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You’ll Never Believe the Amount of Cash Federal Prosecutors Say This Ex-Dem Mayor Gambled Away

Feb. 14, 2013 8:45pm Becket Adams

Former San Diego Mayor Maureen OConnor Caught in Massive Fraud, Gambling Scheme

Maureen O’Connor (wikipedia)

Former San Diego Mayor Maureen O’Connor — a Democrat — acknowledged Thursday in federal court that she misappropriated $2 million from her late husband’s charitable foundation due to a “gambling addiction” in which she won more than $1 billion but lost even more over nearly a decade.

“How much?” you ask. Try more than $1 billion dollars.

Yes, she gambled away more than $1,000,000,000. That’s nine zeros.

O’Connor made the acknowledgement in an agreement with the government to defer prosecution for two years while she attempts to repay the debt.

She was mayor of California’s second-largest city from 1986 to 1992. The two-term mayor was elected San Diego’s first female leader after eight years on the City Council. She was married to Robert O. Peterson, founder of the Jack-In-The-Box restaurant chain.

Prosecutors said her gambling winnings amounted to more than $1 billion from 2000 to 2009 but she lost more than that.

Her defense attorney estimated the debt at $13 million.

O’Connor gambled in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, N.J., and San Diego. We assume those casino owners are glad she did. More than $1 billion dollars.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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jettson
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:26am
Anyone else would be in prison What kind of BS is this. There all a bunch of criminal. This country sucks. Anyone that would side with this kind of crap is all so a criminal.

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- term limits for congress
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:04am
  Like other dems, she doesn’t have a gambling problem, she has a “paying for it” problem. Now she needs to raise some taxes… uh… I mean revenue. Gamble on!
  
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- Livia
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:39am
  Anyone else, meaning a non-democrat would be UNDER the prison with the keys thrown away.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 11:25am
  She’s just following the lead of Dear Leader.
  
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- canadianlady
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 12:20pm
  It’s just like words of a famous song, “steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king.”
  
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- rovesanass
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 2:21pm
  And like most democrats she probably stiffed the dealers!
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_Is_Becks_Art
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:14pm
  “You’ll Never Believe the Amount of Cash Federal Prosecutors Say This Ex-Dem Mayor Gambled Away”
  
  You mean like all those Progressives(communists) in Washington DC gambling multiple TRILLIONS on their bets to collapse America into a communist dictatorship? (Then this Democrat bitch probably gambled away only a mere billion, give or take a couple of million …)
  
  “U.S. National Debt Clock: Real Time”
  http://www.usdebtclock.org/
  Yep, you’re in it OVER your eyeballs.
  
  “DEBT LIMIT – A GUIDE TO AMERICAN FEDERAL DEBT MADE EASY.”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li0no7O9zmE
  And THIS IS EXACTLY what you’ve done. Sucks to be you! :D
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 9:40am
  Dem-Mayor durring “Katrina” used FEDERAL-EMERGENCY-FORCES to retreive [$150,000.00-CASH] BRIBES from his home-freezer!! “Can you stop-back at my house, I’ve got sumtin ta pickup.”
  
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HOLYSMOKES
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:09am
This women “misappropriated” funds from a charity. in other words she stole money and a lot of it. So, if I rob a bank and get caught , do I get 2 years to pay it back and avoid prison? Since when do we get time to pay it back and avoid prosecution? Seeing that she is a big gambler all she really needs is 6.5 million and put it all on RED.

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Johann
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:54am
another member of the Irish mafia which controls and extorts most of the big cities in the former USA; they have a monoply on the corrupt poltical machines and thuggish unions. have a slimey green beer on your drunken holiday O’Connor.

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bikerdogred1
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:45am
Pelosi,will come to her rescue,she will have to write a law that you can not find a democrat women guilty of anything more then a parking ticket and she will blame G.BUSH for her mistake,simple isn’t it.I bet the taxpayer is going to get screwed somehow.

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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:22am
We’ve obviously seen corrupt Republicans, but I clearly see a great foundational morality deficit on the Democrat side of the political class & many dedicated voters while the rest of their voting block do not see it.

“….Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
’Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government.” – from G Washington’s farewell address

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betterpart
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 4:39am
The Obamabots will find some excuse for her—either blaming a video, a seizure, gastrointestinal problems, alcoholism, tweeting, a stomach virus, falling down, a pretentious concussion……..

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 1:21am
Obama gambled away $6.5 TRILLION! nothing to see here, move along..

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- kalayaan
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:51am
  I agree 100%…and Obama is stealing more…and sad to say to most Americans it does not matter…
  
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packa14
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 12:47am
sounds just like a california communist democrat where else other than california,new york ,chicago,DC,and anyplace democrats have been in charge of politics and misuseing taxpayers monies!!!

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spirited
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 12:25am
….a real jack in the box -eh?

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bcope01
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:55pm
In the name of justice, lock her up… NOW

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AntipasMetochos
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:38pm
It’s called progressive economics–close your eyes, roll the dice, and if you hear clapping from your syncophants, open your eyes, roll the dice again, close your eyes again, ad infinitum (until the applause stops). That’s when you know it’s over.

