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melm00se

(5,127 posts) Wed Mar 26, 2014, 07:28 PM Mar 2014

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Charlotte mayor resigns after arrest on corruption charges [View all]

Source: Charlotte Observer

Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges, with the FBI alleging he took tens of thousands of dollars in bribes – including $20,000 in cash delivered in a briefcase last month to the mayor’s office where he also solicited $1 million more.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/26/4795861/charlotte-mayor-patrick-cannon.html#.UzNwO_ldUrU

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Charlotte mayor resigns after arrest on corruption charges [View all] melm00se Mar 2014 OP

well that was quick. Cofitachequi Mar 2014 #1

how is this going to work? is there a special election or littlewolf Mar 2014 #2

i believe that melm00se Mar 2014 #3

In Charlotte, DAMANgoldberg Mar 2014 #6

Sworn to enforce the law Supersedeas Mar 2014 #7

Jeez.... marble falls Mar 2014 #4

The stupidity is simply amazing. Whaaaa? LuckyLib Mar 2014 #5

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