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Tag: Pay For Play

The Buck Stops ... I Don't Know

By Corinthian Scales, Section Multimedia
Posted on Fri Oct 11, 2013 at 08:51:28 AM EST
Tags: Governor Snyder, Andy Dillon, Rich Baird, Kevyn Orr, Transparency, Pay For Play, NERD Fund, Public-Private Partnerships, Pay To Play, DIA (all tags)

Spoken like a CPA with a law degree.

The fallout? Definite maybe.

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Kwame Kilpatrick 28 - Barack Obama 0

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Fri Oct 11, 2013 at 07:49:27 AM EST
Tags: Kwame Kilpatrick, Barack Obama, Detroit, Pay For Play, Pay To Play, Corruption, Eric Holder, Democrats, Crime (all tags)

So far.

Former Detroit Mayor and trendsetter Kwame Kilpatrick got what he earned (again) yesterday with a 28 year sentence for being a good Democrat.

In other news, a pay for play [victim] complains:

"Construction company Walbridge wants as much as $5 million in restitution that prosecutors want awarded to Detroit because company officials argue the firm was victimized by Kilpatrick's criminal scheme."

Really, we gone THAT far over the edge.

Its even asked:

"Legal expert Peter Henning has said the companies involved in the conspiracy were going to be needed by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office to help prosecute the case and that it's "hard to distinguish" whether the payer of a bribe is also culpable of a crime.

God help us.

Yes. GOD help us, as the US justice department would have to set a new standard unseen in the last 5 years; prosecuting itself, and its employer.

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