Scandal
In April 2000, Golden was found guilty of filing a false statement on a 1989 tax return and failing to declare $727,000 in income. He was convicted of tax fraud and was forced to resign his seat on city council. He ran as a candidate to replace himself in the succeeding by-election, but lost.
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Famous quotes containing the word scandal:
“In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.”
—John Osborne (1929–1994)
“Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“The day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was there when it began. This is a scandal. Such a scandal for the human race that it is indeed capable collectively, out of spite, of hastening the end of the world by all means just so it can enjoy the show.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)