Rosalind (& I guess earlier Brian Monroe) allude to the possibility that
Joe Biernat is snitching on fellow past & present councilmembers.

Disclaimer...disclaimer...disclaimer: Joe Biernat has not been found
guilty of anything, nor has it been proven he is making any proffer.

However, if he is making a proffer, doesn't that imply guilt - a plea
bargain if you will? And if a proffer is equivalent to "admitting" to
something, shouldn't Biernat be expected to resign immediately (even as
he pursues his full legal rights)?

Flip side: the feds do go on fishing missions, and sometimes proffers
are designed to get state power off your back even when you haven't done
anything. Is equating cooperation with resignation too strong an
interpretation of what a proffer represents?

I'm curious what citizens - and lawyer/citizens - think.

David Brauer
King Field

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf
Of
> Rosalind Nelson
> 
> A while back Brian Monroe suggested that Biernat was being "a snitch."
The
> Strib article has some strong support for that idea:
> 
>      "Famed defense lawyer Earl Gray said he believes Biernat himself
>       is cooperating. `You can bet your bottom dollar, Biernat's given
a
>       lengthy proffer. It goes back to 1993, exactly when he started,'
>       Gray said."


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