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Atlantic City mayor disappears - 10/6/2007 11:10:09 AM

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Under federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam, a groggy-sounding Mayor Robert Levy called in sick at City Hall, climbed into his city-issued Dodge Durango and seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth.

A spokesman issued a 36-word statement saying the mayor was going on indefinite medical leave. That was a week and a half ago. Aides say he is in a hospital, but they won't say where, why or for how long.

The mystery and the gathering scandal over Levy's military record have worried civic leaders in this seaside casino resort, which has a long history of corruption, with four of the last eight mayors busted on graft charges and one-third of last year's nine-member City Council in prison or under house arrest.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfaZ9RNGiN3DAF7vzsioUAzkcX9QD8S3AB700

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RE: Atlantic City mayor disappears - 10/6/2007 11:28:39 AM

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I'd be a lot more forgiving if it hadn't included this bit:
"But now, federal authorities are looking into whether the 64-year-old Levy made the false claims with the intention of bumping up his veteran's benefit payments, an official with knowledge of the investigation said Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity."
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfaZ9RNGiN3DAF7vzsioUAzkcX9QD8S3AB700

I can see how it could begin though, then just snowball out of control. Embellishing stuff is pretty common I've found.
But it sure was stupid.

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RE: Atlantic City mayor disappears - 10/6/2007 1:52:17 PM

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Way too common.
http://cyberseals.org/authentiseal/index.htm

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...it’s a losing battle with the odds hopelessly stacked against us – every SEAL imposter we’ve exposed has been replaced by three to six more just like him. At our last estimation, based upon the number of imposters reported to us compared to the number of real SEALs reported to us, the imposters outnumber the real SEALs more than 300 to 1.

http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies.htm

http://www.cnn.com/US/9612/04/briefs/medal.html

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RE: Atlantic City mayor disappears - 10/6/2007 7:43:32 PM

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A Democrat who is a phony Soldier, go figure.

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