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Rosellini found his way back into the headlines for connections to strip-club magnate Frank Colacurcio Sr. and the 2003 campaign-finance scandal at Seattle City Hall dubbed "Strippergate."
The Seattle Times 2011
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Yet, this issue seems to need more debate than the usual giggle factor that accompanies stories about "Strippergate" and the like.
Sound Politics: Why Is Seattle Such a Wuss About Strip Clubs? 2006
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The local media has been all over the so-called "Strippergate" scandal, where a local strip club owner has been accused of illegally funneling some $39,000 in campaign contributions last year to the re-election campaigns of three City Councilmembers.
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The FBI, in conjunction with Seattle police, opened an investigation into the clubs in 2005 after the so-called "Strippergate" scandal, in which Colacurcio secretly funneled campaign contributions to former Seattle City Councilmembers Heidi Wills, Judy Nicastro and Jim Compton as the council was considering Colacurcio's request to add parking spaces at Rick's, a club on Lake City Way Northeast.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The FBI, in conjunction with Seattle police, opened an investigation into the clubs in 2005 after the so-called "Strippergate" scandal, in which Colacurcio secretly funneled campaign contributions to former Seattle City Councilmembers Heidi Wills, Judy Nicastro and Jim Compton as the council was considering Colacurcio's request to add parking spaces at Rick's, a club on Lake City Way Northeast.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The ruling may have an impact on local cases, including the so-called "Strippergate" case in
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That link surfaced most recently in 2005 during the "Strippergate" case involving illegal campaign contributions by Colacurcio and others to three Seattle City Council members.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The easiest way has always been to attach "-gate" to it, as in Watergate, Strippergate, Heidigate.
Archive 2006-06-01 Ed Hollett 2006
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Hopefully, the press and the SEEC will give this massive misuse of tax dollars at least as much attention as they have given to Strippergate.
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But my favorite thing about the article is that the headline writer put Strippergate in quotes.
Archive 2004-09-26 2004
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