Nov 08
10
Senator Dianne Wilkerson Stuffs Bribes Down Bra
Well, this is certainly an embarrassing gaffe, and one that is currently costing a Massachusetts state senator her job most likely, and even possibly doing some time for accepting bribes. The senator was caught on camera under surveillance and by undercover detectives, accepting bribes totalling over $23,000 to help people get liquor licenses and other political favors or some things that needed a little “greasing of the palms” if you know what I mean. FBI agents recently arrested her at her Boston Mass. home, and she has since been released on a fifty thousand dollar unsecured bond.
Senator Wilkerson did not make a plea in court yet, and her attorney did decline comment so far, but he hinted that she may have been targeted by law enforcement. The case seems pretty open and shut since they have many stills of her accepting bribes, including the very damaging one of her stuffing a bribe down her shirt and then down her bra, but you never know what type of case the attorney will bring to the table to try to get his client off.
On the other hand, the prosecution is outlining everything that is wrong with this scenario and other scenarios like it, and that is that public service is an honor and a privelege and those that abuse it or use it for personal gain (other than of course a good salary, which motivates many, but most public servants/politicians are motivated by other things), should pay the price including and up to incarceration if the case so warrants.
Wilkerson could serve up to 30 years in jail and two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in penalties if convicted, so let’s hope her attorney does a good job for her, and more importantly, let’s hope she learns her lesson and never does this again, and that she might serve as an example to other politicians who are thinking of taking bribes and other moneys and gifts in return for favors that are illegal due to their position of power.
