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Sancho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 07:27 AM
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Jeb gets his kickbacks!
Bush post raises eyebrows
The former governor has joined the board of a bank whose chief got breaks from him.

When an Orlando bank appointed former Gov. Jeb Bush to its board last month, it heralded his eight years in the governor's mansion.
Bush would bring "tremendous talent, leadership and vision" to CNL Bancshares Inc., stated a news release quoting its board chairman, James Seneff.
What the release didn't mention was that four years before the appointment, Bush's administration approved a lucrative tax break for a company that Seneff heads.
Bush's office approved $3.1-million in state and local tax refunds to be paid over eight years to CNL Holdings, which has ties to CNL Bancshares. State records show the company has collected $181,875 so far.

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/05/State/Bush_post_raises_eyeb.shtml
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Of course, this is the same guy who invested state money in ENRON and risky mortgage funds! He certainly has the economic savvy to be on a bank board!


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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 07:41 AM
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1. These guys have given up on even trying to hide a conflict of
interest. They just throw it in your face.
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PleaseSayItAintSo Donating Member (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 07:50 AM
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2. Could * family be prosecuted as a RICO?
Jeb gets kickbacks, George I allegedly takes arms sales "commissions" from Carlyle Group, Prescott was a fascist, Neil got millions from the Silverado Savings collapse, Neil's getting "fees" from bogus NCLB equipment, and George II reportedly recently earmarked millions to Laura's reading program and George I's "library". Not to mention the bin-Laden connection and on and on and on ...

Hmmm, I think I'm beginning to discern a pattern there.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 08:03 AM
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3. It's been said that the grand children of the founders of any fortune...
are more likely than not to be scoundrels and wastrels. I have seen it personally and that unholy trinity of * & Bab's just keeps piling on more evidence to fuel the myth.

That anyone would let one of them NEAR a bank just blows my mind.
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 08:13 AM
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4. Before it all went bad, the Republicans intended to hack Jeb in as the next President.
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