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California big problem with state senators+Charlotte NC Mayor
Posted: Mar 27, 2014
Leland Yee Arrest Makes 3 Scandals In 3 Months For California State Senate Democrats
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — So far in 2014, each month has brought news of another arrest or conviction of a Democratic California state senator.
One senator was convicted of voter fraud and perjury, and two others face federal charges for alleged misdeeds that include accepting large financial bribes for friends and family in exchange for legislation and orchestrating weapons and drug trafficking to help pay off campaign debts.
The federal affidavit unsealed Wednesday accuses Yee of conspiracy to deal firearms without a license and to illegally import firearms. He also introduced several bills last year to restrict gun possession.
Sen. Rod Wright of Inglewood after he was convicted of perjury and voter fraud in January for lying about his legal residence in Los Angeles County.
Sen. Wright and Sen. Ron Calderon, who was indicted on federal corruption charges in February, are on voluntary paid leave from the Legislature. Prosecutors say Calderon accepted about $100,000 for himself and family members in exchange for promoting legislation to expand Hollywood tax credits and protect the interest of a hospital that benefited from a provision of the workers’ compensation law.
Meanwhile, in Charlotte, NC, Patrick Cannon, the mayor of Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina, was charged with taking bribes in an FBI sting in which agents posed as investors and real estate developers.
Cannon, 47, a Democrat, resigned yesterday as mayor of the city of 775,000 that’s home to Bank of America Corp. (BAC) He is accused of soliciting and accepting more than $48,000 in cash, airline tickets and other items of value in meetings with at least seven undercover agents pretending to explore projects in Charlotte, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-26/charlotte-n-c-mayor-charged-with-taking-bribes.html
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[ In Reply To ..]I live in California and heard about Yee on the car radio earlier today. Makes me sick!! He is accused of supplying arms to terrorists. Too bad California took the death penalty off the table. What a sorry excuse of a man.
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