Photo Flash: Sleepy Time Charlie
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Either it’s a beached whale or Rep. Charles Rangel catching some z’s on the beach at the Punta Cana Resort in the Dominican Republic where he owns and rents out a villa. This photo was taken in 2008 while he took some vacation time before attending the Democratic convention. (photo via NY Post)
From NY Times:
“Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York announced on Wednesday that he would temporarily step down from his powerful post as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in an attempt to avert a politically bruising fight over permanently stripping the gavel from his hands…
“The ethics committee admonished Mr. Rangel last week for violating Congressional gift rules by accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean in 2007 and 2008, even in his own party support for him had started to evaporate this week…
“The ethics panel is still investigating more serious accusations regarding Mr. Rangel’s fund-raising, his failure to pay federal taxes on rental income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic and his use of four rent-stabilized apartments provided by a Manhattan real estate developer.”
Read the full article here
posted by: Harold Johns III













