According to the Boston Globe, Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner, a Green-Rainbow Party member and City Councilor since 2000, was arrested Nov. 21 and charged with accepting a bribe. The affidavit alleges that Turner accepted a $1,000 cash bribe on Aug. 3, 2007, in exchange for pushing for a liquor license for a local business.

I suppose this is a sign of progress for the Green Party. It’s one thing to have a member of your party actually holding public office somewhere, anywhere. But it’s quite another when that party member has enough clout and power that someone needing government permission to conduct business would invest some of their money with that candidate.

I mean, why should the Democrats and Republicans have a corner on the bribe acceptance market?

Kudos, Greens! Maybe one day, we’ll have third party members taking bribes and fixing things at Peoria City Hall.