How many other criminals can walk out of jail and into a job on a congressional campaign payroll?
Culture of corruption, Milwaukee edition..Keeping it in the family:
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore’s campaign is quickly becoming a family business.
Not only does the Milwaukee Democrat have her sister Brenda on the campaign payroll to the tune of nearly $40,000 annually, as we reported last year, but Moore now has brought on her 27-year-old son, Sowande Omokunde, also known as Supreme Solar Allah.
Recent campaign reports show Moore, who was easily re-elected to a second term, paid her son $1,500 in October for political consulting. Omokunde told others that he was the campaign’s deputy field director.
Neither the congresswoman nor her sister returned calls Friday.
As you may recall, Omokunde was one of four Democratic staffers who pleaded guilty to misdemeanors for slashing tires on 25 vans hours before Republican Party officials were to use them to drive voters to the polls on election day 2004. In April, Omokunde was sentenced to four months in jail and fined $1,000 for his role in the much-publicized caper.
But he obviously had a soft landing. How many other criminals can walk out of jail and into a job on a congressional campaign payroll?
A reminder
November 14, 2006 - 03:32 PM on November 14th, 2006
Supreme Solar Allah?
Funny, isn’t it? Locally, the Democrites were pounding on the incumbent Congressman in the last election. He’s one of the dirtiest politicians in Washington, they said, because he hired his wife as a consulatant (paid with campaign $) and because he had “ties” to Jack Abramoff. The loacl newspaper seemed to have daily editorials on how this was so corrupt, so baaaaad, and how this Congressman was claerly part of the “Culture of Corruption”.
What do you want to bet that this story about Gwen Moore won’t make it to the NY Times, CNN, the LA Times, ABC, etc.?
The Democrites are cleaning out the Republican COC! The Democrites are the saviors! They’ll really clean up Washington!!!
BTW – what’s happening with Freezer Jefferson these days? Has anything at all been done about that crook? Oh, he’s a Democrite! Yawn… Next…
November 14, 2006 - 04:23 PM on November 14th, 2006
You can only get away with this stuff, if your a lamb of Jessie.
November 15, 2006 - 07:27 AM on November 15th, 2006
“We pledge to make this the most honest, ethical, and open Congress in history.”said Nancy Pelosi
November 15, 2006 - 07:35 AM on November 15th, 2006
gee, how about draining the swamp as she promised..
November 15, 2006 - 07:48 AM on November 15th, 2006
Pelosi:â€Drain The Swamp”and “Raise Taxes To Clinton Eraâ€