Epstein Secrets

Portland, Oregon City Council Urged To End FBI 3TTF Cooperation. The Portland (OR) Tribune (10/8, Redden, 92K) reports, "Pressure is growing for the City Council to end Portland police cooperation with all federal law enforcement organization, including the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. The issue is being

co Corruption Probe. The San Francisco Examiner (10/8, Barba, Sabatini, 438K) reports, "Two contractors accused of bribing former Public Works head Mohammed Nuru in separate schemes became the latest defendants to plead guilty on Thursday in the wide-reaching City Hall corruption scandal." Balmore Hernandez,

, 223K) reports, "Cincinnati attorney Steve Goodin has been tapped to temporarily replace Cincinnati Councilman Jeff Pastor, who was suspended from City Council last week after being arrested on bribery charges. Hamilton County Probate Court Judge Ralph 'Ted' Winkler made the decision. The selection process

The charge is the latest development in a still-expanding corruption scandal at City Hall that began with the arrest of former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru in January. The EFTA00137414 U.S. attorney's office charged Nuru with fraud and with lying to the FBI. Since his arrest, a slew of others, includ

, 223K) reports, "Cincinnati attorney Steve Goodin has been tapped to temporarily replace Cincinnati Councilman Jeff Pastor, who was suspended from City Council last week after being arrested on bribery charges. Hamilton County Probate Court Judge Ralph 'Ted' Winkler made the decision. The selection process

he charge is the latest development in a still-expanding corruption scandal at City Hall that began with the arrest of former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru in January. The U.S. attorney's EFTA00148875 office charged Nuru with fraud and with lying to the FBI. Since his arrest, a slew of others, includ

, "is moving forward with a novel proposal to replace police with unarmed civilians during traffic stops in a bid to curtail racial profiling." The City Council voted Wednesday to approve "a police reform proposal that calls for a public committee to hash out details of a new Berkeley Police Department that

king city employees, to pay for events like department holiday parties and picnics." The Chronicle adds, "The arrest of former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru earlier this year has pitched the city into a widening scandal that is playing out in part through investigations under way by the FBI and the City

munity-oriented programs like the Police Athletics League and procedural justice to avoid making cuts elsewhere." The budget pressures come "as the City Council pushes to shrink or radically restructure the MPD." NYTimes Profiles Smith, Administration's "De Facto Spokesman On Criminal Justice." The New York

nd documents that appear to draw the agency into the widening City Hall corruption scandal touched off by the arrest of former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru in January." Federal prosecutors "issued the subpoena on June 15, according to a copy obtained by The Chronicle on Friday. The subpoena suggests th

, 223K) reports, "Cincinnati attorney Steve Goodin has been tapped to temporarily replace Cincinnati Councilman Jeff Pastor, who was suspended from City Council last week after being arrested on bribery charges. Hamilton County Probate Court Judge Ralph 'Ted' Winkler made the decision. The selection process

he charge is the latest development in a still-expanding corruption scandal at City Hall that began with the arrest of former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru in January. The U.S. attorney's office charged Nuru with fraud and with lying to the FBI. Since his arrest, a slew of others, including city contra