Saturday, May 18, 2013

Is Van Bramer the most honest man in politics?

From the NY Post:

City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer helped bust a businessman on a bribery charge, The Post has learned.

Mike Wolfert, who’s developing a massive indoor rock-climbing center in Queens, allegedly asked Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) to pull strings for him after he was slapped with a stop-work order for doing construction work without a permit.

But rather than accept Wolfert’s e-mail offer of “unconditional support” — including access to his company’s Facebook friends and free use of his facility for political events — Van Bramer blew the whistle, prompting a rapid-fire sting operation by the Department of Investigation that nabbed Wolfert within weeks, sources said.

Van Bramer’s actions stand in stark contrast to the allegations against a host of elected officials — including state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Queens), Assemblyman Eric Stevenson (D-Bronx) and Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Queens) — charged recently in payoff schemes.

“We’re grateful that, at a time when some people are succumbing to corruption, this was reported to DOI,” DOI Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn said.


Have no fear. Although he won't take bribes, he still supports bad building projects because County tells him to.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

No, He's not. Doesn't even approach being "Honest"

Anonymous said...

I agree....Jimmy follows the orders of county.

So Van Bramer bitch slapped a businessman for a bald faced outreach to him for his support on a (relatively speaking) petty thievery issue.

Then Councilman Jimmy continues supporting the big time over development crooks....as usual

I wouldn't exactly call that honestly serving his constituents.

Anonymous said...

Honest?

Encouraging people to live next to a polluted noisy trainyard?

Encouraging people to live next to a sewage filled East River and Newtown Creek superfund site?

Encouraging community based cultural groups to close while showering big institutions with money to burn.

Finding funds to support hipster lifestyles while residents that knew him and supported his start in 'public' service are allowed to wither no the vine?

Refusing a few thou in chump change is does not make him a respectable person in anyone's book.

Just clever.

Anonymous said...

Finding funds to support hipster lifestyles while residents that knew him and supported his start in 'public' service are allowed to wither no the vine?

Anonymous said...

He did it because he believed he was being set up..........

Anonymous said...

i do like him bc he closeness with Quinn is turning me off. Quinn didn't even endorse him in 2009 so why is he defending her?? she is corrupt.