-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- >From what I understand there are few if any limits on campain funds now. Previously there was a cap on what one person could give to a canidate. The Pied Piper Prudence L. Kuhn wrote: > > << From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dave Hartley > http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave > > From: "Linda Minor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Last week we read about Bush "top fund-raiser" Wayne Berman, president of > Park Strategies LLC in Connecticut, whose activities are being looked at by > the FBI. One such activity has $50 million in state pension funds being > invested through Park Strategies into a Carlyle Group fund. Carlyle is a > "Washington merchant bank and client of Park Strategies that retains former > president George Bush as a senior consultant." In 1991 Bush had appointed > Berman to be assistant secretary of commerce. Last year Berman and retired > senator Al D'Amato (R-NY) formed Park Strategies and hired Paul Silvester, > who previously was Connecticut's treasurer and was in charge of investing > state pension funds. According to the Washington Post, "Silvester was a > catch for the firm because of his familiarity with state treasurers from > around the country, who control massive pension funds hungry for new > investments. Berman too is intimately familiar with many top state officials > because he is a leading fund-raiser for the Republican Governors > Association." Silvester's activities are also being probed by the FBI. > > The Carlyle Group is also a who's-who of political operatives: "Like Park > Strategies, Carlyle also markets its familiarity with government > officials--among its partners are former secretary of state James A. Baker > III, former defense secretary Frank C. Carlucci and former White House > budget chief Richard Darman. The Carlyle Asian investment fund that received > the $50 million sum from Connecticut also retains former president Bush as a > top adviser, and Carlyle's European fund retains former British prime > minister John Major. Both men have made hundreds of thousands of dollars > counseling Carlyle on where to invest its money overseas, introducing > Carlyle executives to foreign leaders and giving speeches at Carlyle > gatherings. Bush's fees from Carlyle are poured into his accounts in various > Carlyle funds, which lately have yielded up to 40 percent a year in > returns." > > So there you have it. In the short span of a month, Dubya has managed to > come up with three major campign operatives whose behavior has served as a > microcosm of what's wrong with Bush and his campaign friends. There's a > gunmaker/seller money-funding friend whose banned weapon figures in a > national tragedy, an FBI probe of economic institutions with money > connections to Dad on one end and Junior on the other, and a politician > befriended by Bush who uses a bigot's mailing list to get votes and breaks > campaign laws by keeping it secret. What will this month bring? 9/7-9/99 >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Rejected posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 05:48:51 -0500 > From: "L-Soft list server at America Online (1.8d)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Prudence L. Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The distribution of your message dated Fri, 14 Jan 2000 05:48:47 EST with > subject "Fwd: [InTheShadows] Bush, FBI, campaign funds" has been rejected > because you have exceeded the daily per-user message limit for the CTRL list. > Other than the list owner, no one is allowed to post more than 7 messages per > day. 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One such activity has $50 million in state pension funds being > invested through Park Strategies into a Carlyle Group fund. Carlyle is a > "Washington merchant bank and client of Park Strategies that retains former > president George Bush as a senior consultant." In 1991 Bush had appointed > Berman to be assistant secretary of commerce. Last year Berman and retired > senator Al D'Amato (R-NY) formed Park Strategies and hired Paul Silvester, > who previously was Connecticut's treasurer and was in charge of investing > state pension funds. According to the Washington Post, "Silvester was a > catch for the firm because of his familiarity with state treasurers from > around the country, who control massive pension funds hungry for new > investments. Berman too is intimately familiar with many top state officials > because he is a leading fund-raiser for the Republican Governors > Association." Silvester's activities are also being probed by the FBI. > > The Carlyle Group is also a who's-who of political operatives: "Like Park > Strategies, Carlyle also markets its familiarity with government > officials--among its partners are former secretary of state James A. Baker > III, former defense secretary Frank C. Carlucci and former White House > budget chief Richard Darman. The Carlyle Asian investment fund that received > the $50 million sum from Connecticut also retains former president Bush as a > top adviser, and Carlyle's European fund retains former British prime > minister John Major. Both men have made hundreds of thousands of dollars > counseling Carlyle on where to invest its money overseas, introducing > Carlyle executives to foreign leaders and giving speeches at Carlyle > gatherings. Bush's fees from Carlyle are poured into his accounts in various > Carlyle funds, which lately have yielded up to 40 percent a year in > returns." > > So there you have it. In the short span of a month, Dubya has managed to > come up with three major campign operatives whose behavior has served as a > microcosm of what's wrong with Bush and his campaign friends. There's a > gunmaker/seller money-funding friend whose banned weapon figures in a > national tragedy, an FBI probe of economic institutions with money > connections to Dad on one end and Junior on the other, and a politician > befriended by Bush who uses a bigot's mailing list to get votes and breaks > campaign laws by keeping it secret. What will this month bring? 9/7-9/99 > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! > Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in > forms and passwords with just one click! 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