Anthony Jones to plead guilty today

NOLA.com

Anthony Jones, who served as chief technology officer in Mayor Ray Nagin's administration, is expected to plead guilty today to taking kickbacks in exchange for making sure former City Hall technology vendor Mark St. Pierre got paid timely.

Jones has been charged in a bill of information rather than a grand jury indictment. That is generally a sign that a defendant has signed a plea deal.

Bizzarre moments in damgage control

I don't get it either.

Update: I still don't get it.

The day before his scheduled appearance before a federal grand jury probing allegations of corruption in New Orleans' troubled crime-camera program, a former city technology chief told reporters he is not a target of the inquiry and has been "vilified" by unnamed politicians reeling over his refusal to hire their favored campaign contributors for the program.

Wha... who? Is AJ saying that he was protecting the pristine IT dept from potential corruption from the outside? Really?

Upperdate: Oh but it gets even more fun.

Uppestdate: AJ's attorney really is playing long ball here. Dambala's right to say that it's not necessarily in his client's best interest for Burns to use him this way. Which raises the question of who Burns actually thinks he's working for.