8/23/2014
For those of you who don't live here in the D.C. area, you are probably unaware that the Virginia Governor and his wife are on trial for accepting "gifts" from a businessman in exchange, so they say, for the Governor's patronage regarding a product that the businessman was hoping that the Governor would promote for him.
The Governor and his wife received from this businessman about $177,000 in gifts. You remember the old adage: if it sounds to be good to be true, then it's too good to be true! Apparently the Governor's wife failed to check her Chinese fortune cookie which may have told her to stop fishing in the same pocket!
The interesting part is that party A (Governor) and party B (wife) appear to have not been sharing information during the time that the Governor and his wife's purse and wallet was being lined with all sorts of extravagances, like shopping trip and trips on a private jet. The Governor admits that he enjoyed the luxurious vacation or a custom golf club bag. We all know that there are no "free" gifts - there's a cost hidden in there somewhere.
The Governor turned down a prosecution offer to let him save his
wife from trial by pleading guilty to one felony count, has moved out of
the family house. Here is a husband who is throwing his wife under the bus and she is likely to return the favor.
One thing I think is pretty clear: when this ongoing trial is over, their marriage will be over. And it's anybody's guess whether the Governor would run for another term or feel he's better off without 24/7 press.
I think it's a sad case full of greed and lies. I am always amazed at the things that rich people do and generally get away with. I wonder what they see when they look in their mirrors?
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