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Edited on Sat May-20-06 03:15 PM by happydreams
This from late in 2001. Jeb Bush and Suntrust bank in Florida. This shows a long and cozy financial relationship between Bush and SunTrust Bank and the link between SunTrust and hijackers. Suntrust Bank had bank accounts of four hijackers to pay for flight training: "....An update on ICP's raising of S11 issues with regard to SunTrust: the Sarasota Herald-Tribune of November 14 reported that " Inner City also cites the fact that some of the Sept. 11 hijackers opened checking accounts at SunTrust offices, including one in Venice that was used to pay for flight lessons last year. The group said the bank failed to comply with proper money laundering and 'know your customer' practices by not noticing large international wire transfers into the accounts. The bank has said that none of those transactions were more than $10,000, the amount that triggers a report to the federal government." But regulators in the United Arab Emirates have acknowledged wire transfers as large as $70,000, to a bank in Florida they wouldn't name, but which is known to be SunTrust..." Suntrust contributed approx. $160,000 to Jeb's campaign: http://www.opensecrets.org/fl/gets/st/contrib/fl622.htm http://www.rollins.edu/news/Construction/Fall1999Construction.htm Fall 1999 SunTrust Plaza & The Bush Executive Center After just over a year of construction, the SunTrust Plaza is nearly completed. The finishing touches-including the paint, sidewalks, and signage-are now being added to Rollins’ newest business venture. The 1st tennant of the SunTrust Plaza, Restoration Hardware, will be ready for business as of June 17th. The Gap, Coldwell Banker with the newly-acquired Ann Cross Realty offices, and Merrill Lynch will follow suit in July and August, respectively. “We hope to have an occupancy of about 93% by the beginning of the 1999-00 school year,” said Vice President and Treasurer George Herbst. As of June, we are 85% leased, but as the construction nears completion and the community becomes familiar with its newest neighbor, we foresee the signing of the remaining leases.” Thanks to generous donations from the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation, Crummer alumnus Dennis Harward and others, the Bush Executive Center has become a reality. The dedication for the building will be held later this fall. Once completed and in full operation, the building will offer 5-6 new classrooms, including an audio/visual presentation room. Also, the Bush Center will feature a hand full of meeting rooms to be used for discussion / study, and will host more faculty offices. A redesigned lobby will connect the Executive Center with the existing Crummer building. Although some of the construction parking was diverted with the use of the parking garage, some spaces will return once the construction area is returned to its original state. The work area will be cleaned up by the end of the summer and people should expect the grass to return, as well as new sidewalks and various shrubbery. There will be an increase in the number of faculty offices. The two displaced faculty members will return from their temporary stay in the 1st floor of the Carnegie Building. The Center’s programs are designed to attract business leaders from around the country. The executive education classrooms will contain the latest teaching technology, including data ports, and video conferencing capabilities. The four-story building will only stand three-stories high, with one floor underground. Bush and President of SunTrust in Florida Enterprise: http://www.eflorida.com/content/images/90_june26.pdf Jeb Bush directing people to SunTrust Bank info on friend and Cocaine: http://www.citizenslaw.net/_politics/bush_cocaine_billy_preston.htm Woods - Billy Preston Cocaine Connection? -------------------------------------------- It was well-known in the yachting circles along the coast -- from Maine to Florida to Texas -- that the Bush kids, J.E.B. and George W. were cool. "Coming in to Los Angles with a couple of k" No problem. George W. would slap you on a the back, and look the other way. J.E.B. would direct you to a bank -- like the SunTrust on the way to Coconut Grove..
During the Iran-Contra period from 1981-1987, Floridian John "Jeb" Bush was the White House contact to the Miami-based Contras. From the NSA archive as George Washington University comes this expose of their activities: Cocaine, Contras, Covert Ops .
From 1987-1989, while Florida Secretary of Commerce John "JEB" Bush was pushing the revitalizing of South Beach, legendary Rolling Stone guitarist, Ron Woods, (about whom the cocaine rumors swirl) opened Woodies On The Beach at Ocean Drive and 5th St. After considerable complaints from neighbors, enumerable electronic bugs by every investigator north of the Cape Horn, and an extraordinary number of Republican revelries, in 1989 the club closed.
