RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: My Political Bad Boy of the Day: Former Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn, age 74, pleads "GUILTY" to conflict of interest and given 2 years probation after he took a $500,000 "loan" from his City coffers

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

My Political Bad Boy of the Day: Former Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn, age 74, pleads "GUILTY" to conflict of interest and given 2 years probation after he took a $500,000 "loan" from his City coffers

Busted Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn and his political pal Rep. Maxine Waters

By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com

LOS ANGELES – What is up with these local "powerhouse" Mayors who are getting popped on corruption charges this week?

The LA County District Attorney's Public Integrity Division bagged another aged "political" bad boy when former Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Franklin Dorn, 74, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of conflict of interest.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George Lomeli immediately sentenced Dorn to two years probation and ordered him to pay a $1,000 fine. Dorn, who resigned last night as mayor of Inglewood, is precluded for the rest of his life from holding public office as a result of the conviction.

Dorn was charged in June 2008 in connection with a low-interest loan he obtained through the City of Inglewood in 2004. Prosecutors said Dorn had a law modified in order to become eligible for a city residence incentive program that offered low-interest housing to executive non-elected municipal employees. The change in the law extended the program to elected officials.

Dorn went on to obtain a $500,000 loan through the program in November 2004. It was alleged that some of the funds were used to pay off his residence in Inglewood and the rest went into his bank account. Gee, sounds like a great loan, if you can swing it.

Deputy District Attorneys Juliet Schmidt and Max Huntsman of the Public Integrity Division prosecuted the case. I love Juliet and Max! These two are amazing, and really care about the public's BEST interest! I think I need to start a "Facebook Fan" page for Max and Juliet!

Last week, the man who served as Vernon’s mayor for more than a half-century, Leonis Malberg, age 80, and his wife, Dominica, age 83, were sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $600,000 in fines and penalties following their conviction for voter fraud and other corruption charges.

So, if your a local city councilman or mayor and wants to break laws by stuffing public money in your pants, just remember, Max Huntsman, Juliet Schmidt and Steve Cooley just might show up at your front door with a real "posse!"

W2G!

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