Friday, March 28, 2014
Politicians - Charlotte, NC Mayor Patrick Cannon
Another politician with questionable money dealings.
Update: the mayor has resigned...
Update: the mayor has resigned...
Mitch Weiss and Tom Foreman Jr. reported this on the WBT Charlotte News Talk website:
"Less than six months on the job, the mayor of Charlotte was arrested Wednesday and accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen who wanted to do work with North Carolina's largest city.
Mayor Patrick Cannon, a 47-year-old Democrat who rose from the city's public housing projects to become a successful businessman and politician, faces federal theft and bribery charges. Cannon accepted more than $48,000 in cash, airline tickets, a hotel room and the use of a luxury apartment as bribes and solicited more than $1 million more, according to a criminal complaint."
