June 15, 2006

Neckless Wonder makes out like a bandit

For years, Hastert has been pushing the construction of a highway called the Prairie Parkway in Illinois. He secured $207 million in earmarks to support the project. But what he didn't tell constituents was that he owned a huge plot of farmland just a few miles from where the road would run. And now that the project's gone through, the land has been tranferred to a real estate development firm with plans to build a 1,600 home community. The land has already improved in value by millions of dollars.

Nice work if you can get it.

1 comment:

  1. I would really like to see John Laesch campaign become a priority.

    I met him and I like him better than most Congressional candidates. He seems more sure of his principles and he actually thinks about how our system of int'l governance interacts with domestic policy.

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