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If you're not just trying to change the subject that is On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > 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 Seenos position interestingly inconsistent given his > > green voting record. The letter was sent to Millers constituents and > > the ballot measure passed in Rep. Millers 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:352949 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
