After all this time Charlie Rangel has finally seen the errors of his ways.....or just doesn't want to be investigated by committee and has decided to leave his post as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. You know that committee, the one that is in charge of making most of the tax laws in this country. You know tax laws, right? The thing Charlie has been accused of over, over and over again of breaking.......

WASHINGTON - After being admonished by an ethics panel for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean, Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that he will take a leave of absence from his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means committee.
Rangel made the announcement to reporters on Capitol Hill, saying he would not answer any questions.

But as is par for the course in this Administration, Rangel admits no guilt and defends his actions by saying he had "no knowledge" that what he was doing was illegal. Never mind the fact that aids attempted to show Rabngel several times, evidence that trips to Antigua and St. Maarten were corporate sponsored and therefore illegal. Moreover, these trips barely scratch the surface of all the corrupt and illegal maneuvers this guy has made. From failing to disclose more than a half a million dollars in assets to using a rent controlled apartment in New York for his campaign headquarters, to cheating on his own taxes-it is clear Mr. Rangel feels he too is above the law and should bear no responsibility for his actions.

......if only we THE AMERICAN PEOPLE got the same and equal treatment under the law......

SEIU spent hundreds of millions of dollars to elect Barack Obama and Democrat majorities.  Not all of that money was from dues.  SEIU has at least $90 million in loans including a large a line of credit with Bank of America.

Needing to pay it down, but not wanting to - SEIU has come up with a series of bank attacks in what most would perceive is an attempt to write down a bad debt  It's not their first attempt.  At the rallies held last summer, tens of people showed up around the country. 

Here's what it will look like.**

Should this new strategy be successful, expect to see Brian Wahby protesting at the Royale to eliminate his bartab.

**Former MO ACORN Head Organizer Glenn Burleigh, pictured in the video has left ACORN, to pursue his musical career with some kind of radical workers band.  No word on if that is funded by SEIU, or by mom. He is still available for political consultation in between gigs. Word is he can get you on Jaco for a fee.

Wait til Monday. I'll be on Dana Radio on 97.1 Talk FM starting in the 7:00 hour to break yet

Another exclusive story  from original research.  They used to call that newsgathering.

Here's some hint.  It's juicy.  It has a national twist, but with a local flavor.  It's got documents.

But no matter which way it gets spun, someone is going to be in trouble.

Yes, I am being coy, and I do mean to make people sweat.  Just the wicked ones. 

 

In July 2009, Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, sent a letter to the Fed asking it to approve the fast acquisition of two banks owned in large part major contributors to the Menendez campaign, according to the Wall Street Journal.  This kind of intervention is considered grossly inappropriate and appears to be a form of influence peddling. 

William Black, a federal bank regulator during the savings-and-loan crisis two decades ago, and like Mr. Menendez a Democrat, called the senator’s letter "grotesquely inappropriate," given his ties to the two directors. Mr. Black, now a law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, said the letter crossed an unofficial line by asking regulators to approve an application instead of simply asking that it be given consideration.

The problem here, as with the entire banking crisis, is not the result of too little government meddling, but of too much. For years, Congress has treated the banking system like its own play toy.  The solution to this crisis is smaller government, not larger. This reduction in the government’s control of banking should begin with the privatization of Fannie and Freddie.  And November’s election is the time to make that happen.

Tags: bank failures, banking, congress, corruption, Robert Menendez

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Looks like Mike Dalton dodged a bullet.  Late last year I reported on the false letters that were to be used to bolster the case for e911 services in Jefferson County.

Forefront Organizing recognized that Martin's editorial was a danger.  Their response, was to write up a couple of Letters to the Editor, and ask Brenda Shular to find people "not offically connected to 911" who would sign their names to the letters, and forward them to the Leader. 

Mike Dalton, through Forefront Organizing, forwarded two letters to Brenda Shular and asked her to find shills to put their signatures on the fake letters.  This was part of the media strategy, supposedly written by self-professed Marxist Glenn Burleigh, now head of MO Acorn.

It's a good thing the Dalton boys didn't try to pull this trick in California.  From Patterico, we see this fun fact about the laws in California being strictly against such trickery and malfeasance.

"California Penal Code section 538a states:

Every person who signs any letter addressed to a newspaper with the name of a person other than himself and sends such letter to the newspaper, or causes it to be sent to such newspaper, with intent to lead the newspaper to believe that such letter was written by the person whose name is signed thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor."

