The Associated Press
PINEVILLE — An eastern Kentucky small-town mayor has resigned his post, saying it’s the “responsible action to take.”
Pineville Mayor Bob Madon has said his decision was not based on the federal criminal charges he is facing. The resignation on Monday night was not unexpected. He told the city council of his intentions to leave office last month.
The town of about 2,000 people is located near the Kentucky-Tennessee border.
Madon and his 44-year-old son, Brent Madon, have been accused of federal vote-buying charges. Court documents claim they allegedly conspired to trade cash and prescription drugs for votes during the 2006 mayoral election that Madon won.
Madon’s son has pleaded guilty. Madon has pleaded not guilty.
Vote buying in some sort of exchange has been practiced every election since I first become a voter at age eighteen. Now wake up-
it was practiced in secret befor I became a voter, so the tales were
told by the buyers and traders alike. Traders for votes are as common as they have been since voting was first practiced. Some
folks do not thing fo an exchange for casting their vote, but why should Madden be the example, wonder how Obahma got such a vast
contribution?