You ever just want to walk away? If the mayor of Atlantic City can, why not?
The mayor of Atlantic City called in sick to work a week and half ago and has since disappeared. Now, many residents are under the impression Mayor Robert Levy will resign this week, a city official who doesn’t want to be named told FOX News.
With the resignation, “this circus will come to an end,” the official told Craig Rivera of “Geraldo at Large” Saturday night. The strange case of the missing mayor began when new information was revealed that suggests Levy lied about his military service and has been falsely collecting military benefits.
The official said a federal investigation is close to concluding that Levy illegally took military benefits he wasn’t entitled to receive, and a plea deal is currently being worked out with prosecutors.
The Press of Atlantic City was first to check out Levy’s accounts that he was a 20-year Army veteran with two Bronze stars and two tours of duties in Vietnam. The newspaper learned that Levy lied when he said he was a Green Beret, and used the false claim to bump up his veterans’ benefits payments by about $25,000.
What a dirtbag. I remember when people lied about Vietnam by saying they hadn’t been there when they really had.
October 8, 2007 at 10:53 am
You’re point regarding lying about Vietnam is well founded. No one wanted to be labelled a “baby-killer” and be spat upon for serving their country…did they?
Wasn’t even CLOSE to the return “welcome” the WW2 vets received…
I read that A.C. story this weekend.
It makes you wonder about a person that not only lies about his time in service, but supposedly “runs” a city with SO many “big players” all along the boardwalk while a mere three blocks away, you STILL have SLUMS galore!
Been there…saw that (all to often).
B.G.