Criminal Behavior by Members of “Mayors Against Illegal Guns”

[virginia mountainman]

Since Mayors against Illegal guns, felt the need to purchase airtime during tonight's Super Bowl. I thought the gentle readers of this fine forum, be reminded about just about some of the MAIG's esteemed members.

Coaldale, Pa. Mayor faces pornography charges

The Times News, Carbon County, N.Y., September 9, 2011

http://www.tnonline.com/2011/sep/20/corkery-behind-bars

The Mayor of Coaldale, Richard Corkery is in jail following a violation of his bail conditions stemming from charges by Carbon County prosecutors that he downloaded child pornography.

Brownsville Mayor has third DWI arrest

The Monitor, McAllen, Texas, May 11, 2010

http://www.themonitor.com/news/span-38434-style-font.html

The Brownsville Herald, Brownsville, Texas, Jun. 21, 2011

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/-127960--.html

Mayor Pat M. Ahumeda Jr. was arrested after police pulled him over for driving erratically and he refused to take a breathalyzer. The mayor plead guilty to reckless driving and was sentenced to two years’ probation. Ahumeda was arrested for DWI in 1987 and 2003.

Monticello, N.Y. Mayor pleads guilty

The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y., Jun. 10, 2010

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100610/NEWS/6100319/-1/NEWS

The Sullivan County Democrat, Callicoon, N.Y., Apr. 19, 2011

http://www.sc-democrat.com/news/2011April/19/news3.htm

Mayor Gordon Jenkins plead guilty to five counts of trademark counterfeiting after he and his wife were caught selling knockoff Nikes to undercover police at the store the couple own. A search of their home also turned up marijuana.

Mayor of Tamarac, Fla. turns herself in

The Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., March 9, 2011

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2011/03/tamarac_mayor_beth_talabisco_t.html

Mayor Beth Flansbaum-Talabisco faces charges of bribery and official misconduct stemming from dealings with two unscrupulous developers.

Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez sentenced to three years in prison

The Hartford Courant, Sept. 15, 2010

http://articles.courant.com/2010-09-15/news/hc-web-perez-sentencing-0915-20100914_1_abraham-giles-judge-julia-d-dewey-eddie-alberto-perez

Mayor Eddie Perez has been sentenced to three years in prison and three years of probation after being convicted on five felony corruption charges, including extortio

Embattled Racine mayor resigns

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, March 3, 2010

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/86273007.html

Mayor of Racine, Wis. and member of Mayors against Illegal Guns Gary Becker resigned after facing charges in an internet sex sting. Becker was later convicted and received a three year prison term.

White Plains, NY: After arrest, mayor denies injuring wife

LoHud.com, March 1, 2010

http://www.lohud.com/article/20103010346

http://www.lohud.com/article/20100401/NEWS02/4010405/-1/newsfront/5-new-domestic-charges-against-Mayor-Bradley

Mayor Adam Bradley was arrested for third degree misdemeanor assault. Wife Fumiko Bradley acquired a temporary protective order against him. The mayor was sentenced to three years probation.

Inglewood mayor resigns before pleading guilty to misdemeanor conflict of interest charge

The L.A. Times, Jan. 25, 2010

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/01/inglewood-mayor-resigns-after-pleading-guilty-to-misdemeanor-conflict-of-interest-charge.html

Mayor of Inglewood resigns ahead of pleading guilty to conflict of interest charges. He also faced charges of embezzlement.

Baltimore Mayor resigns after pleading guilty to stealing from the poor

The Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 6, 2010

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0106/Baltimore-Mayor-Sheila-Dixon-resigns-as-part-of-plea-deal

Mayor of Baltimore, Md. Sheila Dixon and member of Mayors against Illegal Guns was indicted on theft and perjury charges. Dixon was ultimately convicted of taking from a program intended to help disadvantaged children. Dixon had to resign as part of her plea deal.

Larry Langford found guilty on all 60 counts

The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 28, 2009

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/10/larry_langford_found_guilty.html

Larry Langford, Birmingham's mayor and a former Jefferson County commissioner, has been found guilty in his federal bribery trial.

Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick sentenced to four months

CNN, Oct. 28, 2008

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-10-28/justice/detroit.mayor.sentenced_1_kilpatrick-and-beatty-justice-and-misconduct-judge-david-groner?_s=PM:CRIME

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to four months in prison after pleading to two felony charges of obstruction of justice. In addition, the mayor pled to a charge of assaulting a police officer.

New Jersey Mayor and wife sentenced for extortion

The Jersey Journal, Oct. 3, 2008

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/guttenberg/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1224916016161280.xml&coll=3

Mayor David Delle Donna, 49, of Guttenberg, was sentenced to four years, 3 months for tax evasion and the extortion of a local business owner.

Mayor with a past has a future in prison

The New York Times, Aug. 22, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/24passaicnj.html?_r=1

When a federal judge sentenced former Mayor Samuel Rivera to 21 months in federal prison on Aug. 15, an era ended in this tattered city of nearly 70,000, leaving many here debating Mr. Rivera’s tumultuous past and wondering what is to come.

Will Wynn pleads guilty to assault

The Austin Chronicle, Mar. 3, 2008

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/News/Blogs/index.html/objID599595/blogID/

Mayor Will Wynn formally pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge Tuesday, stemming from a 2006 incident where he physically ejected purported party crasher Luke Johnson from his Downtown condo; in a signed statement, Johnson described the "contact as offensive and provocative."

The Mayor of Jersey City is convicted over a scuffle

The New York Times, Jun. 6, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/23/nyregion/23mayor.html?_r=2&oref=slogin

A municipal court judge in this shore town found the mayor of Jersey City guilty of obstructing justice and resisting arrest in a clash with a police officer a little more than a year ago, leading the mayor’s wife, Maureen, to hiss, “It’s a disgrace.”

The mayor, Jerramiah T. Healy, said in a news conference after the verdict that he had no intention of resigning his office, and would most likely appeal the decision, rendered by a municipal court judge, John G. Colannino, who ordered Mayor Healy to pay $828 in fees and fines and then imposed a stay of 20 days.

A Bloomberg anti-gun mayor is charged with carrying weapon

New York Sun, Nov. 22, 2006

http://www.nysun.com/new-york/bloomberg-anti-gun-mayor-is-charged-with-carrying/43999/

The mayor of Jackson, Miss., Frank Melton—who, according to news reports, carries firearms at all times and has a reputation for being tough on crime—pleaded no contest to carrying a concealed gun on the campus of Mississippi College School of Law. He also pleaded guilty to carrying a gun into a church and into a park, also illegal under state law. The first was reduced from a felony charge to a misdemeanor; the latter two were misdemeanors.

[oneshooter]

1. Seems that some animals are more equal than others.

"The first was reduced from a felony charge to a misdemeanor; the latter two were misdemeanors."


Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

[Hoyt]

2. They are redeeming themselves with stand against guns. Takes guts.

[gejohnston]

3. only that they were

committing the crimes while members. True redemption can only happen if they stop their criminality before joining MAIG.

[virginia mountainman]

4. let me get this straight..

According to you...A child pornographer can get redemption by "taking a stand against guns"?

It is scary to see the inner workings in some folk's minds...

[Hoyt]

7. Based upon that post, why waste my time responding. I might as well debate a T-bagger

[PavePusher]

5. That has to be the dumbest fucking thing posted on D.U. today.

[Hoyt]

8. Not if you've posted the reason(s) you need a gun in public.

[DonP]

6. So child porn, assault, bribery and fraud are OK with you if they hate guns

If they just claim to want to ban guns and you're ready to overlook all those felonies.

Is there any depth that gun grabbers won't sink to?

[rl6214]

9. AAAAAAAhahahahahahaha

Always a jokester you are

I suppose you really think a child pornographer can redeeme himself.

[SteveW]

10. Yeah, they just slopped on some Insta-Morals! to cover the stink. nt

[Hoyt]

12. Except 580 of the mayors don't "stink," and they have the right attitude against guns in public.

[SteveW]

13. That attitude: I'VE got the guns; you don't. nt

[Hoyt]

14. So are you arming up to fight police or what? If so, you can leave em at home until the revolution.

[SteveW]

15. "Fighting police?" You have a strange imagination. nt

[Hoyt]

19. Actually, I was in the south in 1960s. Will be glad to tell you about how right wingers used guns

to intimidate.

