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To: AmeriBrit
"(Google 'Duncan Hunter+corruption'....warning to Hunter supporters - grab your Kleenex first.)"

OK I did and found "alleged corruption" from Liberal Blogs sites kind of reminiscent of what they do with Cheney and other political enemies.

This is from wikipedia.(Not a Liberal Blog.)

"In October 2006, the San Diego Union Tribune reported that Hunter's Alpine home was listed on tax rolls as a two-bedroom, 2½-bath house with 2,946 square feet of living space. In fact, the house had six bedrooms and was about 6,200 square feet. The property also featured a 2,000-square-foot guest house, a swimming pool and tennis court. The discrepancy resulted in Hunter paying less in taxes than others in similar-sized properties. Hunter said it was not his responsibility to make sure property records – and the resulting tax assessments – were correct. "All I know is what the county gives me," Hunter said. "They sent a person on the premises when I bought it. He said, 'This is what you owe.' We simply paid it. We've paid it ever since."[16] Hunter's main defense of the Union-Tribune article was in the form of a $26,000 full-page ad in the Union Tribune immediately following the UT's article. Using a large dose of humor, including pictures of the "estate" on a dirt road showing the property was in less than optimum condition, Hunter noted that his assessment was set at 40% more than the 1% base amount set by California law. Nowhere in the article is it claimed that Hunter did not get permits on his expansion of the property. Any reassessment beyond the maximum legal increase of 1% of the tax per year normally would have been made based on those permits. The Union-Tribune made no claims as to how the County of San Diego failed to update the Assessor's files to match the permitted improvements. The house in question was burned to the ground in the wildfires of October 2003. As of December 2006, the house had been almost rebuilt, and Hunter was still contesting the assessment of back taxes, which had been significantly reduced.[17] [edit] Connection to Cunningham scandal A Department of Defense inspector general found that the department awarded ADCS, a company owned by Brent Wilkes, a $9.8 million contract in mid-1999 after "inquiries from two members of Congress." Hunter has repeatedly acknowledged that he joined with Representative Randy Cunningham that year to contact Pentagon officials, who then reversed a decision and gave ADCS the contract, one of its first big ones.[18] Between 1994 and 2004, Wilkes and ADCS gave $40,700 in campaign contributions to Hunter. In 2003, Wilkes's foundation hosted a "Salute to Heroes" gala to give Hunter an award, just as it did for Cunningham a year earlier. The Wilkes Foundation also gave $1,000 in 2003 to a charity run by two of Hunter's staffers.[18] However, Hunter has not been found to have committed any crimes or ethical violations. Wilkes is currently an unindicted alledged co-conspirator."

Repeat- "has not been found to have committed any crimes or ethical violations" Therefore he still has my support."

469 posted on 02/11/2007 10:50:26 PM PST by right way right (bummer. It's almost as bad as being born in a manger. You gotta start somewhere.( www.gohunter08.com)
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To: right way right
So you'd rather believe 'wikipedia' than an official court DOJ file?????
LMAO


So be it, but don't say you weren't warned when you find out you were wrong.
471 posted on 02/11/2007 11:01:24 PM PST by AmeriBrit (Google 'Duncan Hunter+corruption'....warning to Hunter supporters - grab your Kleenex first.)
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