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| Mystery Surrounding Illinois Democrat Facing Felony Gun Charges Deepens |
| 2012-12-10 |
| We met this guy last week... After his arrest, 62-year-old Trotter claimed that he had the gun, a .25 caliber Berretta, due to his second job as a security guard. His job as state senator pays $67,000 per year plus lucrative per diem when the Illinois Senate is in session. Trotter has been in the Illinois Assembly for 24 years. But while the company he claims employs him as a security guard, All Points Security and Detective Company, lists him as an employee, he never disclosed this employment on any of his campaign finance records. He is not answering questions about the second job. Neither is All Points. "Nothing! We know nothing! Tell them, Hogan!" But All Points has large government contracts. Trotter's mysterious employment with the company, plus his failure to disclose said employment as the law requires on his campaign finance documents, raises the possibility that his security guard job is a payoff scheme. No! Re-e-e-e-e-ally? My faith in politicians (as crooks) has been restored. Trotter is among the Democrats vying for the US House seat recently vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr. From Gus Savage to Mel Reynolds to Junior to Trotter. What a legacy for the 2nd district... The virtue of democracy is that it gives the pee-pul the government they deserve. |
| Posted by:Spot |
| #3 .25 caliber Beretta? Nice little belly gun. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-12-10 17:29 |
| #2 Years ago security company employees who carried firearms had to undergo a licensing regime. The firearms licensing required that any arrests of a licensed security guard had to be reported through the employer to the State or municipal agency that issued the firearms license. If in fact Trotter was licensed, I suppose all of those unsightly details were seen to by the arresting officer........... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-12-10 15:36 |
| #1 Sounds like Tony Soprano's "job" as a Sanitation Consultant. |
| Posted by: Dopey Sinatra9196 2012-12-10 15:07 |