Saturday, February 27, 2010

3 in Dallas City Hall case sentenced in a 'betrayal of our city'

The Dallas Morning News reports:
Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for leading a massive shakedown scheme that a federal judge called a "betrayal of our city."

U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn sentenced Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill, his wife, Sheila Farrington Hill and former plan commission appointee, D'Angelo Lee, to prison for leading a massive shakedown scheme that the federal judge called a "betrayal of our city."

U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn also sentenced his wife, Sheila Farrington Hill, 46, to nine years for her role laundering the hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and extortion payments from developers for her 58-year-old husband. Hill's former plan commission appointee, D'Angelo Lee, 44, received 14 years.
Can you name that party that the Dallas Morning News left out?