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Maxine Waters under scrutiny for bank ties
LA Times ^ | 3/13/2009 | Richard Simon and E. Scott Reckard

Posted on 03/13/2009 1:44:18 AM PDT by markomalley

Rