Jul 18 2008
Union Mayor Indicted on Bribery Charges
City of Union Director of Building and Zoning Jeff Lawson has been put on administrative leave without pay, the city clerk said this morning.
Lawson and former mayor Bruce Morgan were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for accepting more than $30,000 in bribes from contractors bidding on city projects. Morgan resigned from his position as both mayor and city administrator yesterday morning.
Did Morgan really do anything that doesn’t go in Washington? Think about it. Lobbyists are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to get legislators to pass or oppose laws in their favor. In exchange these legislators get campaign donations and votes. Is that not bribery? Why is it ok for the Feds, but not the local guys?
Because lobbyists don’t take oaths. Duh.
No, but the legislators do, so why aren’t we throwing over half of Washington D.C. into the slammer?