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Moore joins Senate colleagues in Wilkerson Resolution
October 30, 2008...Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, joined with his colleagues on the floor of the Massachusetts Senate today, in unanimously supporting a Senate Resolution that called on embattled Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, D-Boston, to resign her seat. The Resolution cited years of questionable activities, including her Federal Income Tax Evasion conviction, and her violations of campaign finance—something that the Senate considered as an improper exertion of her influence as a State Senator. In addition to the Resolution, Sen. Moore also supported a Senate Order to refer her recent arrest to the Ethics and Rules Committee. Wilkerson was charged this past Wednesday with accepting over $26,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents—part of an eighteen month Federal investigation In the Order, the Committee was instructed to act in a swift manner as “time was of the essence”. Wilkerson could be removed per Senate order after Ethics and Rules’ assessment, should she not heed the pressure from the Resolution to resign her seat. “It is a shame that we have to take this course of action with the matters at hand,” said Sen. Moore. “My hope is that Sen. Wilkerson will do the right thing, and respectfully resign her seat if the allegations against her are true.” |