Rumors and confirmations have long been circling around the Ron Woods, Billy Preston scene at the victory celebration bash in Washington, D.C. in 1988 following the election of George Bush as president. The Rolling Stone Anthology report:
This selection from The Rolling Stones, editor, Chris Charlesworth, Omnibook Press, ISBN 0.7119.3480.5 Anthology referring to January 21, 1989 reads: "Ron (Woods), along with Bo Diddley, Percy Sledge, Duck Dunn, Eddie Floyd, Willie Dixon, Chuck Jackson, Dr. John, Carla Thomas, Steve Cropper, Albert Collins, Billy Preston and Koko Taylor all celebrate Republican President-elect George Bush's victory on stage at the Convention Center in Washington, D.C. George Bush shows up to meet the musicians and be present with a signed poster and a guitar, then RNC Chairman Lee Atwater who organised the bash, strapped on a red guitar and played 'Hi Heel Sneakers'. Out of the 8,500 attendees, there were more black people on stage than in the audience." Billy Preston has been on the scene for a long, long time. Many of us recall our first encounter with him as a member of the house band on the hit rock 'n roll TV show, "Shindig!" in the mid-'60s. He was born in Houston, TX and raised mostly in Los Angeles. He began playing piano at age three. Starting on his mother's lap, he progressed to his first "solo" performance of "Mary Had A Little Lamb." By age ten, he was performing with Gospel great, Mahalia Jackson. At twelve, he made his first movie appearance as the young W.C. Handy in "St. Louis Blues." By this time, he had a musical hero, Ray Charles, whom he admired mostly from afar. During those years he played with such Gospel luminaries as James Cleveland, The Caravans and The Staple Singers. In the course of his Gospel touring he met Sam Cooke, a member of the Soul Stirrers at the time. He would eventually play secular music with Cooke and join the roster of Cooke's SAR/Derby labels. By the mid-'60s, in addition to his "Shindig!" duties, he recorded with his hero, Ray Charles. While on tour with Charles, he re-united with The Beatles whom he had met years earlier while touring England with Little Richard. Confused? OK, enough! Let him tell it. Billy Preston is here to take us logically through his life, including his hit-making years, right up to the present. These days you can find him weekly on the UPN network's "Good News," in addition to personal appearances. With special thanks to Bill Maxwell, The R&B Page is proud to present, via RealAudio, Billy Preston!
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Billy Preston sent to jail
Dateline: 12/01/97
He's shared stages with Sam Cooke and Mahalia Jackson. He's written songs for Joe Cocker. He was asked to join The Band, nearly asked to join the Beatles, and when he played the famous Concert For Bangladesh, he (unintentionally or not) upstaged none other than Bob Dylan.
And now he's in jail.
Definitely the most soulful "Fifth Beatle", and arguably the most talented, Billy Preston was sentenced recently to three years in jail for parole violations centering around his continued cocaine use. That's a tragedy on the order of James Brown's, Sly Stone's, and Rick James' incarcerations, for while Preston never reached their commercial heights, he can arguably be considered their artistic peer.
The Best of Billy Preston at CD Universe
Preston was/is a funk/blues/gospel powerhouse who catapulted to first-rank status as one of the few enjoyable things about the Let It Be debacle. His keyboard wizardry was responsible for a fair share of the groove of "Get Back" and the majesty of "Don't Let Me Down", among others. And when he unleashed his own "Imagine"-like statement of purpose, "That's The Way God Planned It", at the Bangladesh concert, he suddenly made Dylan and Hari seem obsolete, vaulting him into a string of classic Seventies funk'n'boogie hits like "Nothing From Nothing", "Will It Go 'Round In Circles", and instrumental synth freakouts like "Outa-Space" and "Space Race."
Unfortunately, like James, Rick, and Sly, Preston has had a monkey on his back: a genuinely good guy, Preston wasn't pinched on any violent account but just nabbed in an attempt to halt his abuses. Whether or not it's a good solution is another discussion entirely, but for now, you can send a few prayers out, and maybe get to know him a little better. Here are some links to explain his rise and fall.
The R&B Page Archive
The best overview of Billy's fantastic career, featuring RealAudio interviews with Billy from Before Things Went Wrong.
Microsoft Music Central Discography
Lists all of Billy's session work (and that's a lot).
Billy Preston Gets Back
A more Beatle-intensive sort of biography. Is Billy on the Anthology? From RockVillage.
Billy Preston
From the official page of The Band. Billy rocking out with Rick Danko and Levon Helm? Yes
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It's not the drug use that's important -- but the hypocrisy exhibit by both -- they use, benefit and protect -- unless it serves their purpose to harass, extort, and incarcerate. Are we to believe the 25 year drug free story???
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