| ..."Today's Example Of Greed Over Principles."
I've been following the continuing Eden Prairie GOPer Mayor Phil Young Scandal; Part 5 (which has links to parts 1, 2, 3 and 4) is here.
And I'd like to reiterate what I told the Eden Prairie City Council on June 15th:
THIS MATTER IS ABOUT A MAYOR THAT FALSELY SIGNED DOCUMENTS FOR AT LEAST 26 MEETINGS - THERE MAY BE MORE.
Yesterday, the Strib published an Editorial regarding Mayor Young. On their webpage, they excerpted one question and answer between Detective Hultgren and Mayor Young. I also submitted a Data Practices Act Request with the Plymouth Police Department, and have read the entire investigation that is public information. The final 4 pages are here (page 45) and here (page 46) and here (page 47) and here (page 48). It starts with Detective Hultgren describing how he was assigned to the case, and the facts he found. Make no mistake -- Detective Hultgren found perjury, plain and simple. From page 48:
On 6/11/2010 (City Prosecutor) Renz contacted me and asked that I (Det. Hultgren) again send this case to the County Attorney for possible felony perjury charges. Renz believed this was the most obvious charge after he reviewed the facts.
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On 7-12-2010 Renz advised me that his office was declining to charge Mayor Young with a misdemeanor.
OK, so why didn't City Attorney Renz prosecute Mayor Young under misdemeanor perjury? Because he can't; perjury by definition is a felony. That explains Renz' cryptic press release: "...though there may be provable charges at levels or in forums over which Mr. Renz does not have jurisdiction."
After reading through the whole Plymouth Police Investigation, it's obvious: Young knew when he filled out all those forms that included the phrase "I declare under penalties of perjury..." the information Young filled in was not true.
And Young did it over and Over and OVER. Just one time - just ONE TIME - is perjury; the Plymouth Police Department clearly proved Young did it over and Over and OVER.
One can easily surmise Young would still be doing just that, had he not been caught. It's a shame he won't be prosecuted.
Stay tuned! |
