"CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Patrick Cannon's rise to mayor began with his election to City Council in 1993, at a time when Charlotte was emerging as a major banking center.
Gleaming skyscrapers began painting the skyline of a New South city that had a fledgling NBA team and an NFL franchise on the way.
Cannon was a reflection of the up-and-coming city — a young businessman and politician with a made-for-TV backstory. He'd been raised in a housing project by a single mom and mentored by some of Charlotte's most powerful political and business figures, before building a successful parking business in the shadow of the downtown office buildings.
After he was elected mayor in November, the 47-year-old Democrat promised to tackle tough issues facing Charlotte and build on the success of the 2012 Democratic National Convention that put Charlotte on a national stage.
But Cannon's career came to a stunning halt Wednesday when he was arrested and accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from FBI agents posing as businessmen who wanted to work with North Carolina's largest city. He resigned hours later, less than six months after taking office.." Read the rest at: http://www.sfgate.com/news/...-s-image-5355194.php
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All you tea baggers are against any democrat making a little extra Money.
Name calling doesn't help your cause.
And no, they should not be taking bribes to get a little extra spending money. But if you are for corruption in your party, more power to you. Perhaps you will be next.
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All you tea baggers are against any democrat making a little extra Money.
Heh, not lost on me
It's like them selling/running guns. I have often said I bet those bastiges buy lots of gun manufacturing stocks right before attempting restrictive gun laws and getting people excited, driving the prices through the roof.
And no, they should not be taking bribes to get a little extra spending money. But if you are for corruption in your party, more power to you. Perhaps you will be next.
sarchasm: The gulf that exists between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader who doesn't get it.
sarchasm: The gulf that exists between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader who doesn't get it.
Humor is one of those emotional things that takes a lot of brainpower to figure out... I try to determine if there is humor or not, but fail sometimes.
Originally posted by heybjorn: I should edit? It should say" Wish I had thought of that?"
Meh ... "it"/"that" was not your err. I was playin' on the "gulf which exists of those who don't get it (which requires thinking)" and your wish to have thought of it. I was kidding and I meant every word of it, .
Uh, I knew that. Sad. Two of us who have been able to read the other's mind with jokes have lost that touch. And you and I have done it, too. And I am unanimous in that.
Take the day off and we can try again tomorrow.
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And you and I have done it, too. And I am unanimous in that. 
