Charlie Sexton - what a guy!

Here's a nice heart-warming story about Charlie Sexton, beneficiary of the Russian oil company (Itera) consulting contracts in his partnership with Karen Weldon. Kinda cuts right to the heart of (or lack thereof) Charlie's character. The story is written by a guy from Springfield.

...Charlie Sexton was a power player at the little table of local politics. My dad didn't like Charlie Sexton and Charlie Sexton didn't like my dad. You see, my dad drove a van to work emblazoned on the side with the name of the guy who signed his paychecks. Blue collar guys tend to drive trucks like these to work. They keep their tools in them and are usually dispatched to their first repair call of the morning straight from home. It makes sense to keep your truck in your driveway if you're a guy like my dad; it provides your livelihood and is packed full of expensive equipment you paid for yourself. There were trucks like these all over Springfield; carpenters, electricians, plumbers, you name it. It didn't bother anybody, having the trucks with stuff written on the side sitting in driveways. Except, that is, for Charlie Sexton.

Charlie Sexton came to the decision seemingly single-handedly that Springfield was no longer a blue collar town. He started pushing ordinances that would outlaw work trucks. These trucks, according to Charlie, were unsightly. ...
The message was clear: Charlie hoped to make life so inconvenient for guys like my dad that hopefully they would go away and clear out some space for more guys like Charlie.
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It's too bad dad's not around to see his arch nemesis Charlie Sexton's name on the front page of the morning paper right next to the letters, "F.B.I." I think my dad would have had a big laugh right before going outside in the chilly air and riding to a job in his work truck that he kept parked in his own driveway until the day he died.

And the Delco Daily Times has a little piece on Charlie too.

In 1981, Sexton was named as a target in a federal grand jury probe into election tampering. The case centered on a Ridley Township Democrat, Richard Burke, who was tapped to run as a puppet candidate in the primary against incumbent county controller Thomas Lynch.

A former Republican, Lynch switched parties after a falling out with Sexton. Burke would eventually testify his candidacy was orchestrated by Sexton and other Republican officials and claimed he was offered cash, a "no-show" state job and a scholarship for his son in exchange for entering the race.

Burke, who wore a wire for the government, testified Sexton offered him "anything he wanted" to run against Lynch.

Nice guy that Charlie! Anyone surprised he's in Curt Weldon's camp?