Posted on 01/26/2009 5:17:23 PM PST by Scott Martin
After reading today's article at American Thinker on the impending doom of the New York Times, I thought I'd check out the dying paper's website while it still existed. How often does one get the opportunity to study a dinosaur just before it goes extinct? The following headline grabbed my eye:
Speaker of Massachusetts House Resigns Over Friendship
That sounds innocuous enough, I thought. The guy must have friend in need, and he's resigning to help the friend out, right? How thoughtful. And boring enough to make most people not even bother to read the story. So of course I read on. And then I did some additional research.
It seems the Speaker of the Massachusetts House, Salvatore DiMasi (guess what party Mr. DiMasi belongs too), has a good friend and accountant named Richard Vitale, who once served as the Speaker's campaign manager. Vitale was recently indicted on ten counts in an influence-peddling scandal.
The investigation had its roots in a Globe report in April that described how Vitale, without registering as a lobbyist, pushed legislation in 2007 to gut antiscalping laws; the article also said Vitale had extended a $250,000 third mortgage to DiMasi on the speaker's North End condo at below-market interest rates.
The misdemeanor indictments handed down yesterday did not include any reference to the unusual mortgage, and Coakley said yesterday it was "beyond the scope of this investigation and the findings."
The narrative underlying the indictment directly contradicts DiMasi's previous statements that he was unaware of Vitale's work on behalf of the Massachusetts Association of Ticket Brokers.
(Excerpt) Read more at patriotroom.com ...
All the news that’s fit to distort.
It’s beyond simply bias.
Speaker of the Massachusetts House, Salvatore DiMasi (guess what party Mr. DiMasi belongs too), has a good friend and accountant named Richard Vitale, who once served as the Speaker's campaign manager. Vitale was recently indicted on ten counts in an influence-peddling scandal. The investigation had its roots in a Globe report in April that described how Vitale, without registering as a lobbyist, pushed legislation in 2007 to gut antiscalping laws; the article also said Vitale had extended a $250,000 third mortgage to DiMasi on the speaker's North End condo at below-market interest rates.
Love the pic, thanks for posting.
Now if a republican were the guy:
Top Republican Leader Resigns in Influence Peddling Scandal!
Those below-market mortgage rates seem to be a favorite form of Democrat graft and corruption—Zerobama, Dodd, and this guy—but there are likely hundreds of Democrat officials who are guilty of this.
So the trick is, did he resign as representative? Or, since being a Democrat means never having to say you are sorry, did he simply resign his speakership?
I’m willing to bet the latter.
The Bankrupt Times is enjoying that 14% interest rate. Who will the first scribe they launch?
Pray for America, Our Troops and Ob’s Guidance
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