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Short and Sweet – Monica Conyers Guilty in Bribery Scandal
UPDATE — Monica Conyers has resigned from Detroit City Council effective July 6, 2009. Detroit News Article
This morning, in a Detroit Federal Court, Monica Conyers plead guilty to charges of Conspiracy to Commit Bribery. The presiding judge, Avern Cohn, advised the court that “the defendant now stands convicted.”
At this point, Conyers is still a councilwoman for the Detroit City Council. The Detroit city charter requires Conyers to resign “immediately” the minute she is convicted of a felony, but apparently, in Federal Court this is viewed as when the Defendant is sentenced.
Detroit Rock City shines again. The bottom line though…
Monica Conyers Pleads Guilty
She took bribes. She is married to US Congressman John Conyers (who had not commented as of yet).
Is Monica Conyers Corrupt from Bribes?
DETROIT, MI — The Detroit News reports that my favorite politician, Monica Conyers, reportedly needs to consider a plea offer from the Federal Government regarding a corruption investigation of City Hall. Apparently, the feds want an answer from Conyers by the end of the day (June 16th).
The short story concerns Rayford W. Jackson’s recent guilty plea in Federal Court on Monday. Jackson pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy in which “Council Member A” was given more than six grand in bribes in connection with a 1.2 billion dollar contract. This same “Council Member A” had also been bribed by another person, James R. Rosendall, Jr. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Franklin, Motorcycles, and Ann Arbor Parking
We’re not playing the Pyramid here, but wouldn’t that be great? Man, I miss good 70’s game shows. Give me the Pyramid and Match Game and I’m happy as can be. Anyway…
Benjamin Franklin
I’ve always liked Mr. Franklin. Some think he’s the only non-president on money… but those people probably think Mr. Hamilton was once a president. Anyway, Benjamin Franklin is perhaps my favorite American in history. I love his quotes and many of his thoughts can guide us still today.
Today’s the following Benjamin Franklin quote comes to mind:
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
Which brings us to… Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Monday. Ummm. Monday.
Fred with family at Thanksgiving
Good morning world and welcome to the snowed in Monday morning edition of Fred Posner dot com. Let’s discuss the weekend…
Not much happened. Let’s see, in random order:
- Yeni and I had Pizza so good I reactivated Fat Freddy Says
- The Gators beat Alabama and are headed to Miami for the Championship Game
- My Harley is back from the dealer… and is pretty much packed away until March (but sounds GREAT with my new pipes)
- Thanksgiving Pictures were posted
- Blogged about an idiotic FBI Warning
- Yeni and I started on the Holiday Vegitation
- and the Chicago Tribune filed for bankruptcy.
And how’s your day? Feel free to comment 
