Interesting report in the Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fbi-arrests-ny-state-senator-new-york-city-councilman-in-public-corruption-probe/2013/04/02/20d73920-9b8e-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html
It wasn't even for the actual office. Rather all that bribery was to get on the Republican ticket for NY Mayor. On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:25 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Money, the great equaliser! > On Apr 2, 2013 9:59 AM, "Jerry Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Bipartisanship, that's what it's all about. Reaching across the aisle to > > come to a compromise that's good for everyone. Just like the following: > > > > > > > > State Sen. Malcolm Smith, city Councilman Halloran arrested in 'bribery > > plot' to rig mayor race > > > > * Dem Smith schemed to run as GOPer * Faces rap with Republican Halloran > > > > > > State Sen. Malcolm Smith and city Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested > > this morning on charges they were plotting to rig this years mayoral > > election through fraud and bribes. > > > > The pols allegedly formed an alliance built on cash payments and fraud to > > get Smith one of the states top Democrats placed on the GOP mayoral > > ballot, sources said. > > > > > > ( > > > > > http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bribing_his_way_onto_the_ballot_3XFvV67oWZHFo7bVdoCkcO > > ) > > > > J > > > > - > > > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > reputation. > > - Henry Kissinger > > > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quint > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
