[Liz]

City Controller Jonathan A. Saidel assured a judge "under penalty of perjury" that he knew of no campaign donations from a Philadelphia law firm - even though the firm was among the nation's top Democratic donors, and its lawyers had given to Saidel's campaigns.

Five days later, on Nov. 29, 1999, Saidel and a top aide to then-Mayor Ed Rendell sent a new letter attempting to correct their first one. The Nov. 24 letter was written just days before Saidel left on a trip to Israel, said his attorney, James Eisenhower 3d. In the second letter, sent Nov. 29, Saidel and Nadol told Alsup that the first letter had a sentence "incorrectly typed."

Yeah, sure. Like I said, "It all depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

[timestax]

They will get away with it, but we must STILL report on it!

[Howlin]

Our children will be digging out the dirt on these people when we are dead and gone.

but later said an omission had created a misstatement.

*Rolling my eyes*

[Mannaggia l'America]

This is not the first time Slimey Saidel has been involved in mischief. Of course, nothing ever became of it in 'rat infested Philly. He just keeps getting re-elected by the robot Philly voters.

From an few year old article:

"The Inquirer reported that the former campaign treasurer and girlfriend of City Controller Jonathan Saidel was charged last week with conspiring with Saidel to steal $36,000 from his reelection fund, in part to help her buy an expensive new house.

A state grand jury alleged that Diana L. Roca, 40, also conspired with Saidel, the financial watchdog of city government, to make false statements in campaign expense reports filed with the state last year and in 1995. The 27-page grand jury presentment released contends that $5,000 of the $36,000 payment to Roca was indirectly used to pay Saidel's city taxes in 1996 because he lacked the money to do so himself.

[RJCogburn]

Their words are now at the center of an FBI investigation that produced a wave of grand-jury subpoenas last week.

Good news, I guess, but the feds, led by AG Ashcroft have demonstrated no interest, not a bit, in seeing justice done in matters of government corruption.

[ikka]

Maybe this is why the state Repubs here in PA don't seem so fired up about Rendell being governor: he has a lot of baggage which will trickle out over his term and reduce his power, plus the Repubs did keep both state houses.

[Servant of the Nine]

Philly
Politics
PING !!

So9

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[City officials swore they knew of no donors in a law firm that they employed, but later said an omission had created a misstatement.]

Do you think that in tha above styatement, they were trying to distance themselves from the fact that the "created mistatement" was actually a deceit by omission (e.g. a lie) on their part? Naaaah.

[Jeff Chandler]

I cringed when I saw "Clinton", "overnighter", and "probed" in the same sentence.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

So many crimes and lies I can't keep up. The slime gave a pep rally talk to the DNC in the Pa. mountains somewhere, they paid for his and his security entourage's night.
This very meeting musta made the earth spin and all the demons from hell went in a frenzy in the air.

[A2J]

DEM FUND-RAISER, CLINTON OVERNIGHTER PROBED

So now Clinton is sticking "it" to his own people, eh?

Sicko.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the ping. It looks like that a lot of the Clintoon's heavy duty donors are getting into trouble where there is a controlling legal authority!

[Cindy]

[concerned about politics]

Dick Morris called the Clintons "psychopaths" last week.
I wish it had gotten more press coverage.