Texas warned us about GW...so be prepared for Jeb! Earmarks a drop in the ocean!

[Sancho]

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/04/news_pf/Business/Getting_a_cut_from_Sc.shtml

Getting a cut from Scripps: With a half-billion dollars being spent to bring the institute to Florida, some familiar names are among those benefiting.

A law firm led by a top GOP fundraiser and friend of Gov. Jeb Bush has gotten about $289,000. A construction giant that donates heavily to Republican candidates and causes has made more than $1-million. And an investment banking firm founded by the late mayor of Atlanta has received $480,000.
State and county officials say Scripps-related contracts are awarded strictly on merit, not on the basis of political clout or campaign contributions.

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From the beginning, the deal also has benefited some well-connected law firms, which have gotten at least $3.3-million for Scripps-related work (some of it in California). Consider:
- Orlando-based Broad and Cassel and its chairman, C. David Brown II, have billed for about $289,000.
Brown, a friend of the governor's, raised more than $100,000 for President Bush's 2000 campaign and made $17,000 in cash and in-kind donations to state candidates and Florida's Republican Party. He helped lure Scripps to the state. His firm now represents Scripps Florida Funding Corp., a nine-member oversight board created by the Legislature to monitor, invest and disburse the state's contribution.



And so we contribute to the ENRON of "public service": the Bush family!