Saturday, September 10, 2005

The sun rose, birds chirped, a Minneapolis City Council member took bribes

More details emerge from the Red Star regarding yet another corrupt liberal city government official. Minneapolis City Council member Dean Zimmerman appears to be headed anxious to get in the line of council members going to prison:

Minneapolis City Council Member Dean Zimmermann took $7,200 cash in exchange for support on zoning changes, according to a federal affidavit filed Friday.

The search warrant affidavit claims the FBI had probable cause to believe Zimmermann violated the law by accepting "bribes in exchange for official acts."

In a highly detailed six-page portion of the affidavit, the FBI claims to have both audio and videotapes of Zimmermann taking cash from an unidentified cooperating witness on three separate occasions in June, July and August. Zimmermann, 63, discussed with the witness cash contributions for his campaign and for personal debts in exchange for zoning help, the FBI said.
Why exactly do people keep putting liberals in charge of the city of Minneapolis? The citizens end up with corruption, incompetence, and ignorance. They have parks covered with weeds the libs like to think represent beautiful nature, crime spirals out of control, bums pervade the city streets, ugly buildings become the rule rather than the exception in the city, and elected officials lie, cheat and steal. And on and on.

Do city dwellers have no common sense?