Posting this in full here because Roll Call is subscription only, and I had trouble reading the text due to a funky background at Sunlight Foundation where Paul Blumenthal ran this piece today.
In case you don’t finish reading the whole thing, a plug is included right here for Clint Curtis who is running against Tom Feeney (R-FL) for his seat 24th District seat in the U.S. Congress. When you read the story, you’ll see why it’s important to help Clint Curtis raise money for his run! His website is www.ClintCurtis.com and donations can be made right here.
Feeney learned his lessons well from his #1 supporter (and vice versa) in the U.S. House, the disgraced and indicted Tom Delay.
Curtis is the software programmer who has alleged that Feeney asked him to create electronic vote-rigging software back in 2000. His extraordinary story, including details of the polygraph test that Curtis passed, and video-tape of his sworn testimony before members of Congress is summarized here.
And now, back to Feeney and the big bucks…
Ever wanted to buy a season ticket pass to a sitting congressman. According to Roll Call, Rep. Tom Feeney is offering all-access for only five grand:
Last week, the campaign of Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) invited lobbyists to a Spring Break Bash at the American Legion Hall on Capitol Hill. The price of admission: $49 a person or $500 per political action committee. But for those wishing to dispense with all that messy check-writing for the entire year, how about buying a “season ticket pass” for a cool $5,000?
The invite says: “Get a Season Ticket Pass: $5,000 per calendar year gives you complimentary invitations to all Feeney for Congress events in that year.”
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About that $5,000 for a “calendar year,” though, keep in mind that individual contributors can give candidates only $2,100 per election for each two-year election cycle (that is, a total of $4,200 for the primary and general election). PACs are permitted to give a total of $10,000 per election cycle.Individuals can give $5,000 a year to leadership PACs. Feeney has one called Federalist PAC, but the invitation specifically asks donors to write checks to “Feeney for Congress.”
But Roe said the $5,000 refers to PACs. He added that the April 6 Spring Break Bash — which will feature music from the band Blame It On Jane, whose lead singer is pharmaceutical lobbyist Jane Adams — is a “laid-back” event the campaign does every year to highlight “the fact that Feeney has one of the nation’s premiere spring break destinations in his district, Daytona Beach.”
The article leaves it a bit unclear as to whether Feeney is violating campaign laws by instructing season ticket holders to make out $5,000 checks to his campaign committee rather than his PAC. It seems to me that this would be a violation. One thing that is clear: I would be happy to die and never have to hear a band fronted by a pharmaceutical industry lobbyist.
(Thanks to emailer Sharon A. for the heads up!)
The Clint Curtis/Tom Feeney/Yang Enterprises Vote-Rigging Scandal series, please see:
– A Quick Summary of the story so far.
– An Index of all the Key Articles & Evidence in the series so far.
– Curtis is now running for U.S. Congress against Feeney.
To support or for more info, see: www.ClintCurtis.com
If you sincerly cared about this type of thing, you would have blogged against Mckinney for her mis-use of taxpayer money. In predictable fashion you have ignored her situation.
This means you care only about partisen politics not the issue. Which makes this entire blog a discredited desperate liberal attempt at swaying public opinion with half truths in order to hopefully someday win an election.
Gluck with that plan. Whats the definition of Crazy? Something about trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results?
Clint Curtis rocks!
Just keep giving them enough rope…
Them Republicon scoundrels are pretty cheap, aren’t they ?
To Licky,
Poke a rent-a-cop with a cell phone, Pfft
The Capital Police I’ve seen before are idiots anyway
I was working at A State Judicial building one time and this guard came up to me showing off his new telescopic billy club
I said let me see it, he gave it to me and I flipped it open
He said "Once its extended I have to fill out an incident report" I said, " why is it electronically monitored so when you extend it, does it send out a signal or something ?"
That dumb bastard actually said it did
I just said FU and walked away
Most of them are just the 10-4 types that couldn’t make it as real Cops
Orlando Travel Guide (in order of good value):
1) $40 day pass to Disney World or Epcot Center
2) $25 admission to Cypress Gardens
3) $100 ticket to Tiger Woods golf exhibition
4) $150 balcony seat to watch Orlando Magic lose
5) $5000 to meet Tom Feeney as many times as are required for him to remember your name
Oh yeah, when that guard would answer my questions, it would be with "negative" or "affirmative", not yes or no
Hence the 10-4 moniker (yous all had to meet one of them before in your lifetime, a thumbsucking Rebublican type ?)
"Most of them are just the 10-4 types that couldn’t make it as real Cops"
Any other professions you want to insult? Maybe you can make fun of Janitors next. I wonder if there are any security gaurds that come here that are insulted by your snobbery.
This is the m.o. of all you people here. Its a good thing that security gaurd has you people around to tell him how to live since he probably isnt smart enough to figure it out himself.
Any other professions that are below you?
Ricky – Yes. "Troll and Republican Sheep"
But I’m sure that’s just your temp job, until you decide what you want to be when you grow up.
Yeah I have a lot of them
Thats a Biag Tean foor good buddy
I think what is the problem here is some people do not see the irony here, since all the worthwhile jobs have been sent overseas, so the only jobs left for unskilled workers are the Security Guard/ Little Caesars pizza arrow waver just to make ends meet
And they don’t see that it was Republican policy since the 1980’s that made it this way
Just keep listening to Limboob and Insannity,MFer, and you WILL be in the Shithole like 70% of the once great Middle Class is today
or did I just find out the dumb trolls Vocation ?
(I hit a nerve)
You also get a vote for every grand. $5,000.00 = 5 votes for Feeney, on his electronic voting machines. Votes are "weighted" per grand. $5,000.00 gets you 5x for every vote registered.
Ricky, I didn’t see any posts from you on Tom DeLay stepping down. I thought you said it was liberal hot air, and nothing will happen to Tom DeLay? You thought the day would never come, when Tom DeLay went down. Well, the day came, and he went down.
I saw DeLay’s fake smile on TV yesterday, he’s not lookin’ too good, Ricky. Looks pretty bad, in fact. We pulled the plug on one of your leaders, like he pulled the plug on the life support when his father was on it.
For Ricky: If that’s a serious question ("Any other professions below you?"), I think I have a few examples to offer. Please don’t take any of this personally; I don’t know what you do for a living.
1) Lobbyist in Washington, D.C.
2) Lawyer for the Republican National Committee
3) Executive Editor of the New York Times
4) Talking head/panelist on Fox News
5) Reporter for Salon Magazine/male hooker
6) Secretary of State in Ohio
7) Ethics Czar for Congress (position now vacant)
8) Ambassador to Iraq
9) Press spokesman for White House
10) Pentagon expense ombudsman
Bush authorized leak of Iraq intelligence estimate, indicted ex-Cheney aide says
check http://www.rawstory.com
and http://www.thesmokinggun.com//a...061libby1.html
Big Dan,
I guess I missed the charges that were filed against Delay. Please link me to them. Ill check back often looking for the link.
He stepped down, Ricky.
Nixon stepped down, too, before he was charged.
Yo guys are getting off topic…let’s get back to Feeney!!!
Emma
I said, you get 5x votes for a $5,000.00 contribution to Feeney! When is he going to jail, is what I want to know. Anyone keeping count of all the Republicans indicted or going to jail? Wayne Madsen keeps a "rolling GOP indictment" scorecard.
Ricky’s GOP Scandal Scorecard
(above link came out bad)
Ricky’s GOP Scandal Scorecard
#15
What’s the matter with Salon?