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RANGEL ♥ RANGEL: DEM BUILDS MONUMENT TO SELF WITH PUBLIC CASH
NY Post ^ | July 23, 2007 | GEOFF EARLE

Posted on 07/23/2007 1:51:07 PM PDT by lowbridge

Rep. Charles Rangel is lining up millions in taxpayer funds and soliciting massive donations from companies with interests before Congress in a controversial bid to finance a center in Harlem named after himself.

Rangel, who chairs the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has quietly secured close to $25 million from a slew of private companies and foundations for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College.

The center, which will be located in a four-story limestone building at 141st St. and Convent Avenue, will steer low-income and minority students into politics.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: charlesrangel; newyork; ny; rangel

1 posted on 07/23/2007 1:51:12 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
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2 posted on 07/23/2007 2:07:20 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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That will do just fine for this idiot!


3 posted on 07/23/2007 2:09:07 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: lowbridge

There’s at least 12,000 public buildings in New Jersey named after Frank Lautenberg.


4 posted on 07/23/2007 2:12:12 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead
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5 posted on 07/23/2007 2:14:35 PM PDT by lowbridge (A Gun A Day Keeps The Government Away)
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To: lowbridge

There is no question that Byrd is the alltime US champion of building monuments to himself.


6 posted on 07/23/2007 2:30:05 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

There’s at least 12,000 public buildings in New Jersey named after Frank Lautenberg.

and lausenberg is braindead ~ has been for years....but just doesn’t know it!!!!


7 posted on 07/23/2007 2:32:01 PM PDT by nyyankeefan
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To: lowbridge

Glorify yourself today!


8 posted on 07/23/2007 2:33:52 PM PDT by Recovering Hermit (There's another old saying Senator..."Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.")
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