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3 probes of City Hall in 5 years(MPLS leftists gone wild)
MPLS Star & Sickle ^ | 9-10-05 | staff

Posted on 09/10/2005 7:11:14 AM PDT by Rakkasan1

The investigation of Council Member Dean Zimmermann is the third federal investigation of Minneapolis City Hall in five years. The other two:

• In 2001, the last election year, Council Member Brian Herron resigned and pleaded guilty to extortion. He served a one-year sentence for taking money from Lake Street developer Basim Sabri. Sabri, who was captured on FBI videotape tape giving money to Herron, is now in prison in Leavenworth, Kan. In the Herron case, then-Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton brought in an outside lawyer to conduct an independent investigation. Mayor R.T. Rybak currently has no plan for a separate investigation of Zimmermann.

• In an unrelated matter, former Council Member Joe Biernat served 19 months for accepting free plumbing from a union official.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: city; corruption; crime; hall; minneapolis; mn; mpls; rybak
no controlling legal authority I suppose
1 posted on 09/10/2005 7:11:17 AM PDT by Rakkasan1
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To: Rakkasan1
The rule of law only applies to Republicans. You didn't know that? It's right there in the city charter. Besides, these socialist are for the little guy and the children. That's all that matters. Minneapolis is becoming more like Detroit every day.
2 posted on 09/10/2005 8:03:34 AM PDT by Burf (We'll all be drinking that free Bubble Up and eatin' that Rainbow Stew.)
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To: Burf
Minneapolis is becoming more like Detroit every day.

and New Orleans.

3 posted on 09/10/2005 8:09:18 AM PDT by CommandoFrank (Peer into the depths of hell and you will find the face of Islam...)
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To: CommandoFrank

New Orleans is more like Mogadishu. MPLS is more like Detroit.


4 posted on 09/10/2005 8:24:08 AM PDT by Rakkasan1 (DON'T BICKER, DRINK LIQUOR-DON'T THINK, JUST DRINK.)
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To: Burf
Council member took bribes, affidavit alleges http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5606567.html

and taking bribes from an evil developer-bad greenie,bad.

5 posted on 09/10/2005 12:19:37 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (DON'T BICKER, DRINK LIQUOR-DON'T THINK, JUST DRINK.)
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