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[mds]

Sat, December 8, 2007
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Charges expected

Mayor vows to stay in office and fight to restore reputation


By DEREK PUDDICOMBE, CITY HALL BUREAU


Mixed reaction to mayor's probe outburst

Mayor won't go easily

Mayor Larry O’Brien gathers his thoughts yesterday before telling councillors he believes the OPP probe into allegations against him has gone on “far too long for the interests of council.” (Tony Caldwell, Sun MEDIA)

After an eight-month investigation, it's expected Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien will face criminal charges next week.
Sources close to the mayor confirmed yesterday a story the Sun published online at ottawasun.com -- reporting charges could be laid as early as Monday -- is accurate.
Sources told the Sun the exact charge being considered falls under corruption and disobedience Section 121(d) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
The section covers anyone "having or pretending to have influence with the government or with a minister of the government or an official, demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept for himself or another person, a reward, advantage or benefit of any kind as consideration for cooperation, assistance, exercise of influence or an act or omission."
The Criminal Code also says "every one who commits an offence under this section is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years."


The Sun has also learned O'Brien could also face several other charges in connection with the investigation.
In October, many details of the allegations were made public when a judge unsealed an affidavit used by the OPP in their investigation of the allegations against O'Brien.
The 45-page document alleges O'Brien offered political rival Terry Kilrea $30,000 to cover campaign expenses if he dropped out of the mayor's race and alleges O'Brien also offered Kilrea a position on the National Parole Board.
O'Brien has said all along he never offered Kilrea anything to drop out of the race.
"I have never offered Mr. Kilrea a position on the Parole Board in exchange for his dropping out of the mayoralty race. No. 2, I have never had any discussion with (federal) Minister John Baird on the issue of an appointment to the Parole Board for Mr. Kilrea in exchange for him dropping out of the mayoralty race. These allegations and rumours are simply false," O'Brien said at yesterday's council meeting.
BREAKS SILENCE
The mayor told the Sun he won't step down and intends to fight any charges that may result for the investigation.
O'Brien ended a long silence over the bribery allegations, which have swirled around him for months, at the conclusion of yesterday's city council meeting.
The first-term mayor refuted the allegations and expressed anger at the damage he feels the probe is doing to his reputation.
"It has gone on far too long for the interests of council and the interest of the citizens of Ottawa to be well served," O'Brien said, calling the probe "the elephant in the room."
He then demanded that he either be charged or have the probe wrap up.
"Today, I would like to call for this investigation to either end or to be handed to the courts, where witnesses will have to testify under oath about their statements. I cannot and will not sit on the sidelines any further while my reputation is being attacked," he said.
Ottawa District and Labour Council president Sean McKenny -- who set the probe in motion after obtaining a copy of Kilrea's affidavit -- called O'Brien's public statement "aggressive and unnecessary." "The whole community wants to see this put to bed, but I guess Mr. O'Brien wanted to make it a very public attack against the Crown and the OPP," said McKenny. "It's almost as if he's trying to goad the Crown and the OPP." The OPP's investigation has closed, and police findings are in the hands of Crown prosecutors in Toronto.

 

[胖蹄阿克]

这市长的候选人也太cheap了,3万就搞定,要是这样的人当了市长,嘿嘿

 

[lilichen1987]

这的市长是干吗的.?

只知道北京市长还在雅典摇过国棋呢.

 

[踏雪无痕]

看咱中国，三级市分行行长都动辄千万上亿，多风光体面，赫赫

咱们的公仆们贪污受贿可谓是：

红日初升，其道大光
河出伏流，一泻汪洋
潜龙腾渊，鳞爪飞扬
乳虎啸谷，百兽震惶
鹰隼试翼，风尘吸张
奇花初胎，橘橘皇皇
干将发硎，有作其芒
天戴其苍，地履其黄
纵有千古，横有八荒
前途似海，来日方长

......

赫赫 呜哈哈哈

 

[ottawa248]

这个政府的Councillors一直很强大，很多跟O便互别苗头。这次预算案是谁的胜利真不好说。

看来这是个问题城市，居不易啊。

在安省，任何鼓吹减税的市长，都会跟很多市议员别苗头。因为市议员争取选票主要靠改进服务，而非减税。

市长不过是首席议员而已。对市长不应该报不不切实际的期望。现行的制度是市议会负责制，不是市长负责制。

 

[沙河粉]

这个市长,
说不加税又加税, 毫无诚信!!
Ottawa property taxes to jump 4.9 per cent

应该拉他下台,
支持起诉他!!
Ottawa mayor charged in bribery probe

:flaming:

 

[myguinea]

这个市长,
说不加税又加税, 毫无诚信!!
Ottawa property taxes to jump 4.9 per cent

应该拉他下台,
支持起诉他!!
Ottawa mayor charged in bribery probe

:flaming:

本人觉得这个市长还是想办点实事的，比前任市长強多了。前任就知道增税，给他们自己涨工资，从来没提过减税，扩招了一大堆警察，白糟蹋了咱们的钱。真正的好人想办点事，怎么这样难呀？

 

[tso]

你那部分有缺陷吧！

本人觉得这个市长还是想办点实事的，比前任市长強多了。前任就知道增税，给他们自己涨工资，从来没提过减税，扩招了一大堆警察，白糟蹋了咱们的钱。真正的好人想办点事，怎么这样难呀？

本世纪最愚蠢的市长，想办点实事？？ 砍掉教育费用，砍掉公用图书馆费用，要建40million 的形象工程，
说不加税，加４％地税，
整个一大SB.
还强多了，要么抢多了。