The mayor of Charlotte, N.C. -- the state's largest city and the site of the 2012 Democratic National Convention -- resigned Wednesday hours after he was charged with federal public corruption and accused of taking bribes in an FBI sting.
City spokesman Keith Richardson said Mayor Patrick Cannon submitted his resignation letter Wednesday to the city manager and attorney.
The 47-year-old Cannon is accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen who wanted to do work with Charlotte.
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Par for the course. Corruption, fraud, and the like.
ReplyDeleteya ever notice that if the public official is a republican it's emblazoned on the headline of the story so that you know that the guy is a republican criminal before you even read the story, however if it is a democrat you have to scan through the first 5 paragraphs of the story before you even see the word democrat referring to the official? no bias there.
ReplyDeleteLots of officials being busted right now. Gun-running Yee, the gun-control supporter, some traveling state dude in Albany, and now the downtrodden to great leader to bribe taker story of the Charlotte mayor.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.