Reply #14: This is the part that's gonna get him.

[napi21]

The following is from an article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Lots of things are hard to prove in court, but of all the exerpts listed there, this charge is very easy to prove. Damn bribery will get 'em every time!

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"In 1997, the Computer Contractor was a member of the defendant's re-election campaign finance committee. The Computer Contractor hosted a fundraiser for defendant at his company's offices in October 1997, and he contributed to defendant's campaign for re-election ...

"Approximately six months after defendant was re-elected as Mayor, in or about May 1998, the City's Commissioner of Administrative Services awarded the Computer Contractor's company a contract, without competitive bidding, which was worth over $1,000,000 ...

"In or about 1999, the Computer Contractor's company pursued obtaining, without competitive bidding, another contract with the City to provide services to prepare the City's computer system for Year 2000 ("Y2K Contract"). In or about March 1999, the City's Commissioner of Administrative Services terminated the contract of a company providing Y2K services to the City and selected the Computer Contractor's company as a replacement. ...

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2004/08/30/daily7.html?f=et50