Posted on 03/24/2008 4:16:30 PM PDT by epow
New Orleans
Morial v. Smith & Wesson, Corp., 2000 WL248364 (La. Civil Dist. Ct. 2000)
January 2008 – Roy Rodney, lawyer and advisor to former Mayor Marc Morial, pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of failure to file income tax returns.
September 2007 – Jacques Morial, younger brother of former Mayor Marc Morial, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges of failing to file federal income tax returns
Restaurateur and Morial pal Stan "Pampy" Barré and former city property management director Kerry DeCay, received federal indictments for allegedly skimming hundreds of thousands of dollars from a massive energy-management contract with Johnson Controls Inc. that was quietly led by Mayor Morial toward the end of his eight-year tenure. Barré and Walker were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, three counts of mail fraud, five counts of money laundering and one count of obstruction of justice.
Chicago
City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp. et al., No. 98 CH 15596 (Ill. Cir. Court, Cook County 2000)
February 2007 – Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago is added as defendant to federal civil lawsuit accusing city officials of covering up torture of dozens of criminal suspects by police officers on South Side in 1970s and 1980s; Daley, who is seeking his sixth term as mayor, was Cook County's top prosecutor in early 1980s
September 2005 – City officials under Mayor Daly indicted for rigging the hiring and promotion process in Chicago City Hall. The indictment alleged, they and other schemers ran the sham hiring system to give jobs and promotions to "preselected" individuals. People were awarded jobs and promotions in exchange for their work on behalf of the political campaigns of candidates for mayor, alderman, Congress, statewide office and the Illinois General Assembly.
Bridgeport CT
Ganim v. Smith & Wesson Corp., et al., 1999 WL 1241909 (Conn. Super. 1999)
March 2003 – Former Mayor Joseph Ganim was convicted of 16 counts of racketeering, bribery, extortion, mail fraud and tax fraud. Ganim was given 9 years in jail and ordered pay a fine of $150,000 and restitution of $148,617.
New York State
People of The State of New York v. Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., et al., No. 402586/00 (Sup. Ct. New York Aug. 10, 2001)
March 2008 – Eliot Spitzer, former New York State Attorney General and former New York State Governor, implicated in a prostitution ring. Federal prosecutors have yet to decide whether to bring charges.
Newark
Mayor Sharpe v. Arcadia Machine & Tool, et al., No. ESX-L-6059-99 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div., Dec. 10, 2001)
July 2007 – Former Mayor Sharpe James in a 33-count indictment was charged with corruption involving land sales and allegations that he spent more than $58,000 on himself and several women using city-issued credit cards during personal trips and vacations to such places as Martha’s Vineyard, Rio de Janeiro, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp., 126 F. Supp. 2d 882 (E.D. Pa. 2000)
2004 - Under Mayor John Street, a former city treasurer, an influential lawyer, two Commerce Bank executives and eight others face charges of fraud and extortion after the federal probe into whether political supporters were favored in awarding contracts for city business. 2006 - Mayor James Street’s older brother, Milton, charged with fraud and tax evasion in connection with his business dealings at Philadelphia International Airport.
Cleveland
White v. Smith & Wesson, Corp. et al., 97 F. Supp.2d 816 (N.D. Ohio 2000)
A grand jury indicted four people in connection with real estate partnerships that involved former Mayor Michael R. White, but declined to indict the Mayor. The Mayor was investigated for possible unlawful interest in a public contract.
Atlanta
City of Atlanta v. Smith & Wesson, Corp. et al., 99VS0149217J
August 2004 - Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell was indicted on racketeering, bribery and wire fraud charges following a five-year federal investigation into corruption during his years at City Hall. Campbell, was accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions, cash, travel and home improvements in exchange for city contracts. Campbell is sentenced to two and a half years in prison and fined $6,300 for tax evasion.
Los Angeles and San Francisco
The People of the State of California v. ARCADIA MACHINE & TOOL, et al. (3 cases consolidated)
Melvyn Weiss and William S. Lerach, former partners of the law firm Milberg Weiss -- the firm responsible for representing numerous cities (including Los Angeles and San Francisco) in litigation against lawful firearms manufacturers -- have each been found guilty of paying illegal kickbacks to plaintiffs and then lying about it repeatedly to the courts. The frivolous lawsuits filed by Milberg Weiss, seeking to hold lawful firearms manufacturers responsible for the actions of criminals, led to the passage of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
shocking.
Many anti-gun public officials and lawyers are liberal, un-American scum, and this shows that they are also criminals who commit actual crimes instead of the alleged but unproved “crimes” that they accused the legal firearms industry of and on which they based their harassing lawsuits. I hope they all end up in prison, but that’s probably just a hopeless pipedream since many judges have the same hatred for guns and gun owners.
Yep, the pattern is shocking when you consider that these are some of the most prominent and powerful city, county, and state officials in the country who turned out to be nothing more than corrupt, bride-taking betrayers of the public’s trust.
Ya’ see, it’s like this. If people are armed it’s much more difficult to steal from them.
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act is a US law passed by the last GOP Congress, signed by GW Bush, and totally ignored by federal district judge Jack Weinstein. Weinstein has allowed the baseless NYC suit against US gun makers to drag on for over five years, costing the group of gun industry defendants millions of dollars in legal fees.
That money spent on lawyers must be passed on to gun buyers or the companies will go bankrupt and out of business, which is the primary goal of the lawsuits to begin with. They know the companies will be bankrupt and unable to pay the plaintiffs even if they (the plaintiffs) were to win. But the don't have to win money to acheive what they really want, which is the demise of the US firearms industry. As long as Weinstein allows the frivolous suits to drag on for years it's a win/win situation for the anti gun freaks even if they eventually lose an appeal to a higher court by the industry.
The 2nd Amendment Foundation has called on Weinstein to recuse himself from the case because of his obvious bias, but as of last December he had not taken any action in that regard and it's very unlikely that he will since he obviously very biased against gun makers, their products, and gun owners.
Well, but when you consider the clinton role model, it's not so shocking after all, is it?
As the management at UPS is fond of saying, "Sh5t rolls downhill."
Not surprising. Gun control is built on a foundation of lies.
Nope it isn't. Clinton lowered the personal integrity standard for elected public officials by at least a magnitude of minus 100.
Add Hillary into the formula and it drops down to minus 1000. ObamMessiah would lower it another minus 1000 if the not-so-Reverend Wright were to also get into the act.
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