Do not ask for whom the bell tolls...

[The Backlash Cometh]

Okay guys, this has a chance of becoming explosive so fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

It's not always that newspapers write such details that an ordinary citizen can piece things together and say, "HOLY SHIT!", but make no mistake, I'm going for a change of clothes after I post this one.

Here's an article from the St. Pete Times dated May 5, 1997 providing background information explaining why a certain lawyer was eventually disbarred. It's not the lawyer that causes pause for alarm, but the connection:

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Doll, 54, of New Port Richey exacted this promise: that Samaha would use brother-in-law Sam Hamra's connections to the Democratic Party to try to win presidential pardons for two federal prisoners, authorities said.
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The key to the plan was Samaha's well-connected brother-in-law, Sam Hamra.

Hamra, who lives in Springfield, Mo., owns 21 Wendy's restaurants and has long been a fund-raiser for Missouri Democrats. In the past 10 years, Hamra and members of his immediate family have donated $44,109 to Democratic causes.

After getting a call from Samaha, Hamra made the arrangements for former Senator George Mitchell's law firm in Washington, D.C., to assist him in representing Roberts and Ruder. The charge was $50,000 apiece
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http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/17017885.html?dids=17017885:17017885&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+5%2C+1997&author=KELLY+RYAN&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=1.B&desc=Lawyer%27s+career+path+includes+misdeeds

And now look at this one dated last year, June 10, 2007 from the Columbia Tribune

Developer expected ‘loyalty’ from Blunt

Sam Hamra, a developer in southwest Missouri, believes a governor should help his friends win state approval of housing projects when all other competitive factors are equal.


"Over 40 years of being involved in politics, I’ve never asked a candidate or elected official to do something unlawful, improper or unethical on any matter that I have ever been involved in," Hamra said in an interview. "I just don’t do that."

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"All things being equal, the decision-makers would probably give some consideration to those who they would consider friendly contractors as opposed to those who may have opposed them in an election," Hamra said.

Hamra’s remarks help explain why housing developers pour hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions into the campaign treasuries of statewide elected officials - Democrats and Republicans - who are also members of the Missouri Housing Development Commission.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2007/Jun/20070610News011.asp


I am just shaking in my boots. The articles are an eye-opener. Sadly, I don't think this particular individual is unique. What is unique is that the information actually got in the paper! I suggest you read both articles completely so you can all get an idea of why many of us prefer to stay no party or Independents.

Oh, and btw, if you do further research on this, you'll find that the extended family also was instrumental to the military because of their Arab translating abilities which might explain why some people may have been averting their gaze for so long.

I think, what's sad, is how many of us are living less than the American Dream's promise, because in some "Crash" sort of way, we had the bad luck of crossing paths.

[madfloridian]

1. Developers control Florida. Their tactics are suspicious.

Whole county commission boards in this area have been real estate developers.

This post needed more attention. I remember the name Samaha, but had forgotten the context.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. It's that letter to the governor that makes everything jaw dropping.

You know that kind of conversation is taking place, but you can never catch anyone redhanded doing it. Suddenly, there it is in black and white, and I assure you the response will be, so what? Everyone does it.

But do they have any idea how corruption trickles down into the community when these boys start working their schemes? Any idea how our communities are being corrupted by them?

Look around you. If you suddenly see that our country got meaner in the last twenty years, it's because we let people like the ones in the article do whatever they want without serious ramifications.