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Thursday, March 30, 2006

Miller helped free land for a business partner

The Hill Susan Crabtree March 29, 2006 at 10:26 PM

Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) pushed for a provision in last year's transportation bill that allowed the city of Rialto, Calif., to shut down its airport.

By doing so, he paved the way for his business partner, Lewis Operating Corp., one of his top campaign contributors, to buy the land from the city and make plans to build Renaissance, a community consisting of 2,500 homes, parks and 80 acres of retail space on the former airport property and adjacent land.

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1 Comments:

Blogger Rachel said...

Gary Miller is my Congressman, and a total asshole.

His district is drawn in such a weird fashion, linking distant communities through narrow corridors, that only gerrymandering could have resulted in the boundaries.

He spearheads the fight against immigrants, yet he's giving and receiving sweetheart deals from the Korean immigrants in his district.

30/3/06 11:58 AM  

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