 Michelle Malkin Remembers Where It All Started: James Moran's 1984 Conviction For Conflict Of Interest |
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Once a crooked politician, always a crooked politician
Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin (right) has written an excellent review of Jim Moran's sordid behavior as of the summer of 2002.
Malkin was able to provide additional information about the circumstances of Moran's 1984 conviction for conflict of interest.
She writes:
"Moran's saga began in 1984, five years after he was first elected to the Alexandria (Va.) City Council. While in office, he was charged with casting a vote that helped a developer friend win a bid for a lucrative plot of public land. A special prosecutor concluded that Moran had violated the state's conflict-of-interest law. He sobbed as he pleaded no contest to a felony charge of vote-peddling, received a year's probation for a reduced conflict-of-interest misdemeanor charge, and was forced to resign."
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End of story for a two-bit crook? Just the opposite. A year later, Moran won the mayor's race in the same liberal 'burb in which he had disgraced himself. He served as mayor for the next five years.
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