<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - councilman</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/councilman</link><description>Newsvine - councilman</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 18:11:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:34:56 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Ex-NYC councilman gets 5 years for corruption</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former New York City councilman will spend five years in prison for misdirecting hundreds of thousands of dollars for community projects to his girlfriend and family instead, a judge said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16407164-ex-nyc-councilman-gets-5-years-for-corruption</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16407164-ex-nyc-councilman-gets-5-years-for-corruption</guid><category>us</category><category>fund</category><category>councilman</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>slush</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 08:00:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NYC councilman guilty of most corruption counts</title>
<description><![CDATA[A veteran politician was convicted Thursday on nine of 12 counts in a corruption case accusing him of putting hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars meant for community projects in the pockets of his girlfriend and family.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Hays]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Hays]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/26/12971135-nyc-councilman-guilty-of-most-corruption-counts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/26/12971135-nyc-councilman-guilty-of-most-corruption-counts</guid><category>us</category><category>fund</category><category>councilman</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>slush</category><category>slush-fund</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:55:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Orleans official pleads guilty in Katrina fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[A New Orleans city councilman has pleaded guilty to plotting to misuse thousands of dollars in federal money intended to help a nonprofit organization after 2005's Hurricane Katrina and divert some of it to one of his political campaigns.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kunzelman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Kunzelman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/18/12813931-orleans-official-pleads-guilty-in-katrina-fraud</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/18/12813931-orleans-official-pleads-guilty-in-katrina-fraud</guid><category>us</category><category>new-orleans</category><category>orleans</category><category>charged</category><category>hurricane-katrina</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:17:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calif. city councilman faces sex offense charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Southern California city councilman was charged with sexually assaulting seven women when he was a high-ranking county executive in what prosecutors said Tuesday was an abuse of power and public trust.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Taxin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amy Taxin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/03/12546629-calif-city-councilman-faces-sex-offense-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/03/12546629-calif-city-councilman-faces-sex-offense-charges</guid><category>us</category><category>councilman</category><category>southern-california</category><category>us-news</category><category>sex-offenses</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:09:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Philly councilman: Tweet contract justified</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Philadelphia city councilman is spending $28,000 in taxpayer money 140 characters at a time.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11015681-philly-councilman-tweet-contract-justified</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11015681-philly-councilman-tweet-contract-justified</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>pa</category><category>contract</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><category>tweeting</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Apr 2012 00:27:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pa. councilman to stand trial for 1979 killing</title>
<description><![CDATA[A borough councilman from western Pennsylvania will stand trial on charges he murdered his lover more than 30 years ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10930667-pa-councilman-to-stand-trial-for-1979-killing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10930667-pa-councilman-to-stand-trial-for-1979-killing</guid><category>us</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><category>cold-case</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:08:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pa. town ponders councilman's arrest in old murder</title>
<description><![CDATA[As a small town comes to grips with a 32-year-old murder, the talk isn't just about a borough councilman being held without bond in a local jail.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Begos ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kevin Begos ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/04/10318231-pa-town-ponders-councilmans-arrest-in-old-murder</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/04/10318231-pa-town-ponders-councilmans-arrest-in-old-murder</guid><category>us</category><category>case</category><category>cold</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:17:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bb8ccca9-0728-4cd2-846a-fee227062ab6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bb8ccca9-0728-4cd2-846a-fee227062ab6.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo made available by the Butler County, Pa, District Attorney, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, shows Gregory Scott Hopkins. Based on a DNA test, Pennsylvania State Police have charged the Bridgewater, Pa., councilman in the 1979 killing of Catherine Janet Walsh, 23, of Monaca, Pa. (AP Photo/courtesy of Butler County, Pa. District Attorney)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ex-DC councilmember pleads guilty to theft</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former D.C. councilmember pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling more than $350,000 in government funds earmarked for youth sports and arts programs and admitted that he spent the money on a luxury SUV, travel to exclusive golf courses and clothing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9978376-ex-dc-councilmember-pleads-guilty-to-theft</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9978376-ex-dc-councilmember-pleads-guilty-to-theft</guid><category>us</category><category>dc</category><category>politics</category><category>corruption</category><category>councilman</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:27:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/83b06644-52b8-4adf-af64-9ccfa5ff1676.