Politically Connected Men Charged In Bribery Scheme

When I first heard about this story, it was like reliving the City of New Orleans' nightmare all over again. Well, New Orleans' nightmare goes like this: Politically connected businessman, Stan "Pampy" Barre admits to bribing New Orleans Council President, Oliver Thomas, in order to hold on to parking contracts he held under former New Orleans' Mayor Marc Morial's administration. Now we have these two wheeler dealers taking a page out of Stan "Pampy" Barre's notebook:

Federal agents arrested two of Houston's most politically connected developers in a bribery scandal. Until last month, one of them was the head of the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation, the group in charge of redeveloping the Astrodome. However, on Friday, Michael Surface and his business partner Andrew Schatte went before a federal judge.

He and Schatte were indicted on three counts of conspiracy and wire fraud. Surface is also accused of making false statements to authorities. The charges allege that the two coordinated payments to a city of Houston employee, including trips, football tickets and thousands of dollars in cash in exchange for the awarding of the contract to build the Houston Emergency Center and a downtown fire station.


Pure greed and a desperate need for power always lead to ones demise. I hope it was worth it gentlemen..or whatever you may call yourselves.
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