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DEL.ICIO.USOn the bright side, when the toilet clogs, you just call yourself to complain
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Republican web site called Majority Accountability Project says it has found that U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a DeKalb County Democrat, “pays more in rent for his campaign office than any other member of Georgia’s Congressional delegation, including the Peach State’s two U.S. Senators — a distinction made more dubious by the fact Johnson’s landlord is the law firm that bears his name.”
Reviewing campaign reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission, the group found that “Johnson began paying Johnson and Johnson Law Group in Decatur, Ga., $1,500 a month in ‘rent for campaign headquarters’ in April, 2007. Johnson practiced civil and criminal law at Johnson and Johnson for more than 30 years, where he was a partner with his wife, Mereda Davis Johnson.”
Comments
By Rabbi Hutzpah
April 2, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this
Old Hebrew Proverb: Man who s** where he eats saves time and money.
By BobG
April 2, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
Can you say “misappropriation of campaign funds” and “abuse of the public trust”?
Hank Johnson— doing his part to contribute to the reputation of the Congress!
By sunshine and thunder
April 2, 2008 5:32 PM | Link to this
Hank Johnson is funded by trial lawyers. Nothing to see here, move along.
By rick
April 3, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
This is a perfect example of people jumping to conclusions and judging someone else based on only part of the story. The reporter posted a reference to a partisan attack against someone of another party, without independently verifying it. Later, only when the target of the attack called the reporter to offer another side of the story, the reporter posted that response as if he’d done his duty. That’s lazy reporting or “blogging,” he should have checked it out prior to publishing. What we ended up with has no value to readers, who believe everything they read, and then eagerly launch their own attacks based on incomplete information.