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Posted by -Chuck
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Friday, 05 September 2008 |
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Politicians who have received money in the past year from now-indicted road contractor Leonard Lawson say they plan to keep it.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Friday that Republican state Sen. Brandon Smith of Hazard and Democratic state Rep. Greg Stumbo of Prestonsburg are among those planning to keep $1,000 contributions given to them by Lawson, who has given a total of $17,850 to five candidates and two political groups in the current election cycle.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign manager, Justin Brasell, declined to discuss the $4,000 Lawson gave the senator and another $4,000 he gave to the McConnell Majority Committee.
A grand jury in Lexington indicted Lawson and two other men Wednesday on charges stemming from an investigation of alleged bid tampering on state and federal road projects.
Last month, McConnell said he would donate to charity the $10,000 his campaign received from a political action committee set up by indicted U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, a Republican from Alaska. McConnell is facing a stiff challenge from Democrat Bruce Lunsford this fall. |
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Posted by -Chuck
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Friday, 05 September 2008 |
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FRANKFORT . Sensitive natural areas won't be sacrificed as Kentucky attempts to build an adventure tourism industry, Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo said Thursday.
He suggested that ATV trails would be kept away from wildlife management areas and nature preserves. Several sportsmen and environmental groups said last month that he was quietly moving to allow ATVs into those areas.
"It sounds like we want four-wheelers everywhere. That's not the truth," Mongiardo said.
His comments came at the first meeting of a beefed-up Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority, a group that will help promote outdoor activities in the state.
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Posted by -Chuck
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Friday, 05 September 2008 |
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WASHINGTON . Jack Abramoff, the once powerful lobbyist at the heart of a far-reaching political corruption scandal, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday by a judge who said the case had shattered the public's confidence in government.
Abramoff fought back tears as he declared himself a broken man before the judge imposed a sentence longer than prosecutors had sought.
Over the past three years, Abramoff has come to symbolize corruption and the secret deals cut between lobbyists and politicians in back rooms or on golf courses or private jets. The scandal shook Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to Capitol Hill and contributed to the Republicans' loss of Congress in 2006.
"I come before you as a broken man," Abramoff said at his sentencing before U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle. "I'm not the same man who happily and arrogantly engaged in a lifestyle of political and business corruption."
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