Maxine Waters Earns Dubious Award
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Ca) has always provided local voters with entertaining moments. Who can forget her filibustering in the House and being ordered by the Speaker Pro Tem to “suspend,” to which she replied “Shut up.” Or her referring to the LA Riots as a “rebellion.” And of course, there was the time when former Police Commission President allegedly referred to her as a bitch. (Many politicos in Los Angeles privately say that was one of the most accurate assessments of Caruso’s political career).
To add to the fun, Maxine, who never met a race card she hasn’t dealt, has earned yet another dubious honor - being named by the blog “Beyond DeLay” as one of the 13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress. She’s the only one on the list from the Metro LA area and only one of two Democrats on the list (the other is William Jefferson of Louisiana - need we say more?).
Among Maxine’s alleged corrupt activities include her daughter shaking down local pols for big dough to appear on Maxine’s slate mailers, her husband working as a part-time consultant for a government bond firm seeking introductions to decisionmakers, and a lucrative deal for Waters’ husband and son getting a county golf course concession with support from Supervisor Yvonne Burke whom Waters had campaigned for in a close election.
Way to go Maxine! Lets hope someday your District elects a Congress Member they can be proud of.