Tina and Hillary cover former Miami Commissioner Joe Gersten and Representative from Oregon John Hipple Mitchell.
Tina’s Story
After serving in the Florida House, Florida Senate, and as a Miami commissioner, Joe Gersten set his sights on Mayor. But, when a wild tale surrounding his missing car, a sex worker, and crack cocaine heats up, Gersten heads down under.
Hillary’s Story
John Hipple Mitchell began his political career as an Oregon State Senator beginning in 1862, but when he used his political influence to fraudulently claim land for his clients, he landed in big trouble.
Sources
Tina's Story
Wikipedia
Joe Gersten
Janet Reno
Miami New Times
The Gersten Affair--by Juan Carlos Rodriguez
People Pill
Joe Gersten
Sun Sentinel
DADE COMMISSIONER ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL ACTS GERSTEN BOUGHT SEX, CRACK, HOOKERS SAY--by LUISA YANEZ
CRIME, MUDSLINGING TOP ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE--by JOHN KENNEDY
FORMER OFFICIAL IN MIAMI-DADE GRANTED ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIA
Committee on Government Reform (House of Representatives)
House Hearing, 107 Congress, First Session, Serial No. 107-27
Orlando Sentinel
POLITICIAN SAYS TALE OF SEX, CRACK ALL LIES--by Maya Bell
ABC Australia
Former US politician wins legal practice court case--by Michael Vincent
Chicago Tribune
The only scandal was this hearing--by James Warren
Financial Review
US inquiry finds signs of cover-up in Gersten case--by Bruce Walkley
Miami Herald
Where is Bum Farto? These Florida fugitives vanished through the years JOE GERSTEN: FROM THE TOP TO DOWN UNDER
The New York Times
Old Foe of Reno Revives a Miami Fugitive’s Case--by Dexter Filkins
Photos
Joe Gersten--via the Public Domain
Janet Reno, Florida’s First Female State Attorney--via the Public Domain
Joe Gersten Inspects his tie--by Donn Dughi via the Public Domain
Hillary's Story
Wikipedia
John H. Mitchell
Oregon Land Fraud Scandal
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Mitchell, John Hipple
Oregon History
How a sex-crazed, corrupt and charismatic 19th-century senator put Oregon on the map--by Douglas Perry
The Oregon History Project
Land Fraud Trial of Senator John Mitchell
Photos
John H. Mitchell--from the Library of Congress via Public Domain
Edward Henry Harriman--via Encyclopædia Britannica
Union Pacific Railroad Map--via American-Rails
