Feds look at congressman and a land deal

[spinbaby]

REDLANDS, Calif. - Federal investigators probing Rep. Jerry Lewis ties to lobbyists are looking into a land deal that put nearly 41 pristine acres in the congressman's neighborhood off-limits to developers, The Associated Press has learned.

The land was given to the city of Redlands by Jack and Laura Dangermond, who have donated generously to Lewis. The Dangermonds founded and run a company — Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. of Redlands — that has gotten tens of millions of dollars' worth of contracts through the powerful House Appropriations Committee that Lewis, a Republican, now chairs.

One government contract came months after the land donation.

The land, some of which sits directly across from Lewis' home, is part of a scenic canyon in one of Redlands' wealthiest neighborhoods. Keeping the land free of development helps ensure property values remain high.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/congressman_land_deal

[maddezmom]

1. another Dukestir?

:evilgrin:

[rfranklin]

2. Obvious corruption...but who's gonna prosecute?

Alberto Gonzales, that paragon of incorruptibility?

[NOLADEM]

3. Not this one, right?

[acmejack]

5. No, this one!

[Kali]

7. Looks like a parody of a televangilist.

Or a child molester. oops was that redundant?

[KingFlorez]

8. It's all one in the same at times

[gratuitous]

6. No, the Jerry Lewis with less personal dignity

Who will hopefully soon find out that in the Graybar Hotel you truly do never walk (or dance) alone.

[Monkeyman]

4. Hastert caught now Lewis when will it stop