Globe: A federal judge today sentenced Chuck Turner to three years behind bars for accepting a $1,000 bribe, a stinging rebuke to the former Boston city councilor. US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock rejected an appeal for leniency by … [Read more...]
Chuck Turner: The Sequel
As a follow-up to my earlier post about Chuck Turner's conviction, I thought folks might be interested to know that Turner has sued the City of Boston and the City Councilors for violations of his rights under the First and Fourteenth … [Read more...]
The GRP And Chuck Turner
There are occasional posts here, particularly during election seasons, about the Green-Rainbow Party and its quixotic quest for a statewide office. One widely-held view is that the GRP is and will continue to be irrelevant unless it can … [Read more...]
Fixing the ethics mess
Pam Wilmot of Common Cause just sent out the following: Politicians in Massachusetts are being indicted at an alarming rate. This sad state of affairs comes with one silver lining: an opportunity to change politics as usual. To that … [Read more...]
Chuck Turner and Entrapment
Councilor Chuck Turner has said, according to the Herald, that his arrest is the result of a "sting operation in order to try to entrap me." The Council is to meet today to consider what action, if any, to take against Turner. And Turner's … [Read more...]
Political Endorsements: What they say about the endorser
In the wake of today's arrest of City Councillor Chuck Turner for bribery related to the Wilkerson scandal, the Boston Globe has posted an essay that will be run in Sunday's Globe Magazine by Tom Keane. It gives a telling look into the … [Read more...]