Thursday, March 04, 2010

WONG WAY: Temple City Councilwoman Judy Wong resigns under cloud of political corruption, and 10 Felony charges

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By Randy Economy
March 4, 2010
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com

TEMPLE CITY - Well, another Southern California elected official has resigned today under a cloud of political napalm. 

The wave of corruption in our local city halls is beyond staggering to say the least.

Temple City Councilwoman Judy Wong (seen here)  has quit her elected office.  

Wong was indicted nine months ago on felony charges of bribery and perjury.  Last night she called it quits. Good Bye.  See Ya. She is outta Temple City.

In case your memory bank needs to be jogged....last summer, the Los Angeles County Grand Jury indicted Wong on 10 felony charges, including bribery and perjury, stemming from accusations she accepted payment in return for support of developer Randy Wang's $75 million Temple City Piazza mall project.

Wong is in deep trouble and could spend 10 years in the slammer if she is convicted. In her resignation this week she stated:

"As the court case has progressed, it has become increasingly difficult for me to juggle my responsibilities as a city council member and at the same time to assist in the preparation of my trial defense.  Moreover, in recent months my legal situation has spilled over into council business. City business is too important to allow my pending legal matter to interrupt city council proceedings."


Former TC mayor Cathe Wilson, is also accused of accepting bribes from developer Wang and lying about it.  They will be in a downtown Los Angeles courthouse today (Friday).

Stay tuned....

NO DOUBT another CROOKED POLITICIAN could be GETTING INDICTED, or RESIGNING any MINUTE...and frankly....I CAN'T WAIT! 
 

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Keep posting stuff like this i really like it

Anonymous said...

it's really sad how no one looks into the bribery case and would happily accept the fact politicians are corrupt before actually questioning the accuser