Posted by
rycK on Friday, November 17, 2006 7:58:22 AM
From the article below, there is reason to believe that John Murtha has used taxpayer’s monies to buy votes. The question here is whether he abused his office to trade military appropriations to gain campaign money from those who got the contracts. One relative and an old crony appear to have some unfair advantage in obtaining military contracts.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/AR2006111300722.html
Murtha, a longtime senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, has battled accusations over the years that he has traded federal spending for campaign contributions, that he has abused his post as ranking party member on the Appropriations defense subcommittee, and that he has stood in the way of ethics investigations. Those charges come on top of Murtha's involvement 26 years ago in the FBI's Abscam bribery sting.
At issue is Murtha's relationships with two defense lobbyists. Paul Magliocchetti of the PMA Group is a former aide to the lawmaker, and Robert "Kit" Murtha is his brother and was a senior partner at KSA Consulting from 2002 to 2005.
The PMA Group has become the go-to firm to approach Murtha as ranking Democrat on the Appropriations defense subcommittee, CREW charges. In the 2006 defense appropriations bill, PMA clients reaped at least 60 special provisions, or "earmarks," worth more than $95 million.
The PMA Group and its clients have been top campaign contributors for Murtha: $274,649 in the 2006 campaign cycle, $236,799 in the 2004 cycle and $279,074 in the 2002 cycle, according to CREW's tallies.
After Kit Murtha joined KSA Consulting in 2002, one of his first clients was a wireless networking company called Aeptec Microsystems Inc., which was seeking to build a business complex in Murtha's district with a Pennsylvania state grant. Aeptec executive Michael Hoban contributed $2,000 to Murtha's campaign that year.
Those Real Americans who want justice on this matter go out and collect some information or evidence on this ugly matter and e-mail ryckki@gmail.com
We saw his ‘performance’ on the ABSCAM sting and he apparently copped a plea to save himself from indictment by ratting out a colleague.
Sanchez and Pelosi back this guy 100%. That is a danger signal.
Patriots in the Pittsburgh area need to start asking questions.
Go for it!! rycK