Friday, September 3, 2010

Post points fingers at Queens pols

From the NY Post:

What's in the water in Queens?

Rep. Joseph Crowley -- chairman of the borough's Democratic Party -- finds himself the target of an ethics probe.

The Office of Congressional Ethics -- an outside, independent body of former members of Congress -- recommended this week that the House Ethics Committee investigate three members, including Crowley, who raised significant sums of Wall Street money before key votes on the financial-services-overhaul bill.

Crowley pulled in $23,500 from one fund-raising event alone last December, just days prior to a vote.

Yes, even members of Congress are innocent until proven guilty. But the OCE is akin to an ethics grand jury, so its referral is quite serious.

Meanwhile, an actual empaneled federal grand jury is probing four other high-profile Queens Democrats -- Borough President Helen Marshall, Rep. Gregory Meeks, state Sen. Malcolm Smith and ex-Rep. Floyd Flake -- over their ties to contractor and contributor Robert Gaskin, who's worked on housing and construction projects for all four.

That probe is also exploring questions -- first raised in The Post -- about Meeks' role in a charity he created to assist Hurricane Katrina victims: New Yorkers Organized to Assist Hurricane Families only paid out $1,392 of the $31,000 raised after the Gulf disaster.

Furthermore, the watchdogs at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wants OCE to investigate a $40,000 loan Meeks accepted from a Queens businessman, yet failed to report on his financial-disclosure forms.

Innocent until proven guilty?

Yes, indeed.

Stinks like a dead fish?

That, too.

Queens needs a fumigator, ASAP.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rep Joe Crowley,Borough President Helen Marshall, Rep. Gregory Meeks, state Sen. Malcolm Smith and ex-Rep. Floyd Flake ARE ALL ENTRENCHED CROOKS!

See to it that you are served by hard working elected officials that are honest in their efforts to achieve local constituent objectives that they promised to pursue if elected!

Anonymous said...

Start also lookin' at the Chuck (Apelian) & Gene (Kelty) Show at CB# 7!

These "team players" have been "on the books" for too damn f-----g long!

Scope Marilyn Bitterman's ass too!

This high earning district manager gets a lot of perks from such notables as, perhaps, Wellington Chen (???)!

Didn't he once arrange a trip to Toronto for her and hubby Jack?

Anonymous said...

could the chickens be coming home to roost?Is not democratic dictatorship in n.y.c. GRAND ?

Anonymous said...

Hey Joe! Wrong finger!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

THE FEDS ARE PROBING HELEN MARSHALL?

THIS IS WELCOME NEWS. FINALLY!

TOO BAD THEY COULDN'T DO IT BEFORE OUR BOROUGH HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY HER OVER DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES AND CORRUPTION.

HELEN MARSHALL, DONALD MANES THE SECOND.

Anonymous said...

These criminals should have been investigated a long time ago. Hope this sends a message to all the other corrupt politicians in Queens who are lining their pockets with taxpayer money and are guilty of conflicts of interest. Long Overdue.

Anonymous said...

Window dressing.........

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

L.STAVISKEY,voted for "FORCED BUSING " advocates in the n.y.s. regents in 1975.
remember the attempt to force bus north queens 7th to 12 th grade pupils to the then Andrew Jackson H.S. in Cambria Hgts?
most n.y.c. and Queens democrat pols. voted with the Senator, who was chmn. of the n.y.s. education committee.
the last time i ever considered voting for a democrat.

busing for integration was a massive waste of money in the U.S. and a FAILED SOCIAL ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT .Many of those marxists are now making U.S.laws and sitting at the arm of the community organizer.

it was the first of many busing for integration federal court losses for the N.A.A.C.P.