Case Against ‘Twinkie’ Candidate Dismissed
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS —
A judge today dismissed charges against a 71-year-old man accused of wooing votes during a losing City Council bid by serving senior citizens Twinkies and Kool-Aid.
“If you run again, don’t give away anything,” Hennepin County District Judge Harold Odland warned George L. Belair, who was indicted by a grand jury last week.
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