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| More Democrats to be Indicted in East St. Louis |
| 2005-10-20 |
| The St. Louis area has seen 16 Democrat election workers convicted of voter fraud or similar charges this past year. This past week an obstruction of justice and plotting to murder a government voter fraud witness can be added to that list of Democrat convictions. Although, Kelvin Ellis was convicted of voter fraud, tax evasion, and pled guilty to obstruction of justice and plotting to kill a government witness, his "running a prostitution ring out of City Hall" charge did not make it to court! Former Democratic Party Leader and Director of Regulatory Affairs, Kelvin Ellis told the judge that he understood the charges against him and pled guilty on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 to obstruction of justice and plotting to kill a government witness. His trial had been set for today, October 17. Today, Kelvin Ellis, the man held behind bars for plotting to murder the federal witness said there is more indictments to come: And he said the federal investigation that led to arrests of eight people with links to City Hall is not done yet. "I'm certain there are other targets," Ellis said with a trademark, gap-toothed grin. He declined to name one, but insisted, "I can't be the be-all, end-all. There has to be something else." Ellis had been a top aide to Mayor Carl Officer in the 1990s, and previously served 18 months in prison for using his position in city government to get kickbacks. He eventually found his way back to power in City Hall. When Officer returned to the mayor's office in 2003, their relationship was "strained," Ellis said. Officer has recently supported some Republican candidates. For that, Ellis said, he wants Officer out of power. A former choirboy, Ellis now has accumulated four felony convictions. He is the son of two East St. Louis teachers and the father of 15 children. He complained of not receiving regular doctor visits for his diabetes during 10 months at the Tri-County Detention Center, deep in Southern Illinois. It often is used as a stop-off for federal inmates facing immigration charges. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #8 is that crickets i'm hearin' |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2005-10-20 18:09 |
| #7 Lamont? Am I still dead or is this East Saint Louis? |
| Posted by: Fred G Sanford 2005-10-20 17:54 |
| #6 Yah. No reason to spotlight this. It wouldn't help anything, and might actually hurt Democrats in the next election. Plus, the angle of black people not being able to govern themselves, which has already been done to death in the wake of Katrina. I don't think we need to waste any space covering this. I want 500 words on Karl Rove on my desk tomorrow morning. --you know that this exact same scenario is playing out at newsdesks across the country |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-10-20 15:21 |
| #5 "plotting to kill a government witness" I thought nobody but the Mob did this. Oh, wait.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-10-20 14:57 |
| #4 Try them ALL as TERRORISTS!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-10-20 13:13 |
| #3 OK, there is absolutely no reason why this story is not picked up by MSM. Oh, they are not Republicans. Sorry. Also, it's East St. Louis, and political shenanigans there rate headlines along the order of NEW POPE RUMORED TO BE CATHOLIC. Wait a minute. The media did sort of express surprise about that. Hmmm. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2005-10-20 12:59 |
| #2 Business as usual in the world of democratic politics. If one of them was named DeLay Anderson Cooper would have pitched a tent at the courthouse. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-10-20 08:43 |
| #1 OK, there is absolutely no reason why this story is not picked up by MSM. Oh, they are not Republicans. Sorry. |
| Posted by: john 2005-10-20 08:37 |