HO! HO! FOR STATUS QUO! It has been obvious and fully expected that Nancy Polosi, (D. Calif) the new, incoming Whip for the House and others who are stepping into new duties when returning to Washington,D.C. to set thing up their supposed liking. It is understandable and, perhaps, even right in a party sense - right, but I wonder if she and others will not find it somewhat embarrassing to find new problems arriving daily.
They feel obligated to try to clean up some of the situations which have caused the term “scandal” to be removed or disguised a bit affect person, especially those whom they want and need to bring about promised changes in the Congressional way of doing things. A widening series of such difficulty have plagued the District offices and have caused the label of “scandal” to be bandied about rather loosely. It could be a good thing to let others know who, for instance, is in charge. Who will be setting and enforcing the rules and still performing oldsters and some gullible newcomers.
By this time Polosi has certainly heard that incumbent William Jefferson (D) was named by the voters of the “reviving City of New Orleans” as their upcoming house rep in Congress. He took home an unofficial fifty-seven per cent of the votes in the Run off election. His opponent was a State Representative member - Karen Carter who succeeded in one main point in her campaign – that of not revealing her age - but she even failed to gain any headway against William Jefferson by frequently mentioning he is under a cloud in with the F.B.I. They are charging him with accepting a bribe. found the ninety-thousand cash in is freezer at home. He has yet to be charged, but when he is it will cause a sizable stir. The F.B.I. found the cool cash stored in his food freezer at his home. An ordinary bribe may be circumvented, perhaps, but this is no penny-ante situation wherein some lil' ol' ladies are buying rights allowing them to play forbidden games of Bingo in the back room at their “Stitchery Shoppe”. Rep. Jefferson does things in a grander fashion. After all, he is, Louisanna's first black congressman since Reconstruction Days. He will be accused of having accepted bribes from a company or companies seeking lucrative contracts in the Nigerian telecommunication business area.
Such a situation could also adversely affect the already troubled reclaiming and repair work being done in New Orleans and other delta area cities, towns and villages...already with troubles enough to vie with.
His democratic opponent , Karen Carter said: “I guess the people are happy with the status quo.”
Andrew McCaskey amccsr@adelphia.net 12-11-06 [c462wds]
