Former Mayor Oscar
Hernandez didn't have a college or high school degree and didn't even finish
elementary school, defense attorney Stanley
Friedman said at the corruption trial.
Hernandez is among six former
Bell city officials charged with misappropriating funds. He was earning just
under $100,000 a year for the part-time job....
Friedman echoed that argument on
Thursday. He added that Hernandez was known around town for being willing to
listen to everyone's problems. Like many other politicians of simple
backgrounds, he wasn't required to be scholarly to be mayor, he said.
"We elect people who have a good
heart. Someone who can listen to your problems and look you in the eye,"
Friedman said. "There are a lot of elected officials who may not be the most
scholarly. We had a vice president of the United States who didn't know how to
spell potato."
Friedman said former California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger's main qualification was "he portrayed a killer robot in the
movies. And (former Minnesota Gov.) Jesse
Ventura was a professional wrestler."
Uneducated, illiterate, elementary school drop out, community organizerYep, typical inner city politician and voter.
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