It will certainly be interesting to see how this develops in the context of the Kelly campaign through the mayor's race. I wonder if Kelly will say who he believes is at the root of this "political attack"? Erin Stojan Dayton's Bluff http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/02/08_williamsb_stpaulprobe/ St. Paul mayor confirms FBI probe; says it's a political attack by Brandt Williams, Minnesota Public Radio February 8, 2005
One day after announcing his re-election campaign, St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly acknowledged that one of his staffers is the target of an FBI probe. Kelly claims news of the probe was leaked by a political opponent. (MPR Photo/Toni Randolph)St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly confirms that as far as he knows, his aide Sia Lo is the target of a federal corruption investigation. The mayor made the announcement Tuesday, in response to a Star Tribune article that named Lo. The article lists an allegation made by an unnamed source that Lo had offered a businessman help from the mayor's office in exchange for money. Lo told the paper the allegations were false. Kelly urged the public not to jump to conclusions about Lo. And he says the allegations are part of a political attack. St. Paul, Minn. � Mayor Randy Kelly says the corruption allegations were first brought to deputy mayor Dennis Flaherty about 10 months ago. Kelly says Flaherty, a longtime law enforcement officer, questioned the accusers and the accused. Kelly says because of the seriousness of the allegations, a decision was made to turn the case over to the FBI. Kelly says his aide, Sia Lo, didn't even know he was the target of an investigation until the mayor informed him Monday night. Kelly says he was reluctant to confirm it publicly, but felt he had no choice. [snip] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
