What is politics about?
Posted by cackel - 13/05/08 at 12:05 am
An article by Frank Schiavone
Paying Favors: Is that what politics is about?
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Congressman Gary Miller and Rancho Cucamonga Mayor Don Kurth must be longtime pals. Otherwise, why would Congressman Gary Miller be so supportive of my mayor?
Recently, I read an invitation to purchase tickets to “Mayor Don Kurth’s Annual Luncheon”. Listed in the invite are the names of people on a “Host Committee”. You have to come up with at least $ 5,000.00 to be listed as a host committee member. Guess whose name is listed first on that host committee? Congressman Gary Miller!
Now $5,000 is a lot of money to hand over to a political candidate, let alone a local politician. The Congressman doesn’t live in Rancho and we’re not his constituents. What would motivate a US Congressman to be so generous towards the mayor of Rancho Cucamonga? It has to be a deep and abiding friendship.
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