They are an embarrassment to the US citizens in Puerto Rico. Their present and past conduct worry many in Congress of what Puerto Rico's representation would be like if we become a state.
Rezko gave Gutierrez a deal on town house
Their mere presence in Congress is an embarrassment and we are ashamed that they claim to be Puerto Rican. They do not represent us and our pride as US Citizens. They do not have a right to speak in our name while denying us the right to represent ourselves. They would have never gotten elected to any position in Puerto Rico.
MJ
MJ
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Rezko gave Gutierrez a deal on town house
Chicago Sun Times
BY
NATASHA KORECKI
Nov 8, 2010
Nov 8, 2010
Convicted
political fixer Tony Rezko gave U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez free upgrades on a
riverfront town house after the congressman asked for them, Gutierrez told the
FBI, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
___________________________________________________
KEY WIK
Luis V.
Gutierrez is a former Marxist and Democratic member of
the United States House of
Representatives, representing the 4th district of Illinois. PSP
member
1980s Chicago
mayor Harold
Washington's electoral coalition included many members of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. Luis Gutierrez who
became an Alderman under Washington belonged to the Marxist-Leninist Puerto Rican Socialist Party and was able to
secure government funds for the PSP sponsored cultural center and for Party
sponsored social services and ESL and GELD programs[6].
Supported Peurto Rican rebel prisoners
In 1999, eleven
imprisoned Puerto Rican independence fighters were released on parole from long
prison terms in the US. Political leaders who supported the prisoners included
Reps Luis
Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Nydia Velazquez (D,
NY), Jose
Serrano (D-NY), Ron Dellums (D-Calif.)
and former New York City Mayor David Dinkins.[25]
Progressive agenda" on Puerto Rico
More than 250 Puerto
Rican activists and leaders met in The Bronx “to discuss the state of our
communities” and to begin the development of a “progressive political agenda”
for Puerto Ricans in 2004.The Boricua Roundtable met at Hostos Community
College on May 21-22, 2004.
A major theme of the
meeting was mobilizing the Puerto Rican vote against the ultra-right in the
White House and in Congress. Rep. Gutiérrez blasted the Bush administration’s war
policies, urging the participants to discuss opposing the war in Iraq and “its
impact on our community.” “We don’t want to die in a declared or undeclared war
started by a president that wasn’t elected by the people,” he said.
Gutiérrez also called on
the activists to work in solidarity with all Latin Americans, including recent
immigrants, as a way of affirming “our Puerto Rican-ness.”
Nydia Velázquez called
on everyone present to organize the Puerto Rican vote to defeat Bush, noting
there are sizable populations of voting-age Puerto Ricans in key states like
Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio and Arizona.
The Boricua Roundtable
ended with the singing of the anti-imperialist version of the Puerto Rican
national anthem – La Borinqueña.[26]
Received Free Upgrades
on House
Convicted political
fixer Tony Rezko gave U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez free
upgrades on a riverfront town house after the congressman asked for them, Gutierrez
told the FBI in a 2008 interview.
Gutierrez told the FBI
that he and his wife had had dinner with Rezko and his wife, and that he told
him that the price of the town home had gone up $35,000 in two weeks -- from
$399,000 when they first visited a model home to $434,900. Considering that the
price had risen, Gutierrez told Rezko he thought he should get some upgrades.
The upgrades eventually included an additional bathroom and higher-quality
carpeting.
The interview was done
in spring 2008. At the time, Rezko was on trial for corruption involving state
contracts under then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Rezko has been a campaign fund-raiser for Blagojevich as well as Gutierrez.
Intelligence
appointment
In 2010, Rep. Gutierrez
was appointed to the prestigious House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of
California.[39]
Rep. Gutierrez's corruption is shielded by public support in Chicago
THE EXAMINER
Maty 4, 2010
THE EXAMINER
Maty 4, 2010
Rep. Gutiérrez – who has served Illinois’s 4th congressional district since 1993 – has become an ambiguous figure in Chicagopolitics. The congressman is simultaneously the highly-popular spokesman of the city’s Latino community and the shadowy politician regularly suspected of improper practices.
He has been linked to a 2004 scandal in which he lobbied Mayor Richard Daley to okay zoning for residential development. A few experts at the time commented on the peculiarity of a U.S. congressman lobbying on behalf of a development plan outside his own district. An investigation revealed that Gutiérrez had received a $200,000 loan from the developer, Calvin Boender, just months prior to Gutiérrez’s personal letter to the mayor advocating the rezoning
Boender was later federally indicted in connection with the same development Gutiérrez had lobbied for – the Galewood Yards project on the city’s West Side. Although Gutiérrez was never indicted himself, Ald. Ike Carothers pled guilty to taking bribes in exchange for supporting plans to rezone the area for residential use.
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