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Topic: Clerk Dorothy Brown chaired fund-raiser
cited in Nagin corruption case |
Clerk Dorothy Brown chaired fund-raiser
cited in Nagin corruption case
Chicago Sun-Times, by Dan Mihalopoulos & Frank Main
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Posted By:Pluperfect, 1/21/2013 5:27:48 AM
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| A re-election fundraiser that Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown chaired for then-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin almost seven years ago was mentioned prominently in the federal corruption indictment unsealed against him Friday. (Snip)Brown, who is a Louisiana native, chaired the fund-raiser at the Plaza Club, on the 40th floor of the Prudential Building. At the event, she said she admired Nagin’s response to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005. “I was just so impressed how he stood so tall when he wasn’t getting any help from the governor and he wasn’t getting any help from the president,”
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Comments:
Chicago, again!
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
lydwho, 1/21/2013 5:35:10 AM (No. 9129339)
This broad is one he11 of a ditz. Only in our Chicago politics could she survive!!!!
Art
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Spidey, 1/21/2013 5:44:15 AM (No. 9129343)
The problem the gov. and Nagin ran into was people in other part`s of the state didn´t want NO refugees invading their towns/parishes.Still,Nagin was holed up on the top floor of a hotel while the whole disaster was going on.Hard to believe someone would have the gall to claim he did a great job.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
srhcb, 1/21/2013 6:01:40 AM (No. 9129354)
By "wasn’t getting any help from the governor and ... the president" she means any graft.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Janjan, 1/21/2013 6:28:49 AM (No. 9129370)
I love how these complete morons admire each other. It makes sense in a way.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
artman1746, 1/21/2013 7:42:21 AM (No. 9129464)
Three characteristics you cannot put together without cultural chaos and financial disaster: black + liberal + Democrat!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
nina584, 1/21/2013 7:49:58 AM (No. 9129474)
Chicago and New Orleans ! A cesspool of corruption. Look at Washington today.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
arcady, 1/21/2013 8:04:48 AM (No. 9129493)
Classic...
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/21/2013 8:58:08 AM (No. 9129588)
Nagin, from Dallas Texas, stood tall helping New Orleans, when he was getting no help from the governor or the president. Yep, there was Nagin in the NO neighborhoods asking people to leave, directing the evacuation -- no, he was in Dallas.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Polecat49, 1/21/2013 9:14:44 AM (No. 9129631)
Isn´t it amazing how these people who totally ignore the facts, keep rising to positions of power?
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