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  • Will Charles Rangel Be Forced From Congress Before the Ethics Rules Change?

    07/23/2010 6:36:08 AM PDT · by OneVike · 35 replies · 2+ views
    ChicoER Gate ^ | 7/23/10 | Chuck Wolk
    After an 18-month investigation, Representative Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.)  faces a House trial in which eight members (four Democrats and four Republicans) will rule on the findings. The alleged violations are reported to include some most serious ever leveled against a sitting member of Congress. From misuse of rent-controlled apartments in New York City and failure to disclose income from a villa in the Dominican Republic to reports that he exchanged official favors - a tax loophole for oil driller Nabors Industries Ltd. - in exchange for a $1 million gift to the Charles Rangel Center at City College...
  • The Final Face-Off ... ( looks like it's going to be Hillary vs. Rudy)

    08/09/2007 4:37:27 AM PDT · by IrishMike · 122 replies · 2,380+ views
    American Spectator ^ | 8/9/2007 | R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
    The infallible Washington Times reports that up for sale is one of the most famous scenes of infantilism in the 20th century, "Woodstock." Actually, what is on the block is the late Max Yasgur's New York farm, 38 acres of which were used for the 1969 Woodstock music festival that hagiographers for the "1960s Generation" have ever since boomed as a pivotal event in American history. Such rock singers as Jimi Hendrix and Richie Havens got together before a stupefied crowd of some 500,000 eternal children to sing of peace, and freedom, and mind-numbing substances, even the most feeble of...
  • 10 Things Your Real Estate Broker Won't Tell You

    08/13/2006 7:14:43 PM PDT · by mom4kittys · 8 replies · 986+ views
    10 Things Your Real Estate Broker Won't Tell You 1. "Your open house is really a party for me." Hire a real estate broker to sell your home and one of the first things he'll likely suggest is hosting an open house, so potential buyers can casually check out your property on a weekend afternoon. While open houses are promoted as a great way of finding a buyer, a National Association of Realtors study found that their success rate is a mere 2%. No matter. Having an open house serves another important purpose - for the broker. "It gives him...
  • Ohio Gov. May Face State Ethics Charges (Please Resign)

    04/10/2006 9:18:30 AM PDT · by John Geyer · 22 replies · 694+ views
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state agency that regulates lawyer behavior recommended Monday that Gov. Bob Taft be disciplined for failing to report golf outings and other gifts while in office. Taft pleaded no contest in August to the ethics violations and was fined $4,000. He was the first Ohio governor to be charged with a crime while in office. The agency said Taft also violated Ohio's code of professional conduct for lawyers, which states that a lawyer shall not "engage in any other conduct that adversely reflects on the lawyer's fitness to practice law." The recommendation ultimately goes to...
  • Jon Corzine Wins, New Jersey Loses ("...Corzine is in the midst of a bit of an ethics problem..."

    11/10/2005 8:40:06 AM PST · by Laissez-faire capitalist · 18 replies · 1,190+ views
    AxcessNews ^ | November 9, 2005 | Jim Kouri
    (AXcess News) New York - The people of the Garden State elected Senator Jon Corzine, a liberal Democrat, as their new governor and they have decided being a Blue State takes a front seat to ridding New Jersey of rampant corruption. Suprisingly, during the campaign, the editorial editors for all the major New Jeresy newspapers had endorsed Corzine's conservative opponent, Doug Forrester. The editorials stressed that while they didn't agree with Forrester's conservative views, he was preferable to Jon Corzine and his lack of honest and integrity. Jersey voters didn't agree. While the American people are being bombarded with news...
  • ACU Files Ethics Complaint Against Harry Reid

    05/19/2005 3:51:22 PM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 17 replies · 897+ views
    ACU News ^ | May 19, 2005
    Advocacy Group Says Minority Leader Guilty of Gross Violation: Leahy and Levin Also Named ALEXANDRIA, VA - The American Conservative Union, the nations oldest and largest conservative grassroots organization, yesterday filed an ethics complaint against Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). The complaint comes in response to Sen. Reid's May 12th reference to judicial nominee Henry Saad's confidential FBI file on the floor of the United States Senate. "Henry Saad would have been filibustered anyway…," said Reid on the floor of the Senate. "All you need to do is have a member go upstairs and look at his confidential report...