Lasseter Says Bribery Was a Common Practice
Former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter reportedly tells AJC in an interview that developers told her bribing county officials was the way to get business done.
Former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter has reportedly revealed in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that bribery was a common practice in Gwinnett County.
Lasseter is slated to enter federal prison soon after pleading guilty and being sentenced to serve 33 months in prison for accepting bribes in 2011 from an undercover FBI agent to approve a proposed development in her commission district.
Developers told her after she took office in 2009 that making illegal payments to government officials in the county was the way to get business done, according to an Associated Press article citing her interview with the AJC posted on ajc.com Saturday morning.
Lasseter told the AJC that developers reported they made payments to other county commissioners, planning commission members, and zoning board members.
Current Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash is quoted in the article as saying that she did not think that bribery was a normal way of doing business in the county.
Omar Monroe
7:39 am on Sunday, October 21, 2012
"Everybodies doing it", Oh Boo Hoo
Bill Palmer
9:35 am on Sunday, October 21, 2012
I'm the eternal optimist and seriously doubt what she is saying about other bribery cases. However, I also hope that her allegations are being investigated.
Omar Monroe
9:39 am on Sunday, October 21, 2012
I think what she is saying has alot of truth behind it, but she is the one that got her hand caught in the cookie jar, she will get out and get another koosh job if she doesn't squeal.
MWTW
9:22 am on Monday, October 22, 2012
Hmmm. Bribery. Kennerly? Bannister? Never!