May 10, 2006 9:49am

Scandal Brewing?

The Los Angeles Times raises important questions about political contributions and backroom deals.  At issue: how tens of millions of dollars from public pension funds are steered to well-connected investors, including some very prominent names.  $25 million here and $25 million there starts to add up to real money.   

Click here to read more of the Los Angeles Times’ article: "Westly Helped Firms Tap State Fund."

User Comments

Yea the main stream press dropped tha ball again when President Bush said that those with access to decision makers influence policy. Months ago Bush made this comment when he talked about the appointment of negraponte as Intel czar …The press missed that remark ……of course everyone knows that political contributions get access to policy makers but no one at the top has ever said what is obvious to the rest of us.

Posted by: MItch Bupp | May 10, 2006, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm

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