Monday, January 8, 2007
Edmund Ford and Rickey Peete In Court Wednesday
Posted By John Branston on Mon, Jan 8, 2007 at 4:00 AM
The arraignment, at which the defendants will make their formal pleas, is set for 9:30 a.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge James Allen.
The government alleges that Ford and Peete took payoffs from lobbyist Joe Cooper in exchange for their support of a zoning change in a billboard case. The City Council split 6-6 on a vote to ask the two men to step down from their elected offices while under indictment, and both have continued to attend meetings.
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