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DEL.ICIO.USThose Stones tickets were more expensive than anyone thought
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On its front page today, the Wall Street Journal has a piece detailing the effort by Ameriquest Mortgage Co., once the nation’s largest subprime lender, to beat down legislation in Washington and several states that would have curtailed lending to risky borrowers.
Says the article:
“Working with a husband-and-wife team of Washington lobbyists, it handed out more than $20 million in political donations and played a big role in persuading legislators in New Jersey and Georgia to relax tough new laws.”
This is the killer line:
“Ameriquest also handed out Rolling Stones tickets to state legislators in Georgia, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and California, according to ethics records and local news accounts.”
Comments
By Dan Matthews, Jr.
January 1, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
Oconee County State Rep. Bob Smith is among many who got free Rolling Stones tickets and would not answer my questions about them on a local radio show
By HurtByAmeriquest
January 1, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
I would not want to be Arnall in this new year!
Roland Arnall: Rapist, Murderer, Ambassador
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtyMdQ44bL4