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Questions Surround Computer Charity
   posted 11:47 am Tue February 19, 2008 - Birmingham
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A charity created by Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford in 2000 to provide computers to children is facing questions about how it spent more than $1 million in tax money, some of which went to a gay porn star. A local paper reports today that court records indicate that money intended for the program also went to pay for trips, personal credit card bills, vehicle expenses, restaurant bills and casino tabs.

The questions come as Langford pushes a new charity to provide 15,000 basic laptop computers to area schoolchildren. A key figure in both the new charity and the first one is John Katopodis, a Langford friend and businessman.

ABC 33/40 News myTAKE - What's Your Opinion?Katopodis, who is organizing the mayor's new computer initiative, faces questions in a civil lawsuit filed by HealthSouth and in federal subpoenas about how he managed Langford's first computer charity.

Documents show $30,000 went to actor Marc Anthony Donais, who was known as Ryan Idol when he was a star in the gay porn industry in the 1990s.

Katopodis has denied misusing the money and computers given to the charity.

Reached by telephone today, the actor referred questions to Katopodis.

A spokeswoman for Langford did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
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LaLaLarry at his finest, I have said a million times on this website that our mayor is as crooked as they come. I guess it's something new for LaLa's name to appear with the names of all the other CROOKS in our area.Money spent on computers is a complete waste and every person that lives in the County and our city should be in an uproar. These children don't need computers at this stage they need to learn how the old fashion way by using their brains and not getting the answers from computers. This to me makes a child lazy and uneducated in every subject, if they want to know about Ireland or anything else let them use their brains to find the in's and out's about looking things up on the subject. Now back to LaLaLarry he has been in contact with all of his crooked friends in everything he has done so far. He gets his outstanding debts paid off by Blount and then Blounts Company makes millions off the Jefferson County Taxpayers.He has given Blount the rights to Billions of dollars worth of the Cities Bonds which Blount is doing all the paperwork on,What are the BONDS selling for and to whom and where is the money for the BONDS going to.(Could it be the LaLaDome)Then we find out that McGregor funded Langfords Campaign for Mayor,(what is McGregor getting in return)could it be all the concessions at the LaLaDome?He was real good friends with Don and Richard and is more than likely funding our help funding both of their Appeals our at least giving them the names of all his CROOKED lawyers.Then lets talk about his breaking the bank as the mayor of Fairfield and we all know how LaLa's Visionland went busted and belly up.With all the knowledge the people in our fair City had on this CROOK they still elected him Mayor.I know that he didn't get my vote.I must say if you look up the word CROOK on the internet or in the Dictionary beside it would be LaLaLarry's picture in BRIGHT COLORS!!!!!!!!!!!

     
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