Charlottesville Mayor under fire for gift card giving
According to a local criminal defense attorney, Mayor Walker's gift card giving "looks like embezzlement."
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By her own admission, Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker says she "paid" community members, who she says were speaking on important public issues, with $25 gift cards "for every hour that th…