Posted on 02/19/2010 3:14:44 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
CONCORD — Federal agents raided the headquarters of the Seeno family development empire Thursday, hauling out stacks of documents from two office buildings at the heart of a 70-year-old home-building dynasty that has shaped much of East Bay suburbia.
About 30 agents from the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service criminal investigation division and the U.S. Secret Service served search warrants about 8 a.m. at the offices of Discovery Builders and the Albert D. Seeno Construction Co., both in the 4000 block of Port Chicago Highway.
Family owns the Peppermill Casino Group which owns a bunch of smaller casinos in Nevada.
(Excerpt) Read more at contracostatimes.com ...
Here's just 2008's donations. I haven't looked any further back than this:
SEENO, ALBERT CONCORD, CA 94520 AD SEENO CONSTRUCTION/OWNER $2,300 G 03/28/2007
SEENO, ALBERT CONCORD, CA 94520 AD SEENO CONSTRUCTION/OWNER $2,300 P 03/28/2007
SEENO, ALBERT III PITTSBURG, CA 94565 DISCOVERY HOMES/FOUNDER $2,300 P 03/28/2007
SEENO, ALBERT III PITTSBURG, CA 94565 DISCOVERY HOMES/FOUNDER $2,300 G 03/28/2007
SEENO, DAVID CONCORD, CA 94524 SEENO CONSTRUCTION/EQUIPMENT OPERAT $2,300 P 03/28/2007
SEENO, DAVID CONCORD, CA 94524 SEENO CONSTRUCTION/EQUIPMENT OPERAT $2,300 G 03/28/2007
SEENO, JACQUELINE CONCORD, CA 94524 SEENO CONSTRUCTION/DEVELOPER $2,300 P 03/28/2007
SEENO, JACQUELINE CONCORD, CA 94524 SEENO CONSTRUCTION/DEVELOPER $2,300 G 03/28/2007
SEENO, NORINE E WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 HOMEMAKER/HOMEMAKER $2,300 P 03/28/2007
SEENO, NORINE E WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 HOMEMAKER/HOMEMAKER $2,300 G 03/28/2007
SEENO, SANDRA CONCORD, CA 94520 HOMEMAKER/HOMEMAKER $2,300 P 03/28/2007
SEENO, SANDRA CONCORD, CA 94520 HOMEMAKER/HOMEMAKER $2,300 G 03/28/2007
SEENO, THOMAS WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 PEPPERMILL/OWNER $2,300 P 03/28/2007
SEENO, THOMAS WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 PEPPERMILL/OWNER $2,300 G 03/28/2007
SEENO-MILES, STEPHANIE WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 RETIRED/RETIRED $2,300 P 03/28/2007
UH...Follow the money! No pictures please!
Good to see the crooks have attracted some attention... I remember some of these folks dealings (personally).
I can’t get the posted link to work.
I just checked it. Worked fine.
Also:
Al Seeno III has ties with the local NorCal Hell’s Angels. Seeno III is Seeno Jr’s son.
George Miller, D-Martinez also got a ton of money from Seeno contributors.
Obama losing control of FBI. . .or what. . .
Fairly major attention too. Raided the offices yesterday at 8AM. They’ve built a fair share of the homes in the East Bay in the last 10 years.
Maybe Busy.....We’re all hitting it at the same time.
Nanzi’s husband is connected to RE in the area....Any connections to him...Don’t remember his name/family name.
Yeah, the server was busy.
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Campaign finance records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics indicate the family has made at least $516,000 in contributions to federal candidates since 1989.
California and Nevada politicians including U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who heads the environment and public works committee; House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Martinez;
Paul Pelosi.
No, but Sal Evola is a member of the Seeno family that ran for office in Pittsburg, CA, another East Bay city. (City Council).
Couldn’t find any connections between Seeno and Pelosi.
Pittsburg and Antioch. UGH. But money is money and they have a lot from their real estate investments.
Even so, the business empire has afforded the Seenos hefty political influence: Campaign finance records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics indicate the family has made at least $516,000 in contributions to federal candidates since 1989.
That includes sizable contributions to national and state Democratic and Republican party organs, as well as to California and Nevada politicians including U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who heads the environment and public works committee; House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Martinez; former Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Alamo; David Harmer, a Republican who sought to succeed Tauscher in last year’s special election; and former House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo, R-Tracy.
In California, the secretary of state’s campaign finance database shows the company and members of the Seeno family have given at least $435,000 to various state candidates and causes over the past decade.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaigns and committees received at least $65,585 from the family and its businesses, while likely Democratic gubernatorial candidate and state Attorney General Jerry Brown’s campaigns received at least $45,500.
Among the family’s greatest beneficiaries has been Oakland mayoral candidate and former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata. The Seenos and their businesses gave at least $131,400 to his campaigns or committees under his control. Perata was the subject of a years-long FBI public corruption probe that ended this year with federal prosecutors declining to bring charges.
No they(Obama) take out Harry Reid themselves.Run someone else and maybe win vs. what would have been a sure loss of the seat.Get a new untarnished Leader of the Senate.Blame Reid for the way the Senate has been “broken”.
Yeah me too.
Corruption that spans the last 50yrs.
Nuff said.
looks like Dingy has been made an offer he can’t refuse.
SEE:Breaking: Reid Signals Support For Reconciliation Vote On Public Option
He does as he’s told and Holder loses the evidence against him.It’s the ‘Chicago Way.’
Holy $&!+.... I think you nailed it.....Man he is going to walk the plank
They donated to all our favorites:
“With the housing bubble’s loud burst in many of its core markets, Seeno homebuilding appears to have slowed dramatically. Its Web site lists just three “upcoming communities” — two in Oakley and one in Vacaville. At the same time, casino revenue across Nevada fell nearly 20 percent from 2006 to 2009.
Even so, the business empire has afforded the Seenos hefty political influence: Campaign finance records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics indicate the family has made at least $516,000 in contributions to federal candidates since 1989.
That includes sizable contributions to national and state Democratic and Republican party organs, as well as to California and Nevada politicians including U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who heads the environment and public works committee; House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Martinez; former Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Alamo; David Harmer, a Republican who sought to succeed Tauscher in last year’s special election; and former House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo, R-Tracy.
In California, the secretary of state’s campaign finance database shows the company and members of the Seeno family have given at least $435,000 to various state candidates and causes over the past decade.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaigns and committees received at least $65,585 from the family and its businesses, while likely Democratic gubernatorial candidate and state Attorney General Jerry Brown’s campaigns received at least $45,500.”
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14426353?source=most_emailed&nclick_check=1
ping
Yuck!
Perata.
I missed that.
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