Monday, March 06, 2006

Nothing new or outrageous...

Gov. Jeb Bush's office is refusing to release documents or answer questions about a $400,000 tax credit awarded to MZM Inc., whose former chief executive pleaded guilty last week to bribery and illegal campaign contributions.

The former CEO, Mitchell Wade, spent $1.08 million buying a four-story office building at 601 E. Twiggs St. in downtown Tampa on May 20, 2004. That was two months after Wade met U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris and gave her $32,000 in campaign contributions from his employees. Prosecutors in the case have said Wade did not tell Harris the contributions were illegal, and she says she didn't know.

As we now know, Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia said,
'Most people already believe everyone in Congress takes bundles of cash from contractors, and may see nothing new or outrageous about a scenario in which a contractor asks Harris for favors over dinner'."


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