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- 00100111
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 11:26am
  At that point, you move on to the next level which is: Throw it at the wall and hope it sticks.
  
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NDPINDNT
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:37pm
Attempts to repay the debt? Ha! You mean attempts to gamble more and win it back.

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rsanchez1
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:34pm
Most normal people would stop when their $1 BILLION dollars up.

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toto
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:27pm
Typical liberal that believes they have the right to take what doesn’t belong to them.

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your_imaginary_friend
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:03pm
“We make laws for other poeple.” Quote often attributed to Frm. Sen. Ted Kennedy

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Saff SGT
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:00pm
she will get away with all this. all we can do is file the name and the crime until we get a real Gov then we can have many firing squads is quicker and cheaper than having Liberal judges let them go after 10 days detention

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Packers13
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:35pm
I am guessing the MSM will ignore this like they did the story of Nagin out of New Orleans due to their party affiliation. After all the big story to them is Rubio and his hydration techniques!

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:34pm
Just another liberal Dem-wit who loves to play loosely with other people’s money. What else can you say?

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- The-Monk
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:47pm
  Morning RJJ,
  
  Gambling’s not a problem for them.
  
  However, I hope there aren’t any pictures of her taking a drink of water while gambling.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:17pm
  Morning MONK, LOL!
  We had a guy in our unit in Germany in the mid ’80s who was an addict. Each payday the HQs NCO had to take turns on a schedule watching him and to keep him out of the EM/NCO Club. Gambling was legal there and each of these clubs had those German Spiel gambling machines. He would would blow a bi-monthly paycheck in a couple of hours. We were all on separate rations and he had to be put back on a meal card or he would have starved to death. He was so addicted that he would slip out at night from the barracks to a nearby gasthaus eventually and blow anything that he had left. The big thing was to make sure he sent some money home, and then escort him to the PX or Commissary to make certain that he had the necessary toiletries for he month, and that his clothing was in good shape. His addiction affected a lot of people. Finally, after about 6 to 8 months after my arrival our BN then BGD chain of command was convinced to discharge and send him back to the states.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:21pm
  MONK, Oh yeah, the new Water Gate! Al Sharpton ran his whole show last night on that. In fact all of BSNBC did and Martin Bashir was as nasty as usual. But, Brian Kilmeade on The Five played Tag Your It with Sharpton this afternoon and replayed Sharptons “Yes, we much” moment again.
  
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RightThinking1
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:28pm
Is there a Democratic Mayor anywhere who hasn’t done something shady, or outright criminal?

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right-wing-waco
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:13pm
Maybe BHO will “invest” in her. Barry could give her say $500,000 and she could put it all one of her most successful table games. We might even make a profit says the President.

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- RightThinking1
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:27pm
  Why not? That’s what he did with Stephen Chu and the Dept. of Energy.
  
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- edotddot
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:58am
  Well, if she managed to make a billion in 9 years, I’d say our chances are much higher with her!
  
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Stoic one
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:13pm
I did a double take as i wiki’d her and came up with the cheif justice of the Ohio Supreme Court….then saw a little note at the top directing me to the Cali politician.

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marybethelizabeth
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:12pm
corrected headline:

Slimey Democrat Steals Money from Charity (steals $2 mil and makes deal to skip jail)

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- Fubared
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:41am
  Average, run of the mill democrat misappropriates other people’s money as they are want to do. All the big conservative cities across the US have similar issues huh BarryMeth?
  When will we be able to afford free firearms training for teachers? When BarryMeth? The horror.
  
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:07pm
Gee, why the rush to disassociate her from the Dumbolcrap Commiequeers?

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- Walkabout
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:20pm
  There would have been a political angle if she had avoided taxes after advocating higher taxes.
  
  Of if she had used tax dollars to gamble with.
  
  Unless Democrats are more likely to be gamblers than Republicans then I don’t see a political angle.
  
  Unless as Winnebago suggested that some or all of the money went elsewhere & not gambling. Then there would be a political angle.
  
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WINNEBAGOMAN
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 8:57pm
Democrat has nothing to do with this. This is a scandal for sure, but a former politician’s party affiliation has nothing to do with the fact that she’s a thief.

I don’t buy gambling addiction BS. $1B! My foot! There’s something else going on there.

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- TotallyNotATroll
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:05pm
  Is that winnebago zombie ready and is your name Dale?
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:11pm
  Actually, except for the conspiracy bit, I agree with him.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:20pm
  Democrat is very important, and I’m sure Daryl is about to take care of your illness. Its amazing how when its a democrap……..its not a party thing, but if it republican…….there all that way. Just let Daryl put you to sleep zombie.
  
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- Chromo200
  Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:38pm
  One of two things .. Either Bush made here do it, or she was laundering money
  
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Walkabout
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 8:55pm
Many stories here. The germane one is not that she was a Democrat mayor. IMO the germane one is we have all these laws & she still was able to do something illegal.

Of course the robots will insist on still more laws.

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- Ollie123
  Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:52am
  those that have the gold, rule the world, but in the end will rot in hell
  
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