002 8:06:28 PM PST by Kenny Bunk
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To: Texas Eagle; Liz
Well, these were not teachers, who make piddly amounts and then have union dues confiscated from their checks.

These are union officials, who all make over $100,000 / year. Still, when I made very good money, I never thought to donate $50,000 (or whatever) in after tax money to politicians. That's the difference between those who work for a living, and corrupt politicians and corrupt union offcials.

27 posted on 12/21/2002 8:19:50 PM PST by texas booster
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To: concerned about politics
Sounds Democrat to me. Typical.
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Here's somebody who agrees with you
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Trent's Faux Pas -- Good Guys and Bad Guys by Tom Adkins -- 12/16/02

Once again, a Republican made a faux pas. Trent Lott, in the heady excitement of Strom Thurmond's birthday, pledged unrepentant love for Thurmond's old segregationist Dixiecrats. Predictably, Democrats are screeching moral outrage as loud as possible. As Republicans, we should rise up in unison, wave our fists in the air and thank them.

Thank them? Wait a second. How about that old double standard? You know. Robert Byrd said "Nigger" right there on national television. Philly Mayor John Street raved, "The Brothers and Sisters are in charge now!!!" to a black audience. And last month, Bill Clinton mustered his famous sincerity and raved about his mentor, Orval Faubus, the great segregationist Arkansas governor. Did they apologize? Nope. And they shouldn't.

In fact, Jesse Jackson can start every day screaming "Hymietown" at breakfast, shake down a corporation at lunch, then spend the money on his favorite cousin at dinner. Al Sharpton can hold weekend rallies for Tawanna Brawley. The Congressional Black Caucus can claim the moral right to have a cow over the slightest racial slight, while remaining the most racist organization in America today. It's OK. It's their job because they're Democrats.

See, Democrats serve an important function in American politics. Republicans are the good guys, held to impeccable morality, riding in to save the day. But what are good guys without bad guys? Dudley Do-Right had Snidely Whiplash. CONTROL battled KAOS. Luke Skywalker had Darth Vader. And Republicans have those law-breaking, immoral, philandering, secret-selling, Chinese-bribe-taking, molesting, lying, cheating, dastardly Democrats. Oh yeah, add racist to that list, too.

Oh, sure, Republicans do bad things sometimes. But Livingston, Gingrich, Packwood and Nixon all got tossed by fellow Republicans. Meanwhile, Democrats love their criminals. Clinton, Clinton, Jackson. And so what if Barney Frank ran a gay whorehouse out of his basement? Would Billy the Kid boot someone out of his gang because he was too mean? Of course not! But if Pat Garrett smudged his sheriff's star, he'd have resigned in shame!

Democrats can do anything they please, because they are the Bad Guys of American politics. Democrats created welfare. Republicans fixed it. They started Vietnam. We ended it. They jacked up taxes. We lowered them. Democrats created the failing Social Security system, then raided it to fund their evil social programs. Jimmy Carter almost handed the world to Communism (In fact, he's still trying). Chinese bribes wormed their way to the Clinton operation as rocket guidance systems magically appeared atop Red Chinese nukes. Again and again, Democrats tie the pretty girl to the railroad tracks and Republicans are compelled to rescue her, letting the bad guys get away once again.

If you think about it, Democrats are paying us the highest compliment. They have virtually no principles whatsoever, yet hold Republicans to far greater standards. Meanwhile, conservative ethics are impossibly high, and we demand Republican leaders reach them. Frankly, the double-standard proves we're better. Therefore, there is no redemption for bad Republicans. Trent Lott could gouge out his own heart, sizzle it on a hibachi, carve it up and serve it as an appetizer at the next NAACP convention. It won't matter. Democrats will smear his bloody remains all over the national political map until nobody is left to pander. And Republicans won't follow him anyway. He's not good enough for us anymore.

So, Republicans should politely insist Trent Lott step down as Majority Leader, and let someone of greater mettle take his place. Once again, we'll be the better party for policing ourselves. Lott's mistake was forgivable but irreparable. You can't put the hooey back in the donkey.

Meanwhile, the New York Times can claim their leftist propaganda is really news. Hollywood liberals can forever remain the moral dung heap of American culture. And the National Organization for Women, who don't have men, don't have conservatives, in fact don't have any members as far as anyone can tell, have the perfect right to demand Augusta National start admitting women. Yeah, add hypocrisy to that long list of adjectives, too.

So Democrats may sell our national secrets to China, if there are any left. We can find Chandra Levy's femur under Gary Condit's pillow. Heck, you might even catch Bill Clinton hiding in your daughter's closet tonight. Just thank them all. Because in American politics, Democrats play the role of the Bad Guys. They play it with gusto. And if there's one thing that Republicans can count on, it's that Democrats always make us look good.
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Tom Adkins is the publisher of CommonConservative.com, and can be seen on FoxNews, CNN, CN8. To contact: TomAdkinsCC@aol.com

28 posted on 12/21/2002 8:22:12 PM PST by hattend
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To: martin_fierro
Not to worry, JESSE/AL (any bets?) coming to the rescue
29 posted on 12/21/2002 9:34:11 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: martin_fierro
Not to worry, JESSE/AL (any bets?) coming to the rescue.
30 posted on 12/21/2002 9:34:35 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: hattend
Awesome post!
31 posted on 12/21/2002 9:37:09 PM PST by friendly
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To: Nick Thimmesch
race is not a factor here in DC since Whites Need Not Apply

Very true. But can you find an elected black where the electorate is 80% white ? I don't know of any, but there might be one or two over the last decade. Perhaps JC watts. Nevertheless, by and large the following statement is mostly true "race is not a factor where there are 80% whites since Bhites Need Not Apply"

32 posted on 12/21/2002 10:59:55 PM PST by staytrue
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To: Nick Thimmesch
race is not a factor here in DC since Whites Need Not Apply

Very true. But can you find an elected black where the electorate is 80% white ? I don't know of any, but there might be one or two over the last decade. Perhaps JC watts. Nevertheless, by and large the following statement is mostly true "race is not a factor where there are 80% whites since Blacks Need Not Apply"

33 posted on 12/21/2002 11:00:47 PM PST by staytrue
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To: dennisw
Claude Rains deja vu all over again bump...see post 12...
34 posted on 12/21/2002 11:06:54 PM PST by VOA
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To: hattend
Great article. Thanks for posting it~!
35 posted on 12/21/2002 11:32:35 PM PST by justshe
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To: wife-mom
Many of his films including "Casablanca" are rerun constantly. Loved him in "Notorious" as well.
36 posted on 12/22/2002 12:39:17 AM PST by Liz
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