People in public office don't care about us because they care about themselves and money! They can easily be bribed! They will help out their friends and leave the rest of us to pay the price! If one isn't well-connected people in public office don't care about helping!
These are just a few of the things people think about politicians or anyone else in public office.
Maybe, these comments should be extended, right or wrongly, to judges as well as politicians?
Like, towards nine judges in Philadelphia, who, according to Yahoo were federally charged with "fixing tickets for friends, relatives, business associates and political allies."
"'A widespread culture of giving breaks on traffic citations' persisted in the city, federal prosecutors alleged, though everyday citizens were out of luck. Only the well-connected got breaks," Yahoo reported.
Though, none of the judges made any money off of "being a friend" defense attorneys claim "the court has worked that way for a century."
Here is how it would happen:
"Philadelphia ward leaders and Democratic City Committee associates, along with family and friends, regularly contacted the judges to seek help with traffic tickets. Judges would trade favors if the case wasn't assigned to them and would either dismiss or reduce the ticket, helping people avoid steep fines and points on their licenses, authorities charged," stated Yahoo
"The scheme kept unsafe drivers on the road and deprived the city and state of revenues, U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger said, according to the Associated Press.
Included in the indictment is former Traffic Court Judge Willie Singletary, who had been kicked out of office for showing cellphone photos of his genitals to a female clerk.
"The 77-count indictment noted that Singletary had openly campaigned on a promise that he would do favors for supporters," according to Yahoo.
"There's going to be a basket going around because I'm running for traffic court judge, right, and I need some money," the indictment quoted Singletary as saying at a 2007 motorcycle club meeting. "I got some stuff that I got to do, but if you all can give me twenty dollars you're going to need me in traffic court, am I right about that? ... Now you all want me to get there, you're all going to need my hook-up, right?" stated the Associated Press.
Singletary is also accused of lying to the FBI.
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