Wednesday, June 04, 2008

What party are they?

This week's "What party are they" post has an "All in the Family" flavor to it.

U.S. Attorney Jim Letten announced this afternoon that 4th District Assessor Betty Jefferson, an elder sister of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, has been indicted on a host of fraud-related charges by a federal grand jury. Also indicted were Jefferson's daughter, Angela Coleman, and her brother, the previously indicted Mose Jefferson.


The charges are the culmination of a probe into charities run by members of the Jefferson family and their allies. In a rare move, the FBI announced it was investigating the nonprofits after a 2006 Times-Picayune story revealed apparent self-dealing at them.

The newspaper's report noted that former City Councilwoman and state Rep. Renee Gill Pratt, a protege of the congressman, and former state Rep. Jalila Jefferson-Bullock, one of his five daughters, had steered millions of dollars over the course of a decade or so to three charities associated with the family: Care Unlimited, Orleans Metropolitan Housing and Central City Adult Education.

Gill Pratt had also orchestrated the donation of four brand-new vehicles to the charities that had been donated to the city after Katrina. She wound up behind the wheel of one of them, a Dodge Durango, when Care Unlimited hired her as its director after she lost her City Council re-election bid.


Somehow the article failed to mention the political affiliation of any of these family members. So the question.... What party are they?

Hint.... William Jefferson announced that he'll throw his super delegate vote to Obamania.
I wonder if he'll donate a contribution to the campaign out of his freezer.

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