Obama/Richarson/ David RUBEN link
From:
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/01/05/beyond-bill-richardson
But it isn’t just Obama and Richardson that Rubin has ties to. According to federal law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation, federal officials are also looking into CDR’s political and financial ties to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, as well as to Democrat state and local officials in Illinois, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
Rendell placed Rubin on a political patronage commission in Pennsylvania, and Rubin was also given a seat on a Los Angeles City commission back in 2002, both seemingly as the result of political contributions to political action committees. Rubin has also been a financial supporter of Rev. Al Sharpton.
CDR also had close business ties to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, marketing and selling financial instruments created through low-income housing “lease to own” programs across the country. “If someone wants to understand just how deep Democrats are into the housing bubble and the economic crisis, they should look at some of the financial wheeling and dealing around some of those ‘lease to own’ programs,” says a former Freddie Mac lobbyist based in Washington. “It’s a veritable ‘who’s who’ of Democratic state and local politics from New York to Los Angeles.”
More dots to connect: David Ruben & CDR
Here are some quick facts:
1. New Mexico award CDR won 1.4 million dollars from the New Mexico government after donating 100,000 dollars to two Richardson organizations. This is the incident the FBI has pushing hard on.
2. David Rubin of CDR has been involved in Politics from being on Ed Rendell’s transition team in 2003, to being appointed to the LA Housing Authority.
3. CDR has been involved in Low Income Housing plans with the now bankrupt Freddi Mac.
4. CDR was involved in possible corruption in Philadelphia from 2000-2003.
5. CDR managed to leave low income housing called Oakwood Terrace as a cesspool.
6. CDR May have also swindled Atlanta.
7. ON Sept 28th2007 the SEC fined CDR and Anchor National Life Insurance Company,(A company owned by AIG) for various corruption scandals.
8. CDR and David Rubin have poured 10’s of thousands of dollars in various Democrats including Hillary Clinton and President-Elect Obama.
David Rubin Attended Exclusive Hollywood Fundraiser for Obama
FROM: ABC News
In late September, Rubin attended an exclusive Los Angeles fundraiser for Obama, held at the Beverly Hills’ Greystone Mansion. Attendees gave tens of thousands of dollars which the campaign split between its own coffers, the Democratic National Committee and state-level campaign groups supporting Obama and Democratic candidates. The technique helps campaigns take in from individuals far more than the $2,300 maximum they are allowed to give to a single campaign fund.
Rubin’s money went to a joint Obama-DNC fund ($28,500), the DNC itself ($26,200), and to the Obama campaign ($2,300), according to the database of campaign donations at OpenSecrets.Org. News of the federal investigation into Rubin’s New Mexico dealings had broken less than three weeks earlier.