Ex-Detroit Treasurer Indicted for Taking Bribes in Case that Cost Pension Funds $84 Million

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — In this cash-strapped city on the brink of financial collapse, seeing public corruption run wild is tough. On Tuesday, the feds struck back, indicting the city’s former treasurer Jeffrey Beasley for taking bribes and kickbacks in return for approving more than $200 million in investments for two city of…

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ATF to Ditch the Blackberry

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com By Bye Blackberry. Daid Saleh Rauf of Politico reports that ATF plans to ditch the Blackberry phone “largely in favor of the iPhone.” “We’re going to delete the BlackBerry from the mix,” Rick Holgate, ATF’s chief information officer, said in an interview, according to Politico. To read more click here.  

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Fla. Lawmaker Resigns After Admitting He Sent Anonymous, Flirtatious Texts to Fed Prosecutor

 By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Florida state lawmaker announced his resignation on Friday after admitting that he sent anonymous, flirtatious text messages in 2011 to a married assistant U.S. Attorney, ABC 25 reported. The admission by Fla. House Rep. Richard Steinberg, 39,  came after the Secret Service traced the unsolicited texts he sent to assistant…

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