Comments on: Dominican Mayor Says $11,000 Paid for Trucks That Never Came

By: DC taxpayer

DC taxpayer — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:44:34 +0000

Al, I'm going to go with (d) "All of the Above"

To also include Fenty and Mo...

By: Downtown Rez

Downtown Rez — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:41:20 +0000

Oh, I'm fine with the questions, I only meant to ask I be woken when it's over.
Zzzzzz

By: Angry Al Gonzales

Angry Al Gonzales — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:14:45 +0000

Poll: Is Rez (a) Motley, (b) Skinner, or (c) Jannarone? I vote for (b) - Rez is Skinner.

By: KCinDC

KCinDC — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:12:14 +0000

Apparently as long as the details of the corruption aren't immediately obvious without investigation, any sort of funny business is fine with Downtown Rez, despite the lack of any explanation for why the transaction was carried out in such a strange and secretive manner. Some of us would prefer that *all* suspicious use of DC government funds be investigated, no matter which politician is behind it.

By: Angry Al Gonzales

Angry Al Gonzales — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:08:13 +0000

Rez, why does this bother you so much? Were you in on the scam? Money was stolen - further investigation will reveal who ended up benefiting from the scam.

Right now it looks like Motley, Skinner, & Jannarone stole the money. Which of the thieves are you connected to?

By: Downtown Rez

Downtown Rez — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:37:08 +0000

Wake me when there's some real news, or this is over.
One or the other please.
Thanks,
DR

By: Terry Miller

Terry Miller — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:32:40 +0000

Downtownres: The publication of the notice in the D.C. Register was one page and simply stated that the Office of Property Management could donate surplus property to Peaceaholics. I looked over the notice myself and it was actually very badly drafted and technically incorrect, and I have some experience with these things. I question how it ever got through legal sufficiency review. Maybe it didn't.

It took some sleuthiing from Dorothy Brazil and the media to find out that it was an ambulance and a fire truck headed for the DR. That is not transparent. That is not open. That invites questions about the purpose and the ethics of the transaction.

By: Downtown Rez

Downtown Rez — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:28:21 +0000

Mt P- Don't ask me to explain why others think as they do. Rather, explain clearly and precisely where the graft/quid pro quo etc is in the whole affair. In short- who in DC gov benefited and how?
Without resorting to salacious and unfounded speculation over prostitution etc, that is.

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Burgemeester Sosúa wil zijn geld terug « Dominicaanse Republiek Forum — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:44:59 +0000

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By: Skeptical

Skeptical — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:24:52 +0000

Ah, but will Cheh be impartial in the case of David Jannarone? After all, a campaign staffer and good friend of Cheh's working for a developer sidled up to Jannarone and tried to finagle a deal to sell off public land through Jannarone's office to the developer. And guess who had recently worked for that very same developer before working for the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development? Why, none other than David Jannarone! Let's see how hard nosed Cheh can be with her good friend David Jannarone....

By: Mt Pleasant

Mt Pleasant — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:47:00 +0000

Rez.... if you don't consider this corruption then explain why so many residents are up in arms over it? Is everyone else crazy while you're the only sane person here?

By: downtown rez

downtown rez — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:59:34 +0000

Hey, Mad Al, in the end your supposed point about "money trail" comes down to mechanism. This is because no graft or quid pro quo has been credibly alleged, let alone brought to light. Hence, no crime.
What we have is attempt to make political hay over DC resources (surplused) directed out of DC. But this was all up front and, if the DR feels ripped off, point them to the folks who stopped the transaction mid-action. Regardless, I'm sure they'll get their money or their surplus trucks.
"Honest, corrupt", yeah, right. Your madness blinds you to the meaning of those concepts.

By: Angry Al Gonzales

Angry Al Gonzales — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:24:48 +0000

Rez, did they publish the money trail? No. This is more thievery, & while you may be so corrupt you don't care, the honest citizens of the District do care. You can yawn all you want, but I'm sure the citizens of the DR town who were ripped off by the thug Motley aren't yawning now. Apologists for Barry, Motley, & the other thieves - e.g., you & "Q" - are worse than the thug-thieves. I hope you get your just desserts - & soon, since you're probably in the scam as deep as the other thug-thieves.

By: downtown rez

downtown rez — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:55:36 +0000

Keep it under wraps? How? By publishing it in the DC Register? 'Cause, if memory serves, that's what they did.
No, they didn't engage in a protracted public dialog, or hold a joint DC/DR presser over the donation of these surplussed vehicles, but they didn't exactly *hide* it either.

By: KCinDC

KCinDC — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:49:57 +0000

Downtown Rez, if that's what was happening, it might have been a good idea to let people know. Maybe it even would have made people feel better about the whole deal. Makes you wonder why instead it was decided to keep things under wraps.