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buddylee
06-23-2006, 12:51 PM
I've always hated this scum bag ..... saw him once shopping at safeway downtown , I called him a crook back then
now all our city service price is rising.

San Jose Mayor faces fraud, bribery, conspiracy charges
Associated Press

Here are the charges against San Jose, Calif., Mayor Ron Gonzales and his co-defendants, city budget director Joe Guerra and Norcal Waste Systems:

_ CONSPIRACY TO CHEAT AND DEFRAUD (Gonzales, Guerra and Norcal): The indictment alleges that Gonzales and Guerra secretly negotiated an amendment to a contract with Norcal that guaranteed the waste management firm $11.25 million. The contract amendment said the money would cover delivery and collection fees, but according to the indictment the money went to cover costs to subcontractor California Waste Solutions for using Teamsters instead of Longshoremen in San Jose.

_ BRIBERY (Gonzales and Norcal): The indictment alleges Gonzales received a bribe with the "understanding that his official vote, opinion, judgment and action would be influenced" in a decision he made as a public official, and that Norcal bribed Gonzales with the intent to "corruptly influence" a City Council decision. The indictment does not give any further details on the alleged bribe.

_ FALSIFYING A PUBLIC RECORD (Gonzales): The indictment alleges that Gonzales knowingly submitted a false memo to the City Council citing an auditor's support of the trash contract, when the audit did not include the financial impacts of the union deal.

_ FALSIFYING A PUBLIC RECORD (Gonzales): The indictment alleges that Gonzales knowingly submitted a false memo to the City Council stating he learned about the union costs only after councilors approved the contract.

_ CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A CRIME (Gonzales, Guerra and Norcal): The indictment alleges that Gonzales, Guerra and Norcal conspired to misappropriate public money by using city funds for services that did not serve a public purpose.

_ MISAPPROPRIATING PUBLIC MONEY (Gonzales, Guerra and Norcal): The indictment alleges that Gonzales, Guerra and Norcal appropriated city money for Norcal's use

abcdefz
06-23-2006, 12:59 PM
He's defnitely shady.

He really should just resign and get it over with. This is going to be an interesting time for he and Chavez.

buddylee
06-23-2006, 01:10 PM
that stupid over priced city hall , one block over Ppl selling crack at the bus stop . x2 the price it was sposts to be ...... heated floors like it gets that cold here.
in a city with notthing but empty offices we need a new city hall

abcdefz
06-23-2006, 01:15 PM
It wasn't a very bright move, but that's a pretty beautiful building.

It was pretty funny when they went "doh! -- how will we clean the windows!?" and shelled out another half million or whatever for that lift.