Under methodical questioning by a prosecutor, a terse and occasionally testy Timothy P. Cahill acknowledged Friday that his campaign operatives had multiple contacts with the Boston ad firm that was being paid public money to craft lottery ads.
Prosecutors allege that the communication demonstrates that Cahill, a former state treasurer, illegally conspired to use the ads, which praised lottery management, to boost his flagging run for governor in 2010.
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I agree, it sounds like a weak case. It's makes sense that the Lottery would fund advertising to counter national Republican attack ads. With the Supreme Court allowing all parties unlimited funding for campaigns it seems like a stretch to whack Cahill. (The Supreme Court position is inappropriate, but it is what it is.) Did he violate Lottery guidelines by spending on those ads? I think Coakley's forming of the Public Integrity Division was a good idea, but this case not the one to pursue.
jkupie _ it is obvious you have absolutely no inkling of the law.
I agree with Cantabrigian, unbelievably. haha.
If you're going to fight corruption with any kind of credibility, you have to have zero tolerance. The sentence should reflect the seriousness of it, but guilt or innocence should be up to a jury. Just because Cahill lost the election and seems to be a pathetic figure is no reason to let him off the hook. He needs to be held responsible.
I can't see how a Supreme Court decision on a completely different issue has anything to do with this case. He was spending state money to praise the lottery, not to sell lottery tickets. Do we want Coakley, Galvin, of Deval Patrick to run ads at state expense that trumpets what a good job their offices are doing? I don't think so.
Really??????
He should of dropped out. Instead he lost the election for Cahill. He is now getting what he deserves for being everthing corrupt as a professional politician.
Your comment makes no sense. Yahoo, indeed.