"Wilkerson won't resign, despite Senate's request
by Matt Viser, Globe Staff
The usually collegial state Senate today shunned one of its own, unanimously passing an extraordinary resolution asking Democratic Senator Dianne Wilkerson to resign immediately following the allegations that she accepted eight bribes worth $23,500 in an FBI undercover operation.
She promptly declined, with her campaign issuing a statement tonight indicating that she has no intention of resigning and will defiantly continue her write-in campaign to save a seat she has held for 15 years. Wilkerson later released a statement calling requests for her to resign ‘‘unreasonable.’’
The woman should be tarred, feathered, and tossed into the harbor!
‘‘Surely the members of the state Senate could not have believed that such a monumental decision would be made within a few hours,’’ she said. ‘‘A decision to leave this district without representation, even for 60 days, is one that cannot and should not be made in a matter of hours. Rest assured I am committed to do what is in the best interest of the residents of this district.’’
The arrogance and the lying become too much at a certain point, don't they? Thing is, this is true of all of them, Repug or Democrap. Type "Ted Stevens" into my blog search and see what comes up, readers.
In the early afternoon, angry members of the Senate stripped Wilkerson of her committee chairmanship, removed her from all of her committee assignments, and began the first steps required to expel her from the chamber.
Before the vote, Wilkerson sent a diplomatic letter to Senate President Therese Murray saying, ‘‘I will respect whatever decision you make.’’ ‘‘I apologize to you and the members for being drawn into the madness that has become my life,’’ Wilkerson wrote in the one-page letter on her Senate stationery. --more--"
Once again, it is ALL ABOUT HER!!
What a SELFISH, ARROGANT ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!
Update:
"Wilkerson terminates campaign, resists calls to resign
State Senator Dianne Wilkerson vowed this afternoon to terminate a write-in campaign for the seat she has held for 15 years, but she resisted calls to resign following her arrest in an FBI corruption probe on bribery charges.
Well, as they say out here: the proof is in the pudding!
Appearing at a Roxbury church with a half dozen of the city's leading black clergy, Wilkerson gave a brief statement and took no questions from reporters. Calls for Wilkerson's resignation have been mounting since she was arrested in an FBI corruption probe on Tuesday and accused of taking $23,500 in bribes.
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Finally seen the light, 'eh?
