No shame

by: Thurman Hart

Sun Oct 26, 2008 at 05:48:08 PM EDT

Two days after James reported to jail, Central Ward Council candidate Charles Bell received a $5,000 donation to his campaign fund from James, according to campaign records filed with the State Election Law Enforcement Commission.

Oh, but it gets "better":

"I'm a little disappointed Sharpe James didn't give me more money," Bell said. "He must be sitting on a million dollars he can use for political purposes. I need money and what he did was perfectly legal."

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But Bell said there's nothing wrong with older generation politicians like Sharpe James- or his money.
"I'm hoping he can find some way to give me more money," said Bell.

Geez.

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OMG, you can't make this stuff up (0.00 / 0)

I had to follow the link, just to be sure. Holy Smoke.

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by: FogerRox @ Sun Oct 26, 2008 at 23:16:51 PM UTC

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So, then, what happens? (0.00 / 0)

To Sharpe James' warchest?

He's not going to run again (fingers crossed) for anything ...

I agree this $5k transaction is astonishing, but it's a good question: if no one can ethically accept James' funds, and he can't spend them on his own campaigns, what does he do? (Oh, yeah, I guess he could return them and the refundees then support someone else with the funds).

by: denniscmcgrath @ Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 11:46:31 AM UTC

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by: Thurman Hart @ Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 13:38:41 PM UTC

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It gets worse. (4.00 / 1)

I think the worse part of it all is that a lot of people in Newark are still very loyal to Sharpe James even though he commited a crime, and something as ridiculous as this can help Bell win the seat.

The fact that all bell says is "more money" in the article already makes him a creep.

by: DemocratDiaz @ Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 13:03:02 PM UTC

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