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August 31st, 2016, 10:43 AM #1Senior Member
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Philly's New Mayor Is Settling In Well
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/08/2...began-looking/
Philly’s new mayor made it 8 whole months before the FBI began looking at him
posted at 8:31 pm on August 27, 2016 by Jazz Shaw
Philadelphia elected a new mayor last November and I’m sure hopes were high for a prosperous and vital future in the City of Brotherly Love. But as usual, reality has to rear its ugly head in the form of a union official going by the endearing name of John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty. What’s that you say? How could there possibly be any sort of problems arising around a Philly union boss? My, my… you don’t get out much, do you? It’s some fairly standard stuff.
The focus of a federal investigation into the powerful Electricians union and its leader, John Dougherty, became clearer this week with the seizure of a computer belonging to an agent of the state Attorney General’s Office.
According to the search warrant used in the seizure, federal agents are seeking evidence that union funds were embezzled and that contractors were intimidated by “use of economic fear.” The warrant also cites possible extortion by an unnamed public official.
This afternoon, Philadelphia magazine’s Jared Brey wrote that Mayor Jim Kenney’s alliance with electricians union leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty is looking worse and worse in light of the FBI investigation of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98.
In a matter of hours, things managed to go further south for Kenney.
NewsWorks’ Dave Davies broke the news that federal agents have requested documents from Kenney’s campaign committee.
And why should any of us be surprised, really? Keep in mind that this is the same stretch of turf that elected Chaka Fattah, currently appealing his lengthy vacation in jail for dozens of counts of corruption. And it’s not as if Fattah was some sort of exception to the rule. See this list of 39 prominent Philadelphia politicians (a list composed of, I’m sure just by coincidence, almost entirely Democrats) who were investigated for corruption over just the past fifteen years.
Eventually we must return to asking the same old question which always seems to arise. It’s the same thing that Donald Trump seemed to be trying to get across in his ham handed way when he asked why people in inner cities wouldn’t give him a chance instead of doing the same things over and over. Why do the voters in Philadelphia and these other large, urban centers keep electing the same Democrats from the same pool of power brokers and expecting different results? Sometimes it’s not just cities, but entire states. Four out of the last seven governors of Illinois wound up going to jail. (Though to be fair here, one of them was a Republican.)
Don’t you just get tired of it after a while? Or at least a tiny bit embarrassed?
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August 31st, 2016, 11:13 AM #2
Re: Philly's New Mayor Is Settling In Well
Don't ya love the smell of corruption in the morning, maybe Comey will step in.
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August 31st, 2016, 11:37 AM #3
Re: Philly's New Mayor Is Settling In Well
Maybe he should start looking for a Sanctuary City for himself.
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August 31st, 2016, 01:36 PM #4
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I just want to know how a member of City Council can continue to be on a union payroll.
http://articles.philly.com/2016-08-1...ion-membership
Why is this not conflict of interest.
http://articles.philly.com/2016-08-1...-brian-o-neillCorruptissima re publica plurimae leges
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August 31st, 2016, 01:44 PM #5
Re: Philly's New Mayor Is Settling In Well
Corruption in Philly city government, that's unpossible.
Rules are written in the stone,
Break the rules and you get no bones,
all you get is ridicule, laughter,
and a trip to the house of pain.
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August 31st, 2016, 01:46 PM #6
Re: Philly's New Mayor Is Settling In Well
Kenney is an old line, city, far left liberal. I'm not surprised he's corrupt.
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August 31st, 2016, 10:13 PM #7
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August 31st, 2016, 10:30 PM #8Super Member
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Re: Philly's New Mayor Is Settling In Well
Philadelphia belongs in New Jersey.
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September 1st, 2016, 08:09 AM #9
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