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="433" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/83b06644-52b8-4adf-af64-9ccfa5ff1676.jpg" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2008 file photo, District of Columbia city council member Harry Thomas Jr., left, speaks in Washington. Authorities say Thomas has been charged with stealing more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/40cde1b8-a679-4803-b425-3c97e18d68a7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/40cde1b8-a679-4803-b425-3c97e18d68a7.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2011 file photo, FBI and IRS investigators seize a motorcycle from  the house of Washington D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., in Washington. Authorities say Thomas has been charged with stealing more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a837b059-461c-4cfc-ac12-8d37cc8cabca.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a837b059-461c-4cfc-ac12-8d37cc8cabca.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Washington DC Council member Harry Thomas Jr., center, with his attorney Seth Rosenthal, left, delivers a prepared statement to members of the media after his hearing at US District Court in Washington, Friday, Jan., 6, 2012. Thomas resigned Thursday night, hours after he became the first sitting DC Council member to be charged with a felony, when federal prosecutors accused him of embezzling more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f8543ec-6f28-40af-b0ed-4d1463f2ba2a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f8543ec-6f28-40af-b0ed-4d1463f2ba2a.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Washington DC Council member Harry Thomas Jr., center, walks out to deliver a prepared statement to members of the media after his hearing at US District Court in Washington, Friday, Jan., 6, 2012. Thomas resigned Thursday night, hours after he became the first sitting DC Council member to be charged with a felony, when federal prosecutors accused him of embezzling more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Teen enters guilty pleas, sworn in as councilman</title>
<description><![CDATA[A teenager elected to a Pennsylvania borough council seat took office a few hours after pleading guilty to stalking and escape charges.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9974564-teen-enters-guilty-pleas-sworn-in-as-councilman</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9974564-teen-enters-guilty-pleas-sworn-in-as-councilman</guid><category>us</category><category>arrests</category><category>councilman</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:21:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NYC councilman's corruption case ends in mistrial</title>
<description><![CDATA[With a jury deadlocked, a federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of a city councilman accused of misdirecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money meant for community projects to benefit his friends and family.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Hays]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Hays]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/09/9327582-nyc-councilmans-corruption-case-ends-in-mistrial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/09/9327582-nyc-councilmans-corruption-case-ends-in-mistrial</guid><category>us</category><category>fund</category><category>councilman</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-york-city-council</category><category>slush</category><category>slush-fund</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Dec 2011 17:03:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Huge California manhunt ends with suspect's death</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 7,000 residents of Fort Bragg can now relax after spending more than a month on edge while the area's largest manhunt in decades enveloped their coastal community about three hours north of San Francisco.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Duff-Brown]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beth Duff-Brown]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/25/7953575-huge-california-manhunt-ends-with-suspects-death</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/25/7953575-huge-california-manhunt-ends-with-suspects-death</guid><category>us</category><category>killed</category><category>councilman</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>northern-california</category><category>us-news</category><category>fort-bragg</category><category>manhunt</category><category>mendocino-county</category><category>aaron-bassler</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:01:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/48193547-23a4-4088-a0e2-3f1fb641a0dd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/48193547-23a4-4088-a0e2-3f1fb641a0dd.jpg" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Feb. 2011 file photo provided by the Mendocino County (Calif.) Sheriff shows Aaron Bassler. Bassler, 35,  is suspected of killing a city councilman on Aug. 27 and one other person several weeks before. Bassler is thought to be hiding out in the redwoods outside of Fort Bragg and is believed to have broken into several cabins to steal food and at least two other weapons. Authorities say they are closing in on a murder suspect who has been the subject of Northern California's largest manhunt in decades &amp;#8212; even as they reported that he shot at a group of sheriff's deputies Thursday Sept. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Mendocino County Sheriff)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Calif. councilman criticized for Muhammad remark</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Southern California councilman is drawing criticism for mentioning in a public meeting that he named his dog after the Muslim prophet Muhammad.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7890790-calif-councilman-criticized-for-muhammad-remark</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7890790-calif-councilman-criticized-for-muhammad-remark</guid><category>us</category><category>remark</category><category>councilman</category><category>southern-california</category><category>us-news</category><category>muhammad</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:06:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Town on pins and needles during extensive manhunt</title>
<description><![CDATA[An extensive search for a man suspected of killing a well-respected Northern California city councilman who found him while investigating an illegal marijuana farm has put area residents on "pins and needles."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Collins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Terry Collins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/06/7634202-town-on-pins-and-needles-during-extensive-manhunt</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/06/7634202-town-on-pins-and-needles-during-extensive-manhunt</guid><category>us</category><category>killed</category><category>marijuana</category><category>councilman</category><category>northern-california</category><category>us-news</category><category>fort-bragg</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:04:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Councilman murder suspect wanted in 2nd killing</title>
