Old news, there will be other shit to fill the void!!!
On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The second shoe in corrupt NY politics drops! > > http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/11/skelos-son-guilty-on-all-counts/77160842/ > > ALBANY -- Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, > were convicted on all eight corruption counts Friday afternoon, making the > former powerful lawmaker the latest New York politician to be found guilty > for ethical misdeeds. > > The jury came back with the verdict at around 2 p.m. after starting > deliberations on Wednesday. > > The conviction means that Skelos, the majority leader from 2008 through > early 2015, is out of office — just two weeks after ex-Assembly Speaker > Sheldon Silver was found guilty on corruption charges in a separate case. > > The eight counts in the Skelos case surrounded allegations that Skelos > used his influence to aid his son get jobs and contracts on Long Island. > > "The swift convictions of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos beg an important > question – how many prosecutions will it take before Albany gives the > people of New York the honest government they deserve?" U.S. Attorney Preet > Bharara, who brought the cases against Skelos and Silver, said in a > statement. > > Good-government groups used the two convictions of Skelos and Silver as > another reason for the state Capitol to enact tougher ethics reforms. > > "The conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Skelos adds to the > Albany's already swollen 'Rogues Gallery' of corrupt and unethical elected > officials," Blair Horner, the legislative director from the New York Public > Interest Research Group said in a statement. "New Yorkers want action, not > finger pointing exercises designed to wait out public anger." > > Now go get Cuomo! The head mafia Don. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdW0wcW5jBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NDk4NzM0MTg-> > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlMWFvcmRkBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ0OTg3MzQxOA--> > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms > of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- brine http://brineb.blogspot.com/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
