NewsWhore
12-01-2009, 03:50 PM
An ethics committee in Miami Dade County in Florida is investigating suspended Miami mayor Cesar Casara for allegedly running up a US$50,000 telephone bill in calls to the DR. Diario Libre reports that initial investigations reveal that Casara was calling a woman named as Santagracia de Leon. De Leon says she is Casara's girlfriend.
Suspicions about the calls were aroused after officials noticed the enormous phone bill on a city-issued phone, and there was no reason for the calls since the office did not have any official dealings with the DR.
There are also charges from the city phone to a local lawyer called Judith Thomas. Casara's lawyer says that his client did not know the phone had restrictions and that if it did, he would cover the costs.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)
Suspicions about the calls were aroused after officials noticed the enormous phone bill on a city-issued phone, and there was no reason for the calls since the office did not have any official dealings with the DR.
There are also charges from the city phone to a local lawyer called Judith Thomas. Casara's lawyer says that his client did not know the phone had restrictions and that if it did, he would cover the costs.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)