A federal grand jury is investigating how a company that advised Jefferson County, Alabama, on bond deals that threaten to cause the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, did similar work in New Mexico after making contributions to Governor Bill Richardson’s political action committees.
The grand jury in Albuquerque is looking into Beverly Hills, California-based CDR Financial Products Inc., which received almost $1.5 million in fees from the New Mexico Finance Authority in 2004 after donating $100,000 to Richardson’s efforts to register Hispanic and American Indian voters and pay for expenses at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, people familiar with the matter said.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation asked current and former officials from the state agency if any staff members in the governor’s office influenced CDR’s hiring, said the people, who declined to be identified because the proceedings are secret. Richardson, who is President-elect Barack Obama’s designate for Commerce Secretary, has a staff of at least 30 people.
BUSH SHOES!!! O-BAM-A O-BAM-A. LOSERS LOSERS!!! STFU STFU STFU. RUSSIA RULEZ!!! OhLOOK A KITTY. SIMPSONS DID IT. BOOOOOOOOOOSH reTHUGdumblicans.
ahem, with that out of the way.
What is it with Govs these days?
The public finance business influenced by money and political affiliations? No! Never heard of it! Hahahaha.
Muni finance is so old and so well-known a corruption that donations are highly, highly regulated, not that Joe “the Plumber”-like citizens ever care to note of who gets awarded the job of running the books on muni underwriting deals.
Everyone in the Obama Administration will come to office with a matching Grand Jury attached. A special feature of Chicago politics, now gone into wide distribution.
These are former Clinton administration people also. Think about that.
Former Clinton staffers plus Chicago politics equals a tsunami of political corruption investigations.
While the press may have been looking for a bailout, I don’t think this is what they had in mind.
The latest entry into the coming 24/7 corrupt-a-thon. Well, at least it will keep these clowns busy and slowdown the nationalization of everything (I hope).
Um, is this the change that guy with the big ears was talking about?
Maybe we can throw our shoes at the corrupt.
It’s such a simple concept, but brilliant.
Maybe we can throw our shoes at the corrupt.
Or maybe you can explain why Obama lied to the press.
Maybe we can throw our shoes at the corrupt.
Well, that would be a big change from throwing your votes at them leo.
Sometimes there’s no Dem running and you simply have to vote redumblican.
‘Or maybe you can explain why Obama lied to the press.’
I’ll tell you later…
I’ll tell you later…
Why wait? The usual response would first be some invidious comparison followed by an ad hominem or two. Next you go for the empty triumphalism.
#11. Why didn’t you give us a spoiler alert?
Oh look, Cleo is applauding the sniveling coward that threw shoes at the American President.
Like attracts like.
MAJ
My bad, but I’m kind of worried about the troll population here. Seems like Global Warming is taking a toll on their habitat. You know if a troll can’t regurgitate a talking point or two immediately after a new post is made it’s a sad day for Gaia.
Cleo is applauding the sniveling coward that threw shoes at the American President.
The NYT is calling him a “folk hero”.
It will be a sweet, sweet day when they turn off the lights for good in that cesspit.
Throw a shoe at Bush: Courageous
Ask Obama a question: Abuse of press privilege
So, in the NYTimes’ view, it’s cool to throw shows at Teh Lightworker?
I’m going to enjoy watching the Grey Hag twist in the wind.
Does anyone know with a high degree of confidence where the Iraqi (and general Arab, I take it) association of shoes and insult comes from, how old, etc?
I’ve sort of assumed it had something to do with their religiously derived obsession (quite proper, given their practices) with shit as the near if not ultimate sign of the impure, so extrapolating, the possibility (or likelyhood?) that a shoe sole would have recently been stepping in it, contact with the shoe would besmirch the intended victim. But I don’t know, could just be a stinky foot thing, no?
Back on topic, it appears that there are two Bill Richardsons: the Good Bill, cleanly shaven; and the Bad Bill, bearded. Which one is under investigation?
#17 techie:
You better get your viewing in soon. The numbers, they have not been friendly recently.
I’ll tell you later…
No, you won’t.
Bye, semen. Experiment’s over for now.
Hint: this = you.