This'n'That; September Twenty-Fourth [0bamacRATs;Hasman]

0bamacRATs Continue 'Screwing' Public
[I found this on one of the many sites I check on a semi-daily basis.  Eleanor Holmes Norton illustrates the level of superiority the ruling class feels toward the nation, it's laws and the taxpayer.  Here she's arm-twisting a lobbyist for campaign contributions.  Bear in mind, Ms Norton CAN NOT vote on ANY LEGISLATION as an at-large member of the House from the District of Columbia!  It seems though, Ms Norton can brow-beat someone she's probably conspired with on "pay-back" legislation.]

 

• This is, uh, Eleanor Norton, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. Uh, I noticed that you have given to uh, other colleagues on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. I am a, um, Senior Member, a twenty year veteran and am Chair of the Sub-committee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. I’m handling the largest economic development project in the United States now, the Homeland Security Compound of three buildings being built on the uh, old St. Elizabeth’s hospital site in the District of Columbia along with uh, fifteen other, uh, sites here for, that are part of the stimulus .
• I was, frankly, uh, uh, surprised to see that we don’t have a record, so far as I can tell, of your having given to me despite my uh, long and deep uh, work. In fact, it’s been my major work, uh, on the committee and sub-committee it’s been essentially in your sector.
• I am, I’m simply candidly calling to ask for a contribution. As the senior member of the um, committee and a sub-committee chair, we have (chuckles) obligations to raise, uh funds. And, I think it must have been me who hasn’t, frankly, uh, done my homework to ask for a contribution earlier. So I’m trying to make up for it by asking for one now, when we particularly, uh, need, uh contributions, particularly those of us who have the seniority and chairmanships and are in a position to raise the funds.
• I’m asking you to give to Citizens for Eleanor Holmes Norton, PO Box 70626, DC, 20024. I’ll send you a follow-up note with appreciation for having heard me out. Thanks again.

Hasman Plea


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 Rochester motorcyclist Craig S. Hasman pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge alleging that he shot and seriously wounded another man during a road-rage incident.

• Hasman, 50, is charged with first-degree assault, a felony, for allegedly shooting Michael Lee, 30, in the chest with a .45-caliber derringer pistol on Lake Avenue on Aug. 10. He originally was charged with second-degree assault but was indicted on the more serious charge Sept. 10.
• Hasman was riding his motorcycle, with his girlfriend as a passenger, when a van allegedly tailgated him. Lee, a passenger in the van, got out, pushed over Hasman's motorcycle and punched Hasman in the face, said Hasman's lawyer, J. Matthew Parrinello. "It's a clear case of self-defense," Parrinello said.
• Assistant District Attorney Matthew Schwartz said he believes the evidence will show that Hasman wasn't justified. The driver of the van told police that Hasman instigated the incident and threatened to shoot him.
• Lee is recovering from his wound, Schwartz said. Hasman had a permit to carry the pistol used in the shooting, as well as another he was carrying but did not fire.  Acting Monroe County Court Judge Melchor E. Castro allowed Hasman to remain free on bail of $10,000 cash or $30,000 bond after Schwartz had no objection. Hasman returns to court Nov. 19.

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