How can you be guilty of accepting a bribe to do something if
you didn't do it? Where is the bribe and what is the crime?
Robert Halfhill Loring Park
The crime is accepting a bribe. Even if an official is
dishonest enough to double-cross the briber, and not deliver the
goods, it was still a crime to accept the bribe.
Also, the concealing of this bribe money, by leaving it off the
campaign finance reports, is another crime that is alleged.
Mr. Felien's claim that Zimmerman was 'just holding the cash, because
he thought it was fishy, and intended to return it later', even if
true, would be another violation of the law. Candidate Committees
are required to deposit contributions into their bank account
'promptly', and specifically within 10 days of receiving them.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
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