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Oregon state official admits taking bribes: 'I'm dirty' (Green Energy)
Quote:A former official with the Oregon Department of Energy has pleaded guilty to accepting $291,017 in kickbacks in connection with the sale of state energy tax credits, prosecutors said.

Joe Colello, who previously managed tax credit sales for the department, had told The Oregonian/OregonLive that he was under investigation for expediting the sale of tax credits for a private energy consultant and expected to be charged. He pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon in Marion County Circuit Court to racketeering, receiving bribes, aggravated theft, tax evasion and official misconduct charges.

"I'm dirty," Colello told The Oregonian/OregonLive in an emotional interview Sunday afternoon. "I made mistakes."

According to court documents, Colello accepted cashier's checks on 52 separate occasions from a Seattle-based energy consultant, Martin Shain, who is already under indictment on forgery accusations.

Shain was both a consultant on energy projects and a tax credit broker. Colello, meanwhile, had knowledge that was very valuable to brokers: The list of approved recipients looking to sell their tax credits as well as the buyers in the market for them. That relationship gave Shain an inside track to market his services, complete the sales and earn lucrative commissions.

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index...icial.html
06-21-2017 10:14 AM
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Corruption will be present in any large organization, private or public.

Just part of human nature ...
06-21-2017 10:24 AM
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(06-21-2017 10:24 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Corruption will be present in any large organization, private or public. anytime government makes a lot of free money available.

Just part of human nature ...
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(06-21-2017 10:24 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Corruption will be present in any large organization, private or public.

Just part of human nature ...

(06-21-2017 10:29 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  
(06-21-2017 10:24 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Corruption will be present in any large organization, private or public. anytime government makes a lot of free money available.

Just part of human nature ...
Both true. Especially the "human nature" part.

Which is precisely why government should be kept at a bare-bones minimum.
06-21-2017 11:52 AM
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(06-21-2017 10:24 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Corruption will be present in any large organization, private or public.

Just part of human nature ...

If the guy had been a Republican the Dims would be in a frenzy right now. Not so much since he's a Liberalturd.

Shhh, don't let the people know he's one of us, they (Demons) said.
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(06-21-2017 10:24 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Corruption will be present in any large organization, private or public.

Just part of human nature ...

Agreed.
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(06-21-2017 10:24 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Corruption will be present in any large organization, private or public.
Just part of human nature ...

That's why trusting power to big government is an awful idea.
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