Sounds like great stuff for investigative journalists or ethics committees.
On Jul 21, 2012, at 8:13 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Yes, and that point is 7 years of tax returns. See? Easy!" > > Seven years of tax returns for a member of congress will not show much > about the children of a 67 year old. > > Take for example George Miller, who has been in office since 1975 and is 67 > years old. He has a son, George Miller IV who is a lobbyist. Some > examples of some suspicious activity follow. And yes, there are records of > payments to the lobby firm. But what's left out? > > > It was reported that Miller and his son, George Miller IV, a lobbyist, were > involved in the controversy surrounding the U.S. Department of Energy > awarding a $1.2 billion loan to the struggling SunPower Corporation. The > loan was awarded hours before the DOE program was set to expire. It was > reported that by April 2012, the company's stock had fallen nearly 50% > since the loan had been awarded. SunPower has paid Miller's son and his > lobbying firm US$138,000 to represent them. Miller asserts that he and his > son never discusses legislation; his son, however, does boast of political > connections in Washington openly. > > George Miller IV was paid $320,000 to lobby for the Seeno Construction > through 2009 according to federal lobbying disclosures. > > Seeno Construction is a California-based company owned by the Seeno family. > The Seenos have a long history of giving money to Democrats, according to > Federal Election Commission records. Donations of the Seeno family include > $4,870 to Rep. Miller, $90,000 to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D â > Nev.), and to Democratic congressional committees, more than $120,000. > > In 2004, Miller IV lobbied against the relocation of a county airport where > the Seenos owned 1 million square feet of office space. Rep. Miller wrote > a letter pressuring the Federal Aviation Administration to block the move. > The airport remains there today. > > In 2005, Miller IV lobbied again on behalf of the Seeno, this time to > remove an easement allowing Seenos to build a 1,400 home subdivision. > Though environmental groups opposed the removal of the easement and tried > to defeat the removal in a ballot measure, Rep. Miller wrote a letter > supporting the Seenoâs position â interestingly inconsistent given his > âgreenâ voting record. The letter was sent to Millerâs constituents and > the ballot measure passed in Rep. Millerâs congressional district by a > small margin. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Qu > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352947 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