Further, your poor, pitiful gun plight is nowhere near as important as, or comparable to, the Civil Rights struggles. You should be ashamed for making that comparison.

I'll be glad to discuss my opinion of Wallace, Lester Maddox -- A Governor of Georgia who rose to fame by using a gun to chase minorities out of his restaurant -- Strom Thurmond and all those fuckers who turned Republican upon passage of Civil Rights Act.

Your gun rights aren't even close in comparison, except in your small mind.

[oneshooter]

21. So you are not in the South now?

[Hoyt]

22. Exactly why does that matter to you?

[liberal_biker]

17. How do you figure it takes guts?

Seriously. I'd love to know.

Especially if your assertions of how much of the country hates guns is true. After all, it doesn't take a whole lot of guts to state what you believe is the obvious majority opinion...

[Hoyt]

20. To put up with the wrath of the rabid right wing takes guts. That's hard to even question.

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And the mayors ought to ask the voters -- Do you want any old person walking around with a gun or two strapped to their bodies with high capacity mags and lord knows what other types of lethal accessories?

Then show them YouTube videos of some guy posing in front of camera showing how quick he can draw his gun after hundreds of hours of practicing.

[DragonBorn]

18. Sounds familiar

Like those Republicans who think Newt Gingrich has suddenly turned over a new leaf a is a family man. Yea there always "getting their act together" after they get caught. Sure.

[slackmaster]

26. I wonder how Hoyt will react if and when Israel bombs Iran's nuclear development facilities

It seems Hoyt subscribes to the notion that a sufficiently noble end justifies any and all means to achieve it.

[Hoyt]

27. What does that have to do with the issue of people walking around in this country with guns?

[slackmaster]

28. Both are examples of illegal or at best extrajudicial acts done in order to take something away from

...someone else, all in the name of public safety.

Either the end justifies the means in both situations, or it does not. You can't have it both ways.

[Simo 1939_1940]

11. Great job, VM

This thread gets bookmarked.

[Lefty48197]

23. Those people aren't members of MAIG.

Only one person mentioned in your post is listed as a member of MAIG and that's Gordon Jenkins of Monticello, NY. Even if the others really were members, I'm not sure why anyone would associate a TV ad from last week with people who haven't been members of that group for up to five years and more.
I mean, when people ask why I don't like the Republicans, I don't have to bring up Strom Thurmond or Jesse Helms. I bring up people like John Boehner and Mitch McConnell. Are there any CURRENT members of MAIG that would somehow discredit that group?

[friendly_iconoclast]

24. They were. Apparently you don't want to admit it.

And as for current members, I can produce no better examples than the founder, Mayor 1% Michael Bloomberg and his
union-busting counterpart Rahm Emanuel.

Feel free to explain to us how 'progressive' they are...

[friendly_iconoclast]

25. Let us not forget "I have my own army in the NYPD" Bloomberg

Who were busily falsely arresting people over his first ten years in office:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002291970

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/nyregion/new-york-settles-suit-on-illegal-arrests-for-loitering.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

NYPD Must Pay $15 Million for Illegally Arresting 22,000

Nearly 30 years of court battles over illegal arrests for loitering in New York City came to an end this week as a federal judge approved a class-action settlement that will include a $15 million payment by the city and an unusual promise that officials will work to expunge thousands of convictions.

The agreement was a milestone in a legal battle that tested government’s power to limit urban freedoms and showed how hard it can be for judges to change police practices.

The settlement came after a federal judge held the city in contempt in 2010 for “obstinance and uncooperativeness,” as the police continued for years to make arrests under laws that had been declared unconstitutional. The laws had banned loitering to panhandle or to search for a sex partner, or while in a bus or train station.

Federal and state courts struck down those laws between 1983 and 1993 as violating First Amendment rights, but some 22,000 people were charged with the offenses from 1983 to 2012.

Kindly take your defense of MAIG elsewhere...

[DonP]

29. That's because they all traded in their suit and tie for an orange jumpsuit

Boy, that's stretching the point to try and salvage some vestige of credibility.

Just because they were locked up, now they don't count anymore? Did they confiscate their membership card and MAIG decoder ring?

You have to be kidding, right?

[gejohnston]

30. they were members when

they were busted.