DeLay's prosecutors dig deeper into California

[RedEarth]

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Thursday, January 19, 2006

It was the fall of 2002, and Texans for a Republican Majority was scouring for corporate money when it found an unlikely donor — a California defense technology firm willing to send part of its $40,000 startup money to help U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay's political committee.

PerfectWave Technologies, a San Diego-area firm, gave DeLay's committee $15,000 to help elect Republicans to the Texas Legislature. It sent the rest of the $40,000 to a gala tribute to Randy "Duke" Cunningham, the San Diego-area congressman who resigned after pleading guilty last year to taking bribes from military contractors.



On Thursday, Travis County prosecutors dug deeper into the Southern California connections to DeLay and Texans for a Republican Majority political action committee, subpoenaing a second round of records of any "negotiations or agreements" that prompted the donation. They also asked for any communications about pending federal legislation that would have affected the firm.

DeLay and his co-defendants, John Colyandro of Austin and Jim Ellis of DeLay's Washington staff, have been indicted on a charge of conspiring to launder corporate money given to Texans for a Republican Majority into political donations. State law generally prohibits corporate money being spent in connection with campaigns.

The indictments charge the men with making a $190,000 donation to the Republican National Committee which, in turn, gave the same amount to Texas legislative candidates. DeLay's lawyers, who defend the $190,000 exchange as two separate, legal transactions, dismissed Thursday' subpoenas as a fishing expedition.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/20delay.html

[waiting for hope]

1. I hope he just burns....

:nuke:

[Tight_rope]

2. It's so unfunny how all the crooks are connected. At this rate...

anyone who even shook DeLay's hand is crooked.

[stillcool]

4. Not crooked....

....just dirty...but hard as they try, it won't wash off...:hi:

[Mithras61]

3. Interesting use of "startup money"...

Last time I checked, startup money was supposed to be funds for getting a business on its feet and becoming a going concern. I would hope that the financial backers of PerfectWave Technologies are pursuing claims of fraud...

And yes, I do consider this even more evidence of the general corruption of the entire Repiglican party...


Edited to add: It looks like this is just another front company for "Group W Advisors" which was, IIRC, the primary group associated with the Radny "Duke" Cunningham bribery scandal. It looks like things are getting quite HOT for ol' Bugman DeLay. Whotta shame! Couldn't happen to a more deserving scumbag!

[KittyWampus]

6. perhaps those financial backers are foreign nationals

or something.

[gizmo1979]

5. He has done so much that is dirty

and gotten away with it I'm not sure people are even shocked by it anymore.What would be shocking is if one person could find something good that he has done.There is a special place in hell for Tom Delay.

[expatriot]

7. delay lawyers, white house have same talking points:fishing expedition. nt

[0007]

8. ....or another one is....."this is "strictly a political issue and

the charges are blown completely out of proportion by the Democratic Party."

[donkeyotay]

9. Wonder what kind of return they got on their investment

It was the fall of 2002, and Texans for a Republican Majority was scouring for corporate money when it found an unlikely donor — a California defense technology firm willing to send part of its $40,000 startup money to help U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay's political committee.

PerfectWave Technologies, a San Diego-area firm, gave DeLay's committee $15,000 to help elect Republicans to the Texas Legislature. It sent the rest of the $40,000 to a gala tribute to Randy "Duke" Cunningham, the San Diego-area congressman who resigned after pleading guilty last year to taking bribes from military contractors.

The article says that the source of the seed money was William Bain Adams. I tried a google, but you know google doesn't seem to work very well for investigating the BFEE.

These crooks were Enron round-tripping. Here, I'll give you money to get into office, and you give me government contracts. And it's all on the hush-hush because it's national security. Right.

[Mithras61]

10. Try this search...

http://www.google.com/search?hs=spg&hl=en&lr=&client=opera&rls=en&q=%22William+B.+Adams%22+gelwix&btnG=Search

It isn't much, but you can begin to see the relationship. Adams is Chairman & CEO of Eco Soil Systems, Inc. and Max Gelwix (of Group W Advisors fame) is COO.

[donkeyotay]

13. Thanks. ESSI is in the golfing/microbe bidness. That seems appropriate

Eco Soil Systems, Inc. develops, markets and sells proprietary biological and traditional chemical products that provide solutions for a wide variety of turf and crop problems in the golf and agricultural industries. The Company has developed a portfolio of microbial programs to be applied via standard spray procedures in the case of the FreshPack product line, or through its patented BioJect system. The Company generates recurring revenues both from the sale of its FreshPack programs and by delivering programs through BioJect systems to customers. The Company offers BioJect customers a menu of three microbial-based programs. Through the Agricultural Supply subsidiary, the Company offers a complete program to the agriculture market consisting of various soil analyses to establish a customized program regimen delivered through its proprietary equipment, the BioJect and CalJect.

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:BUmOMLgaKOEJ:www.buyandhold.com/StockMgr%3Frequest%3Ddisplay.profile%26symbol%3Dessi+%22William+B.+Adams%22+gelwix&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=opera

[sendero]

11. Isn't PerfectWave...

...one of those front companies that essentially never had any real product but were merely a way to get easy defense dollars and funnel them back into GOP coffers?

I'm pretty sure it was.

[UpInArms]

12. PerfectWave is owned by the Wilkes Corporation - Brent Wilkes

http://prairieweather.typepad.com/big_blue_stem/2005/12/delays_troubles.html

excerpt:

...Mr. Wilkes is the owner of the Wilkes Corporation, an umbrella company that owns ADCS Inc. and PerfectWave Technologies, both of which received subpoenas. Mr. Wilkes also ran Group W Transportation, a company that owned fractional stakes in corporate jets and flew numerous members of Congress to events until it was closed. The company provided three flights to Mr. DeLay, who reimbursed the company, records show...

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12853

excerpt:

One of the group's biggest contributors was PerfectWave Technologies, one of Wilkes' companies, which donated $15,000.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert also flew on Wilkes' jet several times, sources say, although Hastert's expense records show no payments for such trips.

Besides its military work, ADCS also vied for state and municipal contracts, both for document conversion services as well as mapping systems to help speed police, firefighters and emergency workers to crime sites or fires.

As Wilkes vied for contracts, he donated to state and local politicians, such as San Diego County Supervisor Ron Roberts and Assemblyman George Plescia of Poway. The kickoff for Plescia's political campaign was held in ADCS' headquarters; Plescia was about to marry Wilkes' government affairs manager Melissa Dollaghan.

you can check out Wilkes here

[Mithras61]

14. Looks like you're right...

Fron the Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/3/204731/868

Now my favorite so far is PerfectWave Technologies Look at that site! Fancy Smancy, at first glance you think you have something. Second glance even. But try one more time, notice the address: LOCATION
13970 Stowe Drive, Poway, CA 92064. Notice the lack ways to contact them. Lack of employee information or any media releases, etc. Google and Yahoo turn up nothing from this company except donations to the GOP. All these high-level companies, all in this 11 million dollar building, but at the same time this article says that only 100 people work at the building.