Posted on 11/12/2009 5:54:58 AM PST by Nevadan
A local architecture firm that recently won an $8.3 million federal contract to redesign a U.S. border crossing in California is being investigated by the Federal Election Commission for irregular campaign contributions to Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, who is up for re-election next year.
Henderson resident Randy Spitzmesser prompted the FEC probe of his former employer, Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects.
On behalf of the architecture firm, Las Vegas attorney Stan Hunterton told the Las Vegas Review-Journal by fax last month, "We do not believe that anything was intentionally done wrong" regarding campaign finances.
Spitzmesser also thinks Henderson-based Tate Snyder Kimsey did not adequately disclose its recent history of legal disputes to the agency that awarded the border-crossing job.
His FEC complaint alleges the architecture firm illegally forced him to donate $1,000 to Reid in February and then covertly repaid him after he complained he didn't have the money to spare. The firm hid the transaction, he said, by adding an extra $1,000 to a check that was also his reimbursement for legitimate business expenses. Federal laws prohibit campaign contributions that come from corporations, disguise the true donor's identity or involve coercion.
"We should not force our political will" in the workplace, is how Spitzmesser explained his resistance to supporting Reid. He said he voiced his opposition directly to Windom Kimsey, a firm principal. Spitzmesser said Kimsey responded that individuals who did not support Reid "will not have any work for the upcoming year."
In late June, the firm laid off Spitzmesser, citing a lack of work. Less than a month later, it won a huge assignment from the U.S. General Services Administration to modernize and expand the land port of entry in Otay Mesa, Calif. Federal stimulus dollars will pay for the project.
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Culture of Corruption.
People go to prison for this - unfortunately, Reid will likely skate free.
In Wisconsin, a big “bundler” for the democrat governor got sent to camp for doing this very same thing in a scheme involving his children. Governor Doyle hid out “recovering from a surgery” for a couple months waiting out the heat.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/29249639.html
Keep in mind also that Reid accepted $67,000 in Jack Abramoff money which he has refused to return. Tom DeLay accepted only $15,000 which was later returned. Funny how DeLay had to step down, while Reid got promoted to Majority Leader. I wonder what is different about the two?
Reid needs to go to prison.
He’s a crook. Corrupt to the bone! I thought Pelosi was going to clean up that “culture of corruption.” Looks like she missed another RAT!
I'm sorry, but how does this qualify as breaking news... or news period?
So why is the firm under investigation, Reid should be under investigation! Who ever is running against him might want to point this out!
Fitzmas?
Pay for Play ala Chicago Style
Right—great ammunition..hopefully the candidate against him is fairly clean or the WH will go after him/her big time. REID is a sleazy guy, but somehow manages to stay in office. Of course the unions and Acorn assist him.
This must be wrong.
We know that no DemocRat in Power would tolerate anything like this.
Course it's wrong. Reid is a "good American" who just "snapped" (/sniffle).
Throw his butt in jail.
So was this another stimulus saving jobs program?
Oh, that's easy. Reid has (cough) "connections" in Las Vegas. Those all-night prostitute parties at the casinos for the Boys on the Hill can really payoff.
How are you Swettiepiezer? been a while
Yea, well, let's see what the FEC's *findings* are when all this is said & done.
Assuming they find Dingy Harry's fingerprints everywhere?
The fine for this kind of corruption has to be upwards of $5,000.
Poor Harry. LOL
Apparently, Reid has “snapped” more than a few times, and thanks to his sleazy real estate dealing, is quite well off as a result.
Five grand ain’t even petty cash to this reprobate ;-)
My God you conservatives are s-o-o-o-o unreasonable.
The guys were "stimulating" like it was goin' out of style, fer cryin' out loud.
Think of all the prostitutes that would be unemployed if it were not for Harry and the Boys on The Hill, why don't you?
Noooo, I am not unreasonable. Just trying to keep up with all the legislating that took care of 'dirty' campaign money. I am not hearing anything about 'dirty' money anymore. So a reasonable person would have to conclude the campaign money comes from circulating tax payers money. And the biggest wad not yet spent but taken from US is stimulus money.
Every liberal reelected next year can be considered a 'job' saved as the result of stimulus spending.
Is this the newspaper he told he hoped would go out of business? My guess is they and casino moguls will leak stories on Reid until 2010 election day.
Reid is so corrupt.
I am mad as hell and not taking anymore crap.
Hey, we are having a tea party March.
On Nov, 21, Las Vegas strip. high noon.
Doctors against Health Care Bill.
Start at Caesars, have been working with them passing out flyers and notifying media.
Come if you can, want to have a good impact.
What time does the march start?
Good ole Harry again.....
High noon.
I have been going around to pharmacies to pass out flyers so they can inform other doctors.
http://www.millionmedmarch.com/
I went to a Health Care Coalition meeting last week, do you know 45% of doctors are going to quit if this goes through.
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