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16078746? ago

More on Willie Brown

Connections to the People’s Temple (the kool aid cult). He praised cult leader Jim Jones as "a combination of Martin King, Angela Davis, Albert Einstein and Chairman Mao."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/07/28/when-jonestown-was-about-a-south-american-border-dispute-not-mass-death/?utm_term=.17c1c016e61f

http://archive.fo/w82tK

https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2015/12/12/mendocino-county-history-tim-stoen-authors-book-about-his-role-in-the-peoples-temple/

Willie Brown used the People’s Temple members as campaign “volunteers” for San Francisco Mayor Moscone’s candidacy. Surviving members claim they were bused in to vote in multiple precincts multiple times. Jim Jones hinted at a closer relationship.

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/jim_jones_sinister_grip_on_san_francisco/

http://archive.fo/0C9q9

Willie Brown defended his relationship with the People’s Temple after the mass death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple_in_San_Francisco

http://archive.fo/OnxRm

Burns, Jerry, "Willie Brown Defends Former Ties to Rev. Jones", San Francisco Chronicle, November 21, 1978

1978 People’s Temple panel including Willie Brown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1YXvKk8t3c

Willie Brown FBI investigations:

As California Assembly Speaker he was involved in money laundering. Chula Vista city councilman David Malcolm was accused of being Brown’s bag man. Malcolm was appointed to a senior position despite being in the minority (Republican) party.

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-07/local/me-0_1_assembly-speaker-willie-brown

https://web.archive.org/web/20151020180415/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-07/local/me-0_1_assembly-speaker-willie-brown

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-07/local/me-0_1_assembly-speaker-willie-brown/2

https://web.archive.org/web/20151124011145/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-07/local/me-0_1_assembly-speaker-willie-brown/2

Connections to bribery, bid rigging, and fraud as Mayor of San Francisco.

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/THE-MAYOR-S-LEGACY-WILLIE-BROWN-FBI-s-5-year-2832559.php

https://web.archive.org/web/20180510070106/https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/THE-MAYOR-S-LEGACY-WILLIE-BROWN-FBI-s-5-year-2832559.php

http://articles.latimes.com/1999/sep/23/news/mn-13313

http://archive.fo/TeWr8

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/S-F-Housing-Executive-Sentenced-Bribery-2939029.php

http://archive.fo/cQ9nD

The FBI alleged that the next Mayor of San Francisco, Ed Lee, learned corruption from Willie Brown.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/mayor-city-officials-others-accused-of-wrongdoing-according-to-new-details-from-fbi-probe-into-shrimp-boy/

https://web.archive.org/web/20181024161759/http://www.sfexaminer.com/mayor-city-officials-others-accused-of-wrongdoing-according-to-new-details-from-fbi-probe-into-shrimp-boy/

Misc: Willie Brown was warned 8 hours before the 9/11 attacks to beware of air travel.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Willie-Brown-got-low-key-early-warning-about-air-3314754.php

https://archive.fo/mJbe4