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| And yet more reasons Gary Locke is another Obama mispick |
| 2009-02-26 |
| H/T Michelle Malkin From the left-leaning Seattle Weekly, which has long documented Locke's cronyism: Of course, there was that memory loss and all those "I don't recall . . . I don't remember" statements to Congressional investigators in 1999, probing his gubernatorial campaign fund-raising efforts; the astonishing $3.2 billion tax break he gave to Boeing while never disclosing he paid $715,000 to - and relied on the advice of - Boeing's own private consultant and outside auditor for advice; and those favors for his brother-in-law (who lived in the governor's mansion), including a tax break for his relative's company, personal intervention in a company dispute, and Locke's signature on a federal loan application for the company. Other than that, yes, squeaky clean. |
| Posted by:tipover |
| #8 the astonishing $3.2 billion tax break he gave to Boeing That's astonishing? Malkin is a little uninformed. Boeing is Washington state's biggest single employer. As it was, Boeing moved its corporate HQ to Illinois. Without that inducement, Boeing would have moved a lot more of its operations outside of WA. A genuine negative is the fact that Locke is a member of the Committee of 100, an NAACP-type group. What the difference between the Committee of 100 and the NAACP? The NAACP doesn't advocate (much) for foreign countries. The Committee of 100 does. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2009-02-26 20:29 |
| #7 investigated by the Washington newspapers? The same ones that let Gregoire win? nice try |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-02-26 19:44 |
| #6 I call shenanigans on this. All this stuff was completely and boringly investigated by the newspapers and the government at the time. No one in Washington state who owned a tv set could miss it. It goes nowhere. It's finished. Fines paid and no one in jail. Locke easily reelectable. The idea that he is "fused at the hip to the Chinese" is laughable to anyone in WA. If we go there, we will be ridiculed. Accused of having some racist fantasy that he is a Fu Manchu. Look like fools. Please. Don't. Go. There. |
| Posted by: Dogsbody 2009-02-26 15:58 |
| #5 Michelle had a link to a previous article with even more detail from her days at the Seattle Times. It seems that Locke is fused at the hip to the Chinese. Not a problem to for a Dem. http://michellemalkin.com/2009/02/24/the-chinagatebuddhist-temple-cash-skeletons-in-gary-lockes-closet/ |
| Posted by: tipover 2009-02-26 14:38 |
| #4 The eye popping tax breaks mentioned in the posting is this states deal with Boeing to keep the new Dreamliner aircraft production in Seattle and address "the high cost of doing business". This amazing aircraft is in the last stages of production and will begin delivery in the near future. The investment for this has already happened. The order book is so full that the next recession will come and go before production ends. Payoff time is coming. It sucks to be Airbus. |
| Posted by: Dogsbody 2009-02-26 11:56 |
| #3 Boeing has stopped investing in Washington state due to the high cost of doing business, although it does have large legacy factory and research operations there. It's headquarters are now in Illinois. Given the downturn in the airline business, the problems of raising capital to buy aircraft, and Obama's upcoming slashing of defense procurement, the Seattle area is going to take a major hit that will be difficult to recover from. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-02-26 10:51 |
| #2 I've already "smelled the coffee" and it smells like Dogshit! I'll stick with Malkin's commentary thank you. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-26 09:35 |
| #1 Wake up smell the coffee people. In the state of Washington, under Democrats, Republicans or wild eyed populists, Boeing is a core industry. It gets what it wants...and we want it to. Nobody here wants to kill the golden goose or turn Boeing into the next Chrysler. It brings a boatload of bucks into this state even if it were to pay no tax at all. If you are interested in Locke you may want to read my comment in the other Locke posting in this section. |
| Posted by: Dogsbody 2009-02-26 09:32 |