Whew!  Talk about your close calls.  We never did hear whether these letters were published, but we do know the blatant attempt to sway the public with a false letter writing campaign was part and parcel of the organizing campaign run by former SEIU employee Mike Dalton.

It's almost as if you can't trust these guys.

The day before Thanksgiving, the St Louis County Counselor's office brought charges against six people arrested outside a Russ Carnahan town hall for assault, and interfering with a police officer.  Two of those arrested were SEIU staff members Perry Molens and Elston McCowan, who were witnessed by three people attacking Kenneth Gladney.

Almost four months elapsed between the time of the attack and the charges filed.  The length of time and the failure of the county counselor's office to speak with Gladney, witnesses, or ask for original video gave the impression of a political cover-up.  County Counselor Pat Redington took only two days in 2000 to press charges against a Republican running for a Congressional seat on bogus assault charges, but four months went by with no action but the viewing of YouTube videos for these assault charges.

Prior to the charges being filed, KMOX filed reports on the incident, quoting Kenneth Gladney's twin brother, Keith Gladney.  Said Gladney:

"I think someone's either slow dragging or they're buying time for some reason."  "They're giving him enough time for....basically for this whole case that slipped through the cracks". 

Kenneth Gladney was scheduled to meet with a representative of Pat Redington's office the day the KMOX story aired. That appointment was never met, and the next day, charges were filed.

At the time, Keith Gladney worked as an Animal Control officer for the St Louis County Department of Health.  Keith was hired in April of 2009 on a six-month probationary schedule, but that probation was extended in September.  Keith's father passed away during his employment, and he took time off to put his father's affairs in order.  That time was approved, but it is noted on his performance review as the reason for extending his probation.  His next evaluation was to be January 24th, 2010. 

So on December 23rd, two days before Christmas, Keith was surprised to find himself in a termination meeting based on work complaints. Keith was terminated, told he had no appeal, and the Personnel representative told him this decision came directly from Dolores Gunn, the head of the Department of Health.  She signed his termination letter, which I will publish in the information post.

Employment Disputes

I've spent ten years in employment.  The first thing I can tell you is that in any employment dispute, the employee will tell a story that makes them out to be an angel, with a supervisor who had it in for them. Even when employees have been wronged, if you investigate long enough you always find parts of the story that were left out.  No one is an angel at work, and very few people will admit to cutting corners of any kind. That's how you have to approach any employment dispute. 

At the time, I had been working with Keith and Kenneth for several weeks, helping them gather information and evidence on the assault case.  I had told Keith he should keep a low profile, because no one knew Kenneth had a twin brother, and it was best if Kenneth's family stayed unknown.  I never believed that any employee of St Louis County would actually go after the family of a beating victim.  And with my background, I wanted to make sure that the termination was as Keith said.

The immediate problem was finding Keith employment.  Keith is the single source of income for his family, and with rent due and mouths to feed, the investigation had to wait.  The time for those answers has now come.  With Keith's permission, I'm going to lay out what he says happened. I'm going to present clear avenues to prove or disprove what he says.  And then I'm going to find a way to demand answers from Dolores Gunn.  There exists specific county evidence that will vindicate Keith or vindicate the Department of Health's decision to fire him.

Posting the story will not be enough.  We need someone in a position of authority to step forward and ask for an investigation.  It doesn't have to be a long process.  At stake is a question of an innocent family that has been attacked for naked political reasons.  If what I write is proven, our county government will need to take specific steps to make amends to the Gladneys and fire those who abused the public trust.

Ultimate responsibility will lie with St Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley.  Both Pat Redington and Dolores Gunn report directly to Dooley.  It's time he and his staff take a look at these allegations.

The story begins here.

The Jefferson County 911 Dispatch story just got a whole lot messier.  According to Missouri Ethics Commission reports filed in April of 2008, The Committee to Elect Ed Kemp, Ed Kemp Treasurer, paid $1,000 to Frontline Organizing for a "retainer."

This April filing of the Committee to elect Ed Kemp solidifies a tie between Mike Dalton's Frontline Organizing and the head of the Jefferson County Dispatch 911 board.

Here you see on page 5, at the eighth line item, a $1000 payment to Frontline Organizing for "retainer."  This document is available at the MEC site and by clicking on the picture.

Keep in mind that back in 2008, Mike Dalton was calling his organization Frontline Organizing. In 2009, Mike Dalton, under the new name "Forefront Organizing" was the main point of contact for the Jefferson County 911 Dispatch, and it was Mike that "negotiated" with Bob Sweeney and Paul Mayer. 

