Harry Reid's Son Representing Chinese Solar Panel Plant in $5 Billion Nevada Deal

briebart ^ | 09-04-2012 | Wynton Hall

[MNJohnnie]

The son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Rory Reid, is the primary representative for ENN Energy Group, a Chinese energy company seeking to build a $5 billion solar panel plant on a 9,000-acre Clark County desert plot in Laughlin, Nevada.

ENN scored big when Clark County commissioners unanimously voted to sell the Chinese company the public land for just $4.5 million, despite the fact that it was appraised at $38.6 million.

[MNJohnnie]

The Democrat Party cult of corruption goes marching on.

[lowbridge]

Bump

[dalebert]

Shout it from the roof tops...

[mountainlion]

This is of course not taking jobs overseas.

[factoryrat]

Another solar shakedown scam, this time dingy harry and son get the payoff! Solar cell plants are the biggest money making racket going in the obama administration. Just think, we used to put mobsters in prison for doing the very same thing.

[ronnyquest]

No conflict of interests here. Move along.

[MNJohnnie]

I think you might want to be more worried about the fact they sold a piece of Nevada state land valued near $40 million for $4 million. Pretty blatant corruption there. Harry and his family have a long history in Nevada of this sort of sleazy dealings.

[MNJohnnie]

Sure no conflict of interest when they sell state of Nevada land valued at nearly $40 million for $4 million.

[ComputerGuy]

Let' see: $4.5M for a $38.6M property?
Those politicians are in for some serious 'bonuses'.

[GeronL]

How many billions in federal subsidies are they asking for?

[subterfuge]

Wow. The repubs will be shouting this from the rooftops. Republican congrssmen will be launching a huge investigation.

Do I really need the sarc tag here?

[onyx]

Corruption continues, right across the river from you.

[Pearls Before Swine]

It is NEVER just a coincidence when a long-term pol’s son goes into lobbying. The son is always selling influence. It is corruption.

Joe Biden never earned more than a Congressman’s salary, but lives on a huge spread in the country. I think two, not one, of his sons are in the lobbying and government contracting business. Whose influence have they been selling.

[dalebert]

I bet Joe is selling it outright himself. who needs sons.

[XHogPilot]

Why isn’t this headlines in the NY Times?

[kitkat]

What am I missing here? How is it possible for anyone to sell part of the U.S. to another country, in this case 9,000 acres? Now we have China owning part of the U.S.

Who knows what they will use it for in the future?

[Seattle Conservative]

Hi Johnnie,

I’m not ‘in the know’ about sales of state land; however, if it is in fact Nevada State land and not just Cook County land, wouldn’t the Nevada Congress and/or Governor need to approve the sale, rather than just the Cook County (as I understand it Dem & Union County) Commissionars approve it?

Best,
SC

[ANGGAPO]

Watch out, Bolder Holder and the DJ will be all over this in a Chinese minute.

[kitkat]

BUMP

[littleharbour]

The Justice Department and state prosecutors go after people for a few thousand in fraud, but the real big time crooks get a free pass.

[jimsin]

'Wow. The repubs will be shouting this from the rooftops. Republican congrssmen will be launching a huge investigation. Do I really need the sarc tag here?'

wait ....wait ...WAIT...SUB

R you saying, Sir, that every time the dems did and/or said something outrageous...... our Fearless Feckless Firebrand REPUBLICAN Chieftains did in fact NOT IMMEDIATELY call pressers from the Capital steps; shouting 'OUTRAGE' as loud as they could do so? So that the American People could clearly and easily understand they were (in the words of the inestimable Michelle Malkin) being fed CRAP SANDWICHES ? IS that what yer a sayin' Bunkie?

[Revel]

How about letting the public have a say.

[subterfuge]

Spot on Skippy. By the way, how is it that Gitmo is still open for business?

[sf4dubya]

The Reids need to be run out of this state on rails.

They are more corrupt than the Kennedys.

[bruinbirdman]

Dingy Harry actually had a ribbon cutting ceremony with some big deal ChiComs solar guys down there at the site. The news was scrubbed but for the Laughlin News, circulation 200. Solyndra declared bankruptcy the next day.

The ChiComs claim they will build a solar manufacturing plant then place the panels on the land and produce electricity.

They have no customers for the electricity. So Dingy Harry has been pressuring the state utility commission to force Nevada Energy to contract for the energy. Nevada Energy says it is booked up with state mandated renewable quotas.

The ChiComs also claim they will built a few thousand houses for employees. Lots of pie in the sky commie noise. Dingy Harry is known to own some land nearby across the Colorado River in Arizona. He and Nancy Pelosi do control all the BLM (federal land) that has been sold for the last decade.

In any event, given the local politics (state and county) and the fact that the ChiCom solar industry is virtually bankrupt, don't look for anything to happen except for Dirty Harry to claim more PR points for pressing alternative fuels.

yitbos

[jimsin]

'By the way, how is it that Gitmo is still open for business?'

Well see, no Lib had any idea at campaign time zackly how much trouble it would be to close a GIT. Sort of like that economy dust up they've turned into a first rate disaster.

Turns out Gitmo wasn't built in a day ja know. It'll take AT LEAST four more years to properly dispose of it....

Hey!?!

WHO KNEW, Binky?

.....Bwahahaaahahahh.