Giv'em Hell Harry's been making deals with a devil

[helemon]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10162006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/reids_smelly_windfall_opedcolumnists_ed_morrissey. htm
What Reid failed to disclose was his 2001 transfer of ownership of two parcels of land to Patrick Lane LLC - an entity in which he was partnered with one Jay Brown.

AP notes that Brown is a lobbyist, with reported links to organized crime. And he figures prominently in a federal criminal case - which concerns the bribery of members of the Clark County (Nev.) Zoning Commission by developers seeking changes to permit retail development on land they owned, vastly increasing its value.

As it happens, in 2001, the Clark County (Nev.) Zoning Commission approved a zoning change that allowed commercial/retail development on the land that Reid owned with Brown.

Then, the next year, Reid introduced and pushed into law the Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002. The senator heralded this as vital in protecting the environment near Las Vegas. In fact, however, the law forced the Department of the Interior to sell off 18,000 acres of land around Las Vegas, spurring development and boosting the value of real-estate investments in the region. (Not what anyone normally associates with "protecting the environment.")

[peter_mary]

The Mormon's spin on this, of course, will be that OBVIOUSLY any Mormon who is a DEMOCRAT is not a REAL Mormon, anyway...he made the deal with the devil when he joined the Devil Party, not when he made the undisclosed land deals!

:D

[helemon]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/17/reid.landwindfall.ap/index.html
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid paid cash for a $750,000 condo at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives. But when it comes to giving the doorman and other support staff Christmas bonuses, he's been using campaign donations instead of his own money.

Anyone else get the feeling that this is meant to be a distraction from the Foley debacle? Ok the land deal sounds a little fishy, but I am sure there are plenty of Republicans who have also done some shady land deals. Dennis Hastert for one wrote a law that required Illinois to route a new highway directly through land he owned so that he could sell it at a higher price to the government. Where is the press about that? And this last one, omg he is tipping doormen with campaign funds! GASP! That's much worse than what Foley did.:duh

http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=264714&
“Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. In recent days, we witnessed their latest attempt to do just that.