What we're seeing is political corruption at its finest.  The Jefferson County taxpayer has been paying political allies of Ed Kemp and Bob Sweeney to run issues campaigns in off years, and then these same allies work to get Kemp and other politicians elected at the local and county level.  Look at that again. Ed Kemp pays Mike Dalton to help elect him, and then rewards him with a $186,000 contract with little oversight, no disclosure, and clear overbilling. 

So to lay it out clearly in a timeline.

Ed Kemp and Bob Sweeney help Mike Dalton's "Frontline Organizing" get the Big River Ambulance Contract, worth $15,000. {documented - Big River minutes}

Ed Kemp pays Mike Dalton's "Frontline Organizing"  $1000 from his campaign committee  to help get elected. {documented - MEC}

Mike Dalton is the principal for Frontline Organizing, Forefront Organizing, and POWER Union {documented - SOS registration and WHOIS query}

Bob Sweeney at some point becomes the Vice President of the POWER Union, started and run by Mike Dalton. {documented - screenshot of POWER Union website - current}

Ed Kemp is the chairman and Bob Sweeney is the lawyer for the Jefferson County 911 Dispatch. Mike Dalto, with a new company not registered in Missouri, gets approved for a $200,000 project with the 911 Dispatch, without disclosing that he works with Bob Sweeney through POWER Union and was a paid political consultant for Ed Kemp earlier in 2008. {documented - JC911 Dispatch minutes and emails}

POWER Union is then the subcontractor and billing mechanism for Mike Dalton to do the work for 911 Dispatch. {documented - Forefront invoices to JC911 Dispatch}

Forefront Organizing, run by Mike Dalton, incorrectly bills JC911 Dispatch, including overbilling, false billing for labor, dialer use, and prepaid invoices for work not performed {documented - Forefront invoices and JC911 Dispatch emails}

In addition, Forefront breaks Missouri Ethics Commission rules on advocacy versus education, despite clear discussions between Mike Dalton, Paul Mayer, and Bob Sweeney about what they can and cannot do {documented - JC911 Dispatch emails and Pat Martin editorial in News-Leader}

This is part of a larger game. Keep in mind Missouri ProVote sent folks like (noted communist) Glenn Burleigh down to Jefferson County to work on state races for Mike Frame and Sam Komo in 2006.  Glenn Burleigh would later personally profit from this relationship with Jefferson County politicians as the media director for Forefront, paid by capital funds controlled by Ed Kemp.   In addition, SEIU was  paid over $20,000 for use of their dialer, primarily because volunteers couldn't be found to drive up to St Louis. 

It's all wrapped up for you, in a nice little gift basket - with a bow.

Robert Sweeney was able to generate major local media coverage when he was replaced as the attorney for the City of Arnold by paying Ed Rhode's consulting firm to send out a press release.  I once again heartily invite those media outlets to get out in front of this story, going through the hard evidence themselves at http://www.scribd.com/24thstate and on this roundup of earlier Jefferson County posts.

SOS documents below the fold.

Full MEC filing on Committee To Elect Ed Kemp.

I'll be on the Dana show tonight to talk about the Jefferson County Dispatch 911 scandal.  it's fascinating to me that I provide in-depth documentation of the corruption in Jefferson County, and get no response, but using the highly payed consulting services of Democrat Ed Rhode can get Bob Sweeney press time on radio, television, and at the St Louis Post Dispatch.  I guess I made the mistake of doing the reporting, rather than paying a PR guy to mail my talking points to local media.

Someone call Tony Messenger - I've got a story for him! Here's a convenient research link - 14 documents on Scribd.com

Here are the roundup links. 

Funding ACORN AND SEIU Organizers with Jefferson County tax dollars. 

Paying off Democratic Party to Raise Taxes.

Did Bob Sweeney introduce Forefront to Jefferson County Dispatch 911?

Communist Glenn Burleigh's role in Jefferson County 911.

Bob Sweeney introduces Frontline Organizing to Big River Ambulance District. 

Forefront Organizing overbills Jefferson County Dispatch 911. 

Eight Questions To Ask JC Dispatch 911 board.

Forefront Organizing is Frontline Organizing Is POWER Union. 

Prepaid Invoices and Contract Negotiations with Bob Sweeney. 

Media Strategy: Personal Attacks and Fake Letters to the Editor. 

More Overbilling at Jefferson County Dispatch 911

There is more. It deals with the blatant violation of Ethics laws. It's just one or more posts, but it's in the hands of the media and state officials and legislators now.

Will they do their jobs?  Or do they need a press release first?