Friday, August 01, 2008

Sharpe James: Corrupt Democrat of the Week


Age:
72


Birthplace:
Jacksonville, Florida


Claim To Fame:
5-time mayor of Newark, New Jersey


Why He's the Corrupt Democrat of the Week:
for being sentenced to 27 months in prison this past Tuesday after having been convicted of five counts of fraud by a federal jury back in April. The jury found that James abused a program to revitalize Newark's South Ward, selling city-owned property to his former mistress for approximately $46,000, which she then flipped for a profit of over $600,000. Indeed, James, who ruled Newark for decades, is now the symbol of a city long plagued by Democratic corruption.

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