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| -Lurid Crime Tales- |
| Another governor gone bad |
| 2008-03-27 |
| Puerto Rico's governor and four Philadelphians, including prominent fund-raiser Robert M. Feldman, were charged this morning in San Juan with federal campaign-finance related crimes. The investigation of Gov. Anibal Acevedo-Vila, a Democrat who faces re-election this year, was triggered by the FBI's Philadelphia City Hall corruption probe in 2003. . . . The governor was charged with conspiracy to violate federal campaign laws, wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the IRS and filing a false tax return. . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #5 The case could have political ramifications beyond Philadelphia and San Juan. Acevedo-Vila has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama in the Puerto Rico primary, which holds the nation's last primary on June 6. from Time/CNN Puerto Rico (7 superdelegate votes): DNC Members: Celita Arroyo de Roques PUERTO RICO DNC MEMBER Luisette Cabanas PUERTO RICO DNC MEMBER Francisco Domenech YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA Kenneth McClintock PUERTO RICO DNC MEMBER Roberto L. Prats PUERTO RICO DNC MEMBER Eliseo Roques-Arroyo MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Democratic Governor: Anibal Acevedo Vila |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-03-27 22:14 |
| #4 "Did we get his super delegate voter package back yet?" |
| Posted by: James Carville 2008-03-27 17:53 |
| #3 A Democrat? I am astounded--not. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-03-27 11:53 |
| #2 Well, they did name his party affilliation, cause he's a Peuerto Rican, ya know. Another of those brown people that libs really can't get very excited over... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-03-27 11:04 |
| #1 What is shocking here is that the story actually named his party affiliation. |
| Posted by: charger 2008-03-27 10:52 |