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Former labor leader Carl "Bubba" Scarbrough is pleading guilty this morning to molesting a teenage boy in the sauna at Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center in West Knoxville in June 2005. The plea in Knox County Criminal Court comes after newly filed court records indicate the 13-year-old boy might not be Scarbrough's only victim. In a stunning set of records filed in Knox County Criminal Court by Assistant District Attorney General Willie Lane, witness after witness recount Scarbrough allegedly spied on them in either a fitness center shower or sauna while masturbating. "Surely, he's not doing what I think...

RICHMOND -- A Richmond elementary-school teacher who had just been placed on leave was arrested on felony charges Wednesday after she refused to leave campus and instead rallied her students against the principal, kept her class in the library and used a girl as a shield as police arrived, authorities said. The Sheldon Elementary School teacher, Jennie Mo, 57, of El Cerrito grabbed one of her girl students and managed to get another student to help her as she was confronted by a police officer in the school library, police said. She ended up being handcuffed in front of her...

<p>Philadelphia - A special three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals convened Wednesday to hear arguments on whether a Federal Civil Rights suit may proceed against Gov. Ed Rendell and overturn a 2003 lower court ruling that there was insufficient evidence. Rendell is charged with conspiring to suppress the First Amendment rights of protesters by having Teamsters Local 115 beat them while they demonstrated outside Philadelphia's City Hall during a Democratic fundraiser featuring President Bill Clinton. Rendell, who was mayor of Philadelphia at the time, admitted in a deposition following the Oct. 2, 1998 beatings to personally inviting Teamsters Local 115 Secretary-Treasurer John Morris and instructing the union to "drown-out" the Clinton protesters. "I specifically said I didn't want any interaction with the demonstrators. I wanted this to be extremely peaceful and extremely positive," Rendell also claimed in the deposition, which was taken two years after the fact. Morris was caught on video by local media placing a fedora over protester Don Adams' head, signaling the Teamsters to knock him to the ground and assault him. Adams was treated at a nearby hospital for a concussion, lacerations and multiple bruises. His sister, Teri, sustained minor injuries. Testimony from Morris' chief of staff revealed that, after the beatings, Rendell called Morris about the Teamsters who participated in the attack and said, "nothing is going to happen to these guys," and "I know how these things go." He then suggested that Morris and the Teamsters file a criminal complaint against Adams, which they did two days later on Oct. 4, 1998, alleging that he struck a woman in their group. Even though there was no police reports supporting the Teamster's claim, the incident was caught on video, and the District Attorney's Office pursued trial against Adams, who filed suit against the Teamsters and Rendell several months later. At one point, the Teamsters offered to drop their charges against him if he dropped his case. During that time, they launched a media campaign and accused Adams of being a woman-beater. Adams rejected the deal and was found not guilty on July 8, 1999. Five teamsters then pled guilty to various charges of assault and were granted probation, and Morris died in 2001. Arguments surrounding Rendell's involvement center not on how convincing the evidence is, but whether his interaction with Morris after the fact - consoling the Teamsters and advising them to sue Adams - can be used as evidence to support the charge of conspiracy. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in United States vs. Smith in 2002 that concerted actions to conceal unlawful behavior are relevant to a finding of conspiracy. The Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in United States vs. Brodie last year. However, Philadelphia Law Department attorney Jane Lovitch Istvan, who represents Rendell, argued in brief, "The alleged conversation in this case ... contained no evidence of attempted concealment, nor is there a pattern of other alleged attempts to conceal." "I think he might have a case," Circuit Judge Restani said during oral arguments surrounding Adams' claim. The three circuit judges were appointed to hear the case from outside the Third Circuit Court's jurisdiction after a motion asking the entire Circuit to recuse itself was granted. This recusal was issued due to the fact that Rendell's wife, Judge Marjorie Rendell, sits on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.</p>

Prosecutors want a former Oak Ridge labor leader and politician accused of rape jailed, and his alleged victim wants $10.5 million from the operators of a West Knoxville health club where the two crossed paths. Assistant District Attorney General Willie Harper has filed in Knox County Criminal Court a motion to revoke or increase bond set for Carl "Bubba" Scarbrough in a pending rape case. Harper's motion came hours after Scarbrough was charged Thursday night with driving under the influence and refusing to take a test to measure the level of alcohol in his blood stream. "Our firm is in...

Pensacola, Fla. -- A second middle school teacher was arrested for allegedly letting students skip gym class if they paid $1 each day. Tamara B. Tootle, 39, turned herself in Thursday and faces six counts of bribery, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities said she told students at Ernest Ward Middle School during the 2004-05 school year that they didn't have to dress for her physical education class but would still receive a 100 percent for participation for a bribe. Tootle, who has resigned, was released on bond,

A Yuba City Unified School District administrator and career educator was arrested and accused of molesting a teenage boy, police said Wednesday. Derek Earl Link, 46, of the 600 block of Hughes Avenue, Yuba City, was arrested Tuesday night at the Police Department on a Sutter County warrant charging 13 felony counts, including sodomy, oral copulation with a victim under 14 and lewd acts with a victim under 14. He was booked into the Sutter County Jail. Bail was set at $500,000. Link manages the Even Start program, a family literacy program for preschool-aged children. "We find this very disturbing...

A Knox County grand jury has indicted longtime Oak Ridge union leader Carl "Bubba" Scarbrough on two counts of rape and two counts of sexual battery involving a teenage boy. The indictment made public today charges Scarbrough, 63, with forcing the teenager to "sexually penetrate" him and have "sexual contact" with the boy. "We’re in the process of reviewing the indictment, and Mr. Scarbrough intends on entering a plea of not guilty at the time of his arraignment," his attorney Gregory P. Isaacs said today. In July, Knox County General Sessions Judge Charles Cerny sent to the grand jury for...

OAKLAND - A November trial has been scheduled for Tanda Rucker, the former Encinal High School basketball coach and East Bay prep star, who is charged with 26 felony counts of unlawful sex with four teenage girls. Today, Judge Thomas Reardon set a Nov. 7 trial date for Rucker, 31, who is free on bail. Rucker was a standout basketball player at Berkeley High School who later played two seasons at Stanford. Prosecutors contend that Rucker met three of the teens when she was the basketball coach at the Alameda high school from 2000 until 2002. Rucker was excused from...

OAK RIDGE - A special meeting of union delegates will be held today to discuss leadership of the Atomic Trades and Labor Council in the wake of Carl "Bubba" Scarbrough's arrest last week on a rape charge. The ATLC, an umbrella organization for 16 different unions, represents about 2,500 hourly workers at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Carl Wright, the ATLC's acting president in Scarbrough's absence, said Wednesday that a vote would be taken on whether to place Scarbrough on administrative leave until his case is resolved. Another report was being circulated among union members...

Carl Scarbrough runs the Atomic Trades and Labor Council. He also is accused of raping a 13 year old boy last week. Tuesday, a union spokesman said their boss will stay on the job while the legal system runs its course. "Everything is being looked at," said Union Secretary Kenny Cook. "Everything is still alleged at this point." The criminal complaint against Scarbrough accuses him of fondling a 13 year old in the steam room of Fort Sanders Health and Fitness, 270 Fort Sanders West Blvd, then performing a sex act on the teenage boy. Scarbrough faces a statutory rape...

OAK RIDGE — Union leader Carl "Bubba" Scarbrough’s access to the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant has been suspended, following his arrest last week on a rape charge, a plant spokesman said today. Bill Wilburn of BWXT, the contractor that manages Y-12 for the federal government, declined comment on Scarbrough’s arrest. But he did say the immediate action does not affect Scarbrough’s employment or his security clearance. "It just means he can’t come on the Y-12 site," Wilburn said. According to court documents, Scarbrough was arrested on Thursday, June 9, and charged with statutory rape. He is accused of sexually molesting...

An Oak Ridge labor leader and former Anderson County commissioner was charged with statutory rape after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy at a West Knoxville exercise facility Thursday. Carl R. "Bubba" Scarbrough, 62, is free on $10,000 bond following his arrest Thursday on a charge of statutory rape, court records show. Scarbrough allegedly performed oral sex on the minor in the steam room of Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center, 270 Fort Sanders West Blvd., according to Knox County court records. "The defendant followed the victim into the steam room. The defendant sat beside the victim and began...

John Sweeney, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), has spent tens of millions of dollars in union dues in a failed ten-year quest to re-take the U.S. House from Republicans.  Sweeney also saw George W. Bush beat his favored Democratic candidates in 2000 and 2004. Sweeney's policies have failed to halt the drop in union membership and a corresponding decrease in the organization's political clout and is at the center of a conflict that threatens his job as the coalition's president.  It would mark only the second time in its half-century history...

Sean Harrigan and his acolytes are spinning a melodramatic tale about his ouster from the governing board of the huge California Public Employees' Retirement System - that he was such a tireless and effective critic of corporate misdeeds that business executives conspired with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to silence him. State Treasurer Phil Angelides, who longs to succeed Schwarzenegger as governor, is among those peddling that version of why the State Personnel Board replaced Harrigan as its representative on the retirement board. Harrigan, president of the CalPERS board since last year and a longtime official of the union that represents grocery...

Fabiola Armitage is back on television, only instead of a campaign ad the focus has been on her mugshot. Armitage is a Kerry supporter and a strong believer in stem cell research. She's featured in an advertisement urging Floridians to vote against Amendment 3 on this year's ballot. The amendment would cap how much money a lawyer can make from a medical malpractice lawsuit. St. Johns County Sheriff Deputies arrested Armitage for grand theft and battery this week. They say she had 78 campaign signs supporting George Bush and Mel Martinez in her trunk. Armitage tells First Coast News that...

WFTS-TV Channel 28 in Tampa Bay reports that two Kerry supporters was arrested at a rally featuring John Edwards this afternoon. The arrests occured after a female Kerry supporter attempted to tear a sign away from a non-supporter at the rally. The second arrest resulted from a male memeber of the audience interfering with the arrest.

Bullies Storm Republican Office http://www.wkmg.com has the video--   I watched the video, and that was one of the more disgusting spectacles I have seen. WKMG television says it was ONE OF TWENTY LOCATIONS of COORDINATED PROTESTS TODAY.  The tactics of the Left are increasingly reminding me more and more of the SA (Storm Troopers) the Nazis used during the 1920's and early 1930's to intimidate opponents.    Protesters Ransack Bush HQ's in Orlando!    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=ransack    Labor Activists Invade Bush's Campaign Sites    Shots fired into GOP campaign office  UPDATE: Shots fired into Knox Bush/Cheney headquarters    More blatantly lazy reporting...

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Has the proud, Sheet Metal Union thug been identified as of yet?

I think liberal talk show host Brian Whitman was just as surprised as was I. Although a liberal, Brian is a pretty stand up guy. We actually agree on more things than I thought we did when I first heard him. He is a great supporter of our troops and has avoided bashing the commander in chief during time of war. He, of course, has many disagreements with the president, but I have not heard him make any statements that give aid and comfort to the enemy. For the 6:00 pm hour of his show on KABC in Los Angeles,...