Stalled Bribery Investigation Still Looms Over Council
A special committee delays its report on allegations of bribery regarding an independent telephone franchise.
No report was made to the city council last night by the special committee appointed to investigate the bribery charges in connection with the granting of a franchise to Frank Mortimer for an independent telephone system. Although the transcript of the evidence given by the different councilmen has been completed, Councilman Dellingham asked and was granted an extension of a week's time to make the report.
“No report was made to the city council last night by the special committee.”
Corporate franchise battles and allegations of pay-to-play politics in local government have long haunted Tacoma's council chambers, mirroring modern anxieties about lobbying and public utility control.
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