On Apr 19, 8:18=A0am, JSM <ekrub...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 18, 12:51 pm, "bluecollarworker" <bluecollarwor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "JSM" <ekrub...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > On Apr 17, 11:11 pm, "bluecollarworker"
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> > > >> Senate tells Justice to look at suspicious earmark
> > > >> WA****NGTON - The Senate voted Thursday to direct the Justice
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> > > >> probe how a Florida road project made its way into a 2005 highway
> > > >> spending
> > > >> The bill is H.R. 1195.
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> > > > Don Young is the Rep from New Hamp****re isn't he? =A0that is where
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> > > > million dollar house is, that is where he lives.
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> > > Please cite your reference for Young's house in New Hamp****re.
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> > It is not something you can easily find out but it was in the
> > Anchorage paper some years ago complete with pictures. =A0If you think
> > he still lives in that crappy trailer in Ft Yukon you are sadly
> > mistaken. =A0'They' (because none of the congressional people
> > representing Alaska are truly residents of the state) are very quite
> > about the fact they don't live in Alaska because than as non-residents
> > they could not legally represent the state, but then again, there is
> > nothing legal about any of them. =A0Think I'm joking? =A0The PFD is
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> > record but you call and ask if Young or Murk are getting their PFD
> > check and they won't answer you. =A0If they are getting the check than
> > the PFD is a sham because 'they' obviously are not residents and if
> > they are not getting the check than it is because they are not
> > residents. =A0Interesting, huh. =A0By the by, I don't really remember
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> > it was New Hamp****re for sure, I do remember it was on the East Coast
> > not too far from DC. =A0Not too shabby for someone who works less than
> > 90 days out of the year and spends less than 50 in his 'home' state.
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> As chairman of the House trans****tation committee, Alaska Congressman
> Don Young flew at least three times to upstate New York aboard a sleek
> jet owned by Robert Congel, an ambitious shopping mall developer
> seeking federal highway dollars." ... "With Young=92s help, Congel got
> millions of dollars to boost his dream of building the largest mall in
> North America. The veteran Republican congressman got something, too:
> more than $33,000 in political donations from Congel, his family and
> his associates." ... "For Young, the Congel story was hardly unusual.
> Time after time, Young approved millions of dollars for highway
> projects for people who in turn fattened his campaign coffers." ...
> "With money pouring in from trans****tation interests, Young amassed
> $6.5 million in political contributions from 2001 to 2005. Facing weak
> political opposition at home, he didn=92t need much for his campaign.
> Instead, Young tapped his campaign fund to travel the country, often
> lavishly and in cor****ate jets, to meet with more developers and view
> their proposed highway projects." ... "Now, though, Young=92s campaign
> donations are going for another purpose. He=92s spent nearly $450,000 on
> criminal defense lawyers after he learned of an FBI investigation into
> his relation****ps with political donors, who include a Florida real
> estate developer seeking a highway ramp near his undeveloped land.- Hide
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I think Don Young is finished and should just resign with what little
honor he has left. Otherwise he is going out as a suspected criminal.
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