Noose tightens on Murtha
Pg. 1, Washington Post:
“Nonprofit Connects Murtha, Lobbyists”
Dec. 25, 2006… Rep. John Murtha’s lifelong political corruption
is coming to an end. VFTT Boot Murtha and other large groups have set
their sights on exposing the lies and political manipulations of
Murtha -- even the liberal Washington Post has found Murtha’s past
corrupt practices too much to bear.
When your friends are doing you in, you know you’re at the end of your
rope.
The nonprofit group PAID (Pennsylvania Association for Individuals
with Disabilities) and its money trail to Murtha is the focus of a
page 1 article in today’s
Washington Post. PAID was set up in 2001 by Murtha for his
long-time aide, Carmen Scialabba.
[EXCERPTS:]
…to some watchdogs, including Taxpayers for Common Sense, Democracy
21 and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, PAID
looks a lot like the cozy nexus between lawmakers, lobbyists and
business interests that Democrats railed against in the midterm
campaigns.
Its board of directors includes Scialabba and five government
contractors who have received millions of federal dollars through
appropriations measures obtained by Murtha. Its advisory council
includes three lobbyists from KSA Consulting, which employs Scialabba
and employed Murtha's brother, Kit. Its honorary board members include
still more defense contractors.
In turn, the lobbyists and businesses associated with PAID have
become supporters of Murtha's campaigns, contributing a total of
nearly $125,000 in the past three election cycles, when Murtha raised
a total of $7.2 million, according to campaign records. And those same
players have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at three lobbying
shops with close Murtha ties: the PMA Group, Scialabba's KSA
Consulting and Ervin Technical Associates.
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