Bribery Case Now a Suspect
In Miami Beach Election
“Dirty Tricks” Scandal
POLITICAL CONSULTANT RANDY
HILLIARD WAS THE KEY WITNESS
IN JIM HENDRICK’S TRIAL LAST
FEBRUARY. HE ALSO WORKED IN
MANY CAMPAIGNS IN THE KEYS
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
The bagman in the Jack
London bribery case is in the
news again. Miami political
consultant Randy Hilliard is
reportedly suspected of involvement
in the publication of
an illegal attack flyer and a fake
poll that smear three candidates
running for the Miami Beach
City Commission, according to
an article that appeared in the
Miami Herald last Monday.
Hilliard is reportedly
named in a complaint sent to
the Miami-Dade Commission
on Ethics and Public Trust. He is
denying that he had anything to
do with the flyer or the poll, according
to the Herald report.
Page One Commentary
October 26, 2007 — kwtnIs Police Chief Mauldin in over His Head?
THE CHIEF MAY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO LEAD,
BUT MANY ARE BEGINNING TO WONDER IF HE HAS
THE GUTS TO USE IT
by Rhonda Linseman
Thinking about abuse of
power and outright corruption
in the police department
makes me feel yucky inside. I
don’t even like writing about
it because I know reading
about it makes other people
feel equally yucky. It makes most of us so uncomfortable,
in fact, that we’d rather just
pretend it isn’t so. It doesn’t
feel natural to suspect police
officers of extremely unethical behavior— that’s not how we
were raised. It doesn’t fit in
with our childhood perception
of police. It feels bad— a little
like the insinuation that we hate
old people if we have questions
about an assisted living facility
in Key West.
But why does it feel so unnatural
to believe the continuous
acts of brutality and misuse
of authority by the police could
be a reality, and not just a sales
tactic by the (free) Blue Paper?
After all, the notion that power
corrupts is neither new nor under-
explored. History tells us,
with great certainty, that abuse of unchecked power by human
beings over other human beings
is inevitable.
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