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Richardson Case Sent To House Ethics Committee by Ryan ZumMallen | Archive | 10.29.09 |
+  Late late night, Washington, D.C. based newspaper POLITICO reported according to "sources" that the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has referred Long Beach-area Congresswoman Laura Richardson’s (D) ethics case to the House Ethics Committee. If her case moves forward, the House Ethics Committee will be "required to announce within days whether it’s going to pursue a full investigation."According to POLITICO: "Richardson’s case revolves around her home in Sacramento, which she lost to foreclosure and which then was sold to a third party and later regained by Richardson. Investigators for the OCE — an independent commission tasked with recommending cases to the ethics committee — looked into the foreclosure issue and whether neighbors who cleaned up Richardson’s blighted yard made an improper gift to the congresswoman by mowing the lawn and gardening. The ethics office dismissed part of the case but forwarded parts of it to the committee, sources said. Click here to read the story. More to come...
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Rich Trying to figure out if she is a crook, extortionist, egomanic, or just plane stupid? Do the people who vote for her have any sense of morals or common sense? Lisa I couldn't agree more...I think she is all of those things - but because the OCE and ethics committee are fighting amongst themselves I seriously doubt that anything will come of this. Which is exactly why she(Richardon) will get away with anything/everything. Mary What an embarrassment to the City of Long Beach and California. What an embarrassment to the City of Long Beach and California. Why is it we keep electing mediocre local politicians to higher office? No wonder our country is in such a mess! Dennis Nothing will happen in the ethics committee, ask Rangle. She'll say it is politically motivated and blame Republicans and not take any responsibility. Then my fellow citizens in the district will re-elect her with about 70% of the vote and no GOP challenger on the ballot...again. pigeon Crook. Just like the rest of 'em. Darrell It's about time she was investigated. She has leap frogged to higher office over the bodies of better qualified candidates, and now she shows her irresponsible personal behavior as neighbor and taxpayer. Julie W. Can a Democrat please un against her in the primary? PLEASE !!!! AnonymousLBC I'm not a fan of Richardson, but I hope the investigation has a little more meat on its bones than simply the fact that neighbors were trying to preserve the value of their own property by keeping her yard cleared and mowed. This happens a lot in my neighborhood, which is severely burdened by foreclosures. Juan She's gonna be re-elected, lot of stupid voters in her district. joann Nothing new for her. It starts out small and then we let it go and then it gets bigger and bigger. There is no gray area and yet we tolerate this behavior from those who are in office to protect us and they are taking care of their own interests. Christopher Rishcardson's grasping for office, even holding only one for a brief few months to run safely for the seat of a retiring Congresswoman shows how much she cares for her constituency - staying long enough to do a job, any job. Her Sacremento properties are reflections of her shabby role role as a politican. She clearly must be elected out as soon as her current term is over. Sara As we pay Richardson's salary, she doesn't pay her property taxes - in other words, she's taking tax payer money without paying those taxes. Her leaving a neighborhood with decreased values because she won't clean up her property and repair her houses is a new face for political hypocrisy. I suspect that at her age she has the heir to social entitlement, a social state that becamce a sad mental and behavioral state for some. Ryan ZumMallen, Managing Hey everyone! We've posted an update with more information at this link: http://www.lbpost.com/ryan/7086 Sanchez Richardson isn't the only rep under investigation... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103001377.html Maggie About time! She is an embarrassment to this City. Period. We don't need a Dem to go against her. We need an INDEPENDENT who is not bought and sold by the unions.
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