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| Rangel used $1,450 in campaign funds to pay parking tickets |
| 2009-01-02 |
| Poster Boy for Pelosi's "most ethical congress in history"? Imagine making a campaign contribution to a candidate, only to find that he was using that money not to buy signs, buttons or office space, but rather to pay parking or traffic tickets. Well there's no need to imagine it. Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D - New York), who is fighting off a House ethics committee investigation of his taxes, campaign contributions and four rent-stabilized apartments in New York, including using one of them as his campaign headquarters was cited for multiple parking violations in his Chrysler P.T. Cruiser in and around the District of Columbia since March 2007 it was reported. $1,450 in payments for the tickets were made from Rangel's campaign committee and his PAC. A Rangel spokesman told the Daily News that there was "nothing unethical" about using donated money to pay the tickets. The spokesman noted that Congress members routinely use campaign money to pay for parking and traffic violations. It was not immediately clear whether Rangel's Cadillac, which is paid for using taxpayer dollars has been summonsed for any parking or traffic infractions here in New York where Rangel uses that vehicle. How would you feel if you gave money to a candidate for political office and found out that it was being used to pay his/her parking and traffic violations? Please send me your thoughts! Iused to think Chollie was just a jovial jerk, but after proposing the draft in 2003, and all the revealed corruption, tax evasion, villas in the Carib, low-rent apartments(!), I've come to realize he's a perfect example of the disgusting parasites we need to violently shed from the body politic, and very publically so. Drive him from all means of power, fame, ill-gotten funds. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 More "Political Immunity". Corruption ever gonna STOP !! |
| Posted by: Tom- Pa 2009-01-02 18:06 |
| #2 What "man" drives a PT Cruiser? I bet it's a woodie |
| Posted by: Beavis 2009-01-02 17:18 |
| #1 If I gave Charlie a donation, I would expect that it would go directly into his pocket. Does he even have to campaign. I'm surprised that he even has to pay parking tickets. What kind of NY political operation is he running? I'm sure that the majority of his doners are expecting some kind of consideration in return. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2009-01-02 16:59 |