Ottawa Mayor charged with attempted bribery

[Doctor Cynic]

Source: Globe and Mail

OTTAWA — Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien has been charged with trying to bribe an opponent to quit the 2006 mayoralty race.

The charges are expected to cast the city administration of Canada's capital into turmoil, but there is no indication that any federal Conservative politician will be implicated.

One-time mayoral candidate Terry Kilrea has alleged that Mr. O'Brien tried to persuade him to drop out of last year's mayoral race with a promise of a federal appointment to the National Parole Board.

Later...

Earlier this year, Mr. Kilrea swore an affidavit in which he said that Mr. O'Brien suggested that John Baird, the Ottawa political minister in the Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government and now Environment Minister, might facilitate an appointment.

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071210.wobrien1210/BNStory/National/home

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Things aren't going very well for Stephen Harper for the past few months...

[GliderGuider]

1. Baird is our MP

Nothing would please me more than to see him out of office.

We were comparing him to Al Capone. He's (at least partly) responsible for countless deaths but we'll settle for taking him away on money crimes.