important update.
Thanks for ping. Still stinks....
From the linked pressdemocrat article:
Boxer seemed uncomfortable when asked about the Graton legislation during her stop at the Sacramento Bee last month as she sought the paper’s endorsement.
She has reason to be uncomfortable.
Her son, Oakland attorney Douglas Boxer, became involved in the casino project in 2001, the year after she pushed through the bill granting recognition to the tribe.
In a rather convoluted manner, Boxer said: “I can’t talk about any developments because my son was a lawyer who was part of some consultant that was somehow related to this.”
I’ll try to parse that.
“Some consultant” would be Darius Anderson. For more than a decade, Anderson has been one of Sacramento’s top lobbyists. He also lobbies in Washington, D.C.
“Somehow related to this” means that Anderson represents Station Casinos, the Las Vegas casino corporation that is Graton’s management partner.
Anderson also is a developer, and Doug Boxer used to work with him, specifically on the Graton deal.
The son and the lobbyist-developer remain partners in a limited liability corporation that would profit if Graton were to open a casino, Boxer campaign spokesman Matthew Kagen told me.
Thank you very much. Maybe she can get Abramoff’s cell; he’s out now, isn’t he?