Dan B.,
A few posts upstream, I copies a lambasting of 10 hypocrites in the GOP. In fairness to Republicans, here's a damn Dem on da make:
It’s Good to Be the King (6/4)
When Georgia authorities unveiled plans for a new 2,300-acre recreational lake and reservoir, no one was surprised that it had been placed in the western part of the state. That region is now suffering from a major drought. But a few eyebrows were raised by the fact that the plan sends two fingers of the lake into 50 acres owned by House Speaker Tom Murphy, creating a shoreline for him, two brothers-in-law, his children, and a cousin who is a federal judge. "Coincidence," say state officials. All told, Murphy and his relatives own more than 1,500 acres, currently worth about $1,000 per acre, near the proposed lake. But lakeside property on nearby Lake Harris in Alabama is worth $20,000 to $85,000. Strangely, Murphy doesn’t list the 50 acres on state financial disclosure reports, as required by law.
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It's hard to get over the sensation that the terms politician and crook are going to be indistinguishable in another generation or two........
This reminds me of the rip-rap that Diane Feinstein had placed in front of summer cottage at Stinson Beach after a nasty storm. Seems that since the state did the job, no permits or EIS paperwork was need. No payment, neither. |
