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Basim Sabri

Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years ago

 

 

Basim Sabri is the owner of a number of properties throughout the Whittier and Uptown neighborhoods.

 

He is a Palestinian immigrant who often points  his businesses towards other immigrant communities.

 

He served 19 months in prison for bribing City Council member Brian Herron in 2001, but still owns most of south minneapolis.

 

 

After nearly four years of legal wrangling, Sabri was convicted of three counts of bribery. In addition to the $5,000 payment, he admitted that he offered Herron $10,000 to threaten the owners of a Taco Bell with condemnation, and a 10 percent cut of any government grants that the City Council member could procure for the project. He was sentenced to 33 months in prison and fined $75,000.

 

Latino mall (300 E. Lake)

Karmel Square (2900 Pillsbury)

Somali Mall ( 24th and Elliot)

 

 

Beyond his relationship with the board, Sabri has a reputation for filling meetings with allies, employees, tenants, and others who will vote in favor of his schemes. At today's gathering, for example, people who work in Sabri's office are present (Sabri greets one young woman, referring to her as one of his best workers). "I do pack meetings. It's no secret," Sabri acknowledges. But he claims to do so only to ensure a truly democratic process. Critics see other motives.

 

 

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