<description><![CDATA[A transient suspected of fatally shooting a prominent Northern California city councilman is now also wanted in the death of a land steward, authorities said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/29/7512575-councilman-murder-suspect-wanted-in-2nd-killing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/29/7512575-councilman-murder-suspect-wanted-in-2nd-killing</guid><category>us</category><category>killed</category><category>marijuana</category><category>councilman</category><category>northern-california</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:21:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ga. police: upset councilman spills food at diner</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police say a city councilman in Georgia lost his cool at a Waffle House and smothered and covered a city official with food during an argument.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/23/6703268-ga-police-upset-councilman-spills-food-at-diner</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/23/6703268-ga-police-upset-councilman-spills-food-at-diner</guid><category>us</category><category>food</category><category>odd</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><category>upset</category><category>waffle-house</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 23:44:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Maple syrup sticky issue for Ohio councilman</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Ohio city councilman who prides himself on being a back-to-the-land type has a sticky problem.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/17/6287785-maple-syrup-sticky-issue-for-ohio-councilman</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/17/6287785-maple-syrup-sticky-issue-for-ohio-councilman</guid><category>us</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>councilman</category><category>syrup</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:21:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gay councilman's plea to bullied teens goes viral</title>
<description><![CDATA[A city councilman in Fort Worth, Texas, has rocketed into cyberspace prominence in a video pleading with gay teens not to commit suicide and tearfully recounting his own ordeals as a bullied schoolboy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Crary]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Crary]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/15/5297304-gay-councilmans-plea-to-bullied-teens-goes-viral</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/15/5297304-gay-councilmans-plea-to-bullied-teens-goes-viral</guid><category>us</category><category>gay</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><category>bullying</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:33:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Wash. state bear-mauling victim describes attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[A man mauled by a black bear near his vacation cabin in central Washington says he felt he had to stand and fight the animal to survive the attack.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/06/5243246-wash-state-bear-mauling-victim-describes-attack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/06/5243246-wash-state-bear-mauling-victim-describes-attack</guid><category>us</category><category>bear</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:26:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/26fe6179-7d20-423e-9067-68723c8f0822.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/26fe6179-7d20-423e-9067-68723c8f0822.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bellevue city council member John Chelminiak describes being mauled by a black bear last month as he still undergoes treatment at Harborview Hospital in Seattle, Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010.  (AP Photo/Steve Ringman, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/43fc8a95-f48f-470a-985a-0eb1f428e73d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="368" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/43fc8a95-f48f-470a-985a-0eb1f428e73d.jpg" width="120" height="111" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bellevue city council member John Chelminiak describes being mauled by a black bear last month.  He's talking for the first time while still under treatment at Harborview Hospital in Seattle, Wash. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010.  (AP Photo/Steve Ringman, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/af66c8ca-abfd-4b00-96d8-132bb5e35651.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="338" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/af66c8ca-abfd-4b00-96d8-132bb5e35651.jpg" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bellevue city council member John Chelminiak describes the injuries to his back and arm when he was mauled by a black bear last month during a news conference along with Dr. Matthew Klein, his plastic surgeon and his wife, Lynn Semler at Harborview Hospital in Seattle, Wash. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Ringman, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2bb6603c-ed13-4eb8-bf19-dc9f4e130ac5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2bb6603c-ed13-4eb8-bf19-dc9f4e130ac5.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bellevue city council member John Chelminiak and his wife, Lynn Semler share a laugh, releasing some tension after the harrowing description John made of being mauled by a black bear last month during a news conference at Harborview Hospital in Seattle, Wash. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Ringman, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Washington state councilman attacked by bear</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bellevue City Councilman John Chelminiak (CHEL'-min-ak) has a good excuse for missing Monday's meeting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/20/5143145-washington-state-councilman-attacked-by-bear</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/20/5143145-washington-state-councilman-attacked-by-bear</guid><category>us</category><category>bear</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><category>bellevue-city-councilman-john-chelminiak</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:38:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>LA city councilman indicted on felony voter fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Los Angeles city councilman and his wife were indicted on a total of 24 felony counts stemming from allegations he lived outside his district, prosecutors said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nardine Saad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nardine Saad]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/04/4816297-la-city-councilman-indicted-on-felony-voter-fraud</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/04/4816297-la-city-councilman-indicted-on-felony-voter-fraud</guid><category>us</category><category>probe</category><category>councilman</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Aug 2010 21:58:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5ed22837-bd4d-4769-8eb6-f34552e97afa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5ed22837-bd4d-4769-8eb6-f34552e97afa.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon, right, stands with his attorney Fredric D. Woocher  during arraignment at Los Angeles Criminal Courts on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.   Alarcon and his wife were indicted on a total of 24 felony counts stemming from allegations he lived outside his district, prosecutors announced Wednesday.  Richard Alarcon faces 18 charges of perjury, voter fraud and filing a false declaration of candidacy. His wife Flora Montes De Oca Alarcon is charged with six counts including perjury and voter fraud.  (AP Photo/Ricardo DeAratanha) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/700ab058-17d1-4fec-baca-ba59a1293558.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/700ab058-17d1-4fec-baca-ba59a1293558.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, Flora Montes de Oca Alarcon, attorneys Roger Rosen, Fredric D. Woocher, and Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon, listen during arraignment at Los Angeles Criminal Courts on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.   Alarcon and his wife were indicted on a total of 24 felony counts stemming from allegations he lived outside his district, prosecutors announced Wednesday.  Richard Alarcon faces 18 charges of perjury, voter fraud and filing a false declaration of candidacy. His wife Flora Montes De Oca Alarcon is charged with six counts including perjury and voter fraud.  (AP Photo/Ricardo DeAratanha) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2074e54f-76b6-4559-bd48-b838662669bc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2074e54f-76b6-4559-bd48-b838662669bc.jpg" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon, right, stands with his attorney Fredric D. Woocher  during arraignment at Los Angeles Criminal Courts on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.   Alarcon and his wife were indicted on a total of 24 felony counts stemming from allegations he lived outside his district, prosecutors announced Wednesday.  Richard Alarcon faces 18 charges of perjury, voter fraud and filing a false declaration of candidacy. His wife Flora Montes De Oca Alarcon is charged with six counts including perjury and voter fraud.  (AP Photo/Ricardo DeAratanha) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9a629ee9-640f-4b2e-9a5c-f28ee821357c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="479" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9a629ee9-640f-4b2e-9a5c-f28ee821357c.jpg" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Councilman Richard Alarcon arrives at court Wednesday Aug. 4, 2010 in Los Angeles to answer charges of perjury and voter fraud. The Los Angeles city councilman accused of living outside his district has been indicted on 18 felony counts.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AZ Councilman makes remarks insensitive to Jews</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Arizona councilman made insensitive remarks about Jews during a meeting about a contract for the city manager.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3406604-az-councilman-makes-remarks-insensitive-to-jews</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3406604-az-councilman-makes-remarks-insensitive-to-jews</guid><category>us</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><category>remarks</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:59:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gunman on horseback slays councilman in Colombia</title>
<description><![CDATA[Colombian authorities say a gunman on horseback killed a town councilman and wounded an 11-year-old boy in the country's southeast.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/30/3337025-gunman-on-horseback-slays-councilman-in-colombia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/30/3337025-gunman-on-horseback-slays-councilman-in-colombia</guid><category>colombia</category><category>killed</category><category>councilman</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 03:08:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iowa councilman attacked at bar, politics blamed</title>
<description><![CDATA[A city councilman in Iowa said a man who attacked him at a bar claimed it was retaliation for comments he made about the man's niece, a political opponent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/20/3291753-iowa-councilman-attacked-at-bar-politics-blamed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/20/3291753-iowa-councilman-attacked-at-bar-politics-blamed</guid><category>us</category><category>iowa</category><category>attacked</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:27:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Councilman accused of fondling exchange student</title>
<description><![CDATA[A city council member in Colleyville, Texas, has resigned amid allegations that he pinned down and fondled a female foreign exchange student staying at his home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/13/2814034-councilman-accused-of-fondling-exchange-student</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/13/2814034-councilman-accused-of-fondling-exchange-student</guid><category>us</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><category>fondling</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 21:43:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Detroit councilman walks away from his mortgage</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was their dream home, a two-story, four-bedroom colonial in one of Detroit's nicest and most stable neighborhoods.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corey Williams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Corey Williams]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/20/2708477-detroit-councilman-walks-away-from-his-mortgage</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/20/2708477-detroit-councilman-walks-away-from-his-mortgage</guid><category>business</category><category>home</category><category>detroit</category><category>councilman</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:19:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a5a82720-adde-4a81-8e43-04153a4c79c5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a5a82720-adde-4a81-8e43-04153a4c79c5.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The former residence of Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta is seen on April 15, 2009. Kenyatta, an advocate of neighborhoods, and his wife packed their belongings, locked the doors, mailed in the keys and simply walked away &amp;#8212; leaving another vacant house among the thousands standing empty in a city among the hardest hit by the nation's mortgage crisis. &quot;We're already underwater when it comes to what we're paying on the house versus what the house is worth,&quot; Kenyatta told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>