Councilwoman refuses to answer questions about campaign finance violations
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Councilwoman refuses to answer questions about campaign finance violations
Updated: To include statement from Council president
City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown dodged questions from reporters Tuesday morning about a report released by the Ethics Board which detailed a number of violations related to her campaign finances.
Reynolds Brown, who was attending Council’s Rules Committee hearing at 10 a.m. continued to refer and repeat excerpts from a statement she released Monday when the Ethics Board’s report was released. As part of an agreement reached with the Board Brown has to pay $48,834.
Brown an at-large Councilwoman was selected by her colleagues to serve in leadership as majority whip. Council members say despite the report they still support her being in that leadership post.
“I am glad Councilwoman Reynolds Brown is taking full responsibility for the conduct of her campaign," Council president Darrell Clarke said in a statement. "I have always had great confidence in her as a Council colleague, and I continue to have confidence in her abilities as a legislator and as Majority Whip.”
Majority leader Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. said the Board’s findings do concern him, but is unrelated to her position in Council leadership.
“I don’t see within her leadership, the body of Council as whip which is defined by being able to garner votes, being able to move legislation is impacted by the findings of the board,” Jones said.
And the Lying circus keeps on going around. Did you think she was going to answer any questions??? Maybe her friend Num Nut Nutter will explain why she is a lying cheating s of b... ?? He is her best friend. Philly Dems are great aren't they??
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- MMA costs $16k per year. why doesnt mrs reynolds-brown send her daughter to one of philadelphia's (free) public schools?
— hannibal barca - Steal is a crime, and again, Seth will turn his head the other way.— DEBBY1958
- Who knows what she is allowing the others to get away with. If she did it so can they.— everettsleon
- This woman is a disgrace and she needs to do the right thing and step down, but she won't. These City Council men and women just take and take and take, but give nothing back. They do nothing for the citizens of this city. They are a waste.— fozziebear
- Her political affiliation is immaterial, imo. She is corrupt and should be ousted from any public office. To say that she is supported in a leadership position is indicative of the ethics that are practiced by those who so freely lend support to crooks.— POF
- Yawn.................burp!— g-bman
- I'm a Democrat, but I hate big-city politics (Philadelphia and elsewhere) because there are no checks on Democrats and the sleaziest ones get to stick around no matter what they do wrong, and they give the rest of us a brutal reputation.— Nutburgers
- Keep electing those Democrats.— discobiscuit
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- What kind of ridiculous name is Blondell?— rothstein12
- The laws are for common folk— tommy rivers
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David Gambacorta spent a small eternity writing about cops, drug dealers and serial killers. Now he’s writing about power and politics – which sometimes reminds him of the old crime beat. He joined the Daily News in 2005. And yes, he knows you’re not quite sure how to pronounce his last name. E-mail tips to gambacd@phillynews.com
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