The former leader of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe sentenced to prison for accepting exercise equipment, a luxury hotel stay and other bribes from an architectural firm working with the tribe on a casino has to pay back nearly $210,000, a judge ordered.
Whatever the solution is to preventing corruption at Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeals, City Councilor Lydia Edwards’ proposal is not it.
One of Boston’s prominent voices on housing and development issues has launched a proposal to dramatically reform the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals in the wake of a scandal that saw a BPDA official take a $50,000 bribe from a developer to influence a board vote on one of his projects.
A close mayoral aide linked to a bribery scandal at the Boston Planning & Development agency? Nothing to see here, folks.
Corruption at Boston City Hall? A public official on the take? Who knew? After decades seemingly free from scandal, the spotlight is shining again on just how business is conducted at Boston City Hall, but it’s laughable to think this is an aberration.
A former Boston real estate official agreed to serve up to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to taking a $50,000 bribe from a developer in exchange for influencing a Boston zoning board of appeals vote.
Did an ex-BPDA exec let slip more than just the size of the bribe he took?
Less than a week a former Boston Planning and Development Agency official pleaded guilty to taking a $50,000 bribe from a developer to influence a city Zoning Board of Appeals vote in 2017, Mayor Marty Walsh announced a “comprehensive” review of the board and its practices.
A Boston Planning and Development Agency official has agreed to plead guilty for taking a $50,000 bribe from an unidentified developer in exchange for trying to influence a key Zoning Board of Appeals vote following an FBI and IRS investigation.
