From Reuters, 5/16/08:
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1621038420080516?sp=true
McCain action helped Arizona developer: re****t
WA****NGTON (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 re****t.
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 re****ted 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 re****ted, 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 *****sed 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.
Two current and one retired Pinnacle executives are fundraisers for
McCain's presidential campaign.
McCain has made fighting special interest projects on Capitol Hill a
centerpiece of his White House bid.
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Hey, Johnny what didja say ya wanna do about earmarks?
Harry
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