Was watching the news as usual. The city of Baltimore tried their case against Helen Hunt one of the councilpersons for the city. Well,sorta tried it anyway a plea bargain was made. She agreed that they had enough evidence to convict her of campaign finance misdoings but didn't plead guilty. In return she was fined 2500.00 and one year of unsupervised probation. She retains her position on the council but cannot serve on the tax committee. Last year in Baltimore it was the Mayor that was convicted of crimes and forced to resign. Not to worry though she got some cushy job elsewhere and oh by the way,still collects her pension from the City of Baltimore.
The city is going to pursue other more serious charges against Miss Hunt according to the DA.
I wonder though if it were you or me would the Judge be as understanding or our employer be as understanding ? If you admit to your employer he has enough evidence to find you guilty of some infraction do you think you will keep your job ? Think you would still collect your pension ? She was fined 2500.00 dollars. Big deal she can afford to pay that little bit and I'm sure it is in no way a burden on her. Very similar to the fines handed out to professional sports players. They make millions and get fined a few hundred.
In the state of Maryland I can be fined much more than that for failing to turn in my car license plate.
The justice system works in favor of the wealthy and powerful. The politicians that are proven to be crooked get slapped on the wrist. In my view these persons like Helen Hunt have demonstrated a lack of respect for the office to which they were elected as well as to the voters who placed them in office.
Their political party is unimportant. What is important is maintaining some form of integrity and I don't see that happening.
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