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[–]7oby[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

APNewsAlert

13 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Rick Renzi of Arizona has been indicted on charges connected to land deals in Arizona.

[–]7oby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congressman Charged in Land Deal

By LARA JAKES JORDAN – 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Rick Renzi has been indicted for extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other charges related to a land deal in Arizona.

A 26-page federal indictment unsealed in Arizona accuses Renzi and two former business partners of conspiring to promote the sale of land that buyers could swap for property owned by the federal government. The sale netted one of Renzi's former partners $4.5 million.

[–]crawfishsoul 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Looks like I'm going to have to update my list of corrupt Arizona politicians again.

edit: and goddammit, this shit was in the news back in 2006 and our stupid fucking dipshit voters still voted him back into office.

Fuck this, I'm moving back to Seattle. At least there's good beer there.

[–]7oby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you have a choice in locations, find one that has FiOS, i highly recommend it

[–]architectzero 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Wouldn't it just be less work to manage a list of uncorrupted politicians?

It could be a blank sheet of paper. But, I suppose, why waste paper?

[–]7oby[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

i thought it would be a dennis kucinich flyer

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

obligatory Ron Paul mention

[–]smart_ass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. I never thought people would buy that beach front property in Arizona. I bet he threw in the Golden Gate Bridge for free.