Oh, This Would Be Ironic In So Many Ways

Posted by: Avinash on Sunday, April 15th, 2007


Dianne Feinstein, seen here exhibiting her complete cluelessness at how to use a gun, is what you might consider a moderate in our temperate political climate, and is thus hated by diehard liberals and conservatives everywhere. Hence we treat these continuously surfacing accusations of corruption with a little skepticism, but we figure it needs to be put out there. Examine this article for more details.

Critics have accused Feinstein of having a conflict of interest by serving as chairwoman and ranking member of the Senate’s military construction appropriations subcommittee at the same time that her husband had financial interests in two firms that rely on defense contracts.

The Senate panel approves about $16 billion annually for military construction projects.

Until 2005, Blum had major holdings in two firms, URS Corp. and Perini Corp., that rely on defense contracts.

Perini received $200 million in federal contracts from 2000 to 2006, primarily with the Army, according to records compiled by the private watchdog group OMB Watch. URS received $1.8 billion worth of contracts — primarily Air Force, Army and Navy — during the same period.

It all seems pretty specious and circumstantial, so we’re not going to delve too deep into it until something concrete surfaces. But the fact that she also resigned from a military construction appropriations subcommittee due to these allegations raises our eyebrows. We’ll see where this goes.

Ethics challenge to Feinstein [SacBee]
Feinstein Resigns [Metroactive]
(Picture from AlphaDogWeb.com)



Topics: Bay Area, Politics

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