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Haven't followed the story very much but it is interesting since this individual is the first New York mayor to be indicted while in office. I would have thought that that had occurred before taking into consideration The vast amount of corruption that goes on in New York City.
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My mom’s family is from (all except two cousins, one house, have sold out) Palisades Park New Jersey..at the end of the George Washington Bridge, 20 minutes bus ride to Port Authority (bus station, 42st at 8th Ave, Lincoln Tunnel terminus) .. politics are different there.. a lot is different there.. entire second economy (under the table, fell off a truck,know a guy who knows a guy)..
I’m surprised that he crossed the line that got him indicted..
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Does that make him any dumber than the rest of the world's politicians, or are the rest of us just fed up to here with "bidness as usual"?...Originally Posted by Sandman
...Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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Man, used to be the Feds would have the courtesy to indict criminal politicians only after they've retired.
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Adams is street smart----a big opening for corruption. I think the only thing that kept de blasio out of a similar fate was that he wasn't smart (in any fashion).
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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On the positive side.. Both Mayor Adam’s and Senator Menendez were receiving bribes from foreign entities.. they were improving our trade balance..
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Even more interesting it was the same country--Turkey. I should add however that menedez was multinational---he had a broader base
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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Equal opportunity grifter...I should add however that menedez was multinational---he had a broader base...Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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Those NY folks are on a roll----first a former president and now the seated mayor----I have to think there are more than a few others a touch uneasy
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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