How did you not learn EX-councilman Michael A. Brown of DC? You are the son of former and beloved Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, and you swore to an oath of office that in no way required that you sully your father’s legacy, take bribes, and reject as a priority the people who elected you. Wow. What a dummy. If you haven’t heard by now, EX-Councilman Michael A. Brown, Washington, DC, has pleaded guilty to taking hot-cash-bribes from undercover FBI officers he believed were businessmen hoping to gain his influence in getting minority business contracts. From NBC4, “According to court documents, Brown admitted to accepting $15,000 in cash in a duffel bag that also contained a Nationals baseball cap and T-shirt. It was followed by another $10,000 in cash inside a Redskins mug, as well as other cash payments, according to News4′s Mark Segraves. There the charging documents released in court also showed Brown accepted $20,000 in off-the-books campaign contributions from Jeanne Clark Harris during a run for city council. Clark Harris has already pleaded guilty to being part of a shadow campaign related to Mayor Vincent Grey’s 2010 campaign.”
Michael A. Brown will be sentenced October 3rd and faces up to 3 years, 1 month in jail. What a dummy. Soon after that will come 2014 and by then, Brown should be in jail, and in that same year, we Prince George’s County residents will be taking another look at our own council representatives for the 2014 election year. This post, although mostly about the fall of Michael Brown, is more about sounding a continued alarm for our Council and government officials. There is a pattern on repeat in this area: Black leaders are caught up in corruption. Marion Barry, Jack Johnson, Leslie Johnson, Kwame Brown, Michael Brown, Harry Thomas, have all fallen and the press has had a field day with it. Let me not leave out the token dummy FORMER County Executive Freaky Sneaky John Leopold of Anne Arundel County who had some of the nastiest crimes in the area and received far less of the press.
Be on notice Prince George’s County politicians and officials, we are watching, reporting, and expecting better. If you need more money, get a legal side-gig or full-time profession that will provide that. DO NOT accept kickbacks, bribes, or illegal “campaign” donations and think we won’t find out. WAMU has a developer’s donations “universe” chart up that details financial donations from Forest City, the developers for the New Carrollton site in Prince George’s County, to DC Council members and government officials. WAMU also lists the affiliate names of Forest City so you can see that various “legal” donations are all coming from the same source, which is illegal.
Keep it clean folks. Keep it clean. And if you are erring on the side of dirty, now is the time to take the time to clean it up. Prince George’s County has large developments on the way and underway, please don’t find yourself on the next list.
