McCain action helped Arizona developer: report

[UpInArms]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors, according to a USA Today report.

McCain, an Arizona senator, inserted $14.3 million in a 2003 defense bill to buy land around Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona, in a provision sought by SunCor Development, the largest of 50 landowners near the base, the newspaper reported on its Web site Thursday, citing public records.

Upset with a state law that restricted development around the base, SunCor representatives met with McCain's staff to lobby for funding, USA Today reported, citing the company's president at the time, John Ogden.

The Air Force later paid SunCor $3 million for 122 acres near the base -- three times its assessed value and twice the military's estimated value, the newspaper said.

USA Today said its analysis of campaign finance data compiled by the nonpartisan CQ MoneyLine shows that McCain's campaigns have received $224,000 since 1998 from donors connected to SunCor's parent company Pinnacle West, including $104,100 for his current presidential run.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1621038420080516?sp=true

[Alexander]

1. K&R

:thumbsup:

[acmavm]

2. Anyone who ever had the faintest thought that this left-brained

crooked bastard ever cleaned up his act after the Charles Keating fiasco is a total idiot. This guy has been on the 'take' since they severed the umbilical cord and he'll go out that way as well.

[DRoseDARs]

3. Rest assured, the MSM will be eating A LOT of donuts as they vigilantly don't cover this...

Ooo look over there, some random voter who thinks Obama is a Muslim! Quick, someone get them in front of a camera and do a split screen with Obama not wearing a flag pin!

[BearSquirrel2]

9. I hope this gets as much coverage ...

I hope this gets as much coverage as Barack Obama paying market value TO Tony Rezko for a piece of land.

[KamaAina]

12. I would, however, wager that Phoenix New Times has a HUGE archive

on this and other McCainiana. It was, after all, founded specifically to counteract the establishment sycophantism of the daily Arizona Republic -- then owned by Dan Quayle's family, hence the immortal Quayleism, "I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com

[DesertRat]

4. We need to keep this kicked

More people need to see the how corrupt the so-called "maverick" really is.

k&r

[habitual]

5. BIG K+R n/t

[mcollier]

6. Same as Bush... McSame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEwDzZlXijE

[habitual]

7. excellent vid, thanx for the link n/t

[UpInArms]

8. shameless self-kick

:kick:

[AzDar]

10. K & R...

:kick:

[DesertRat]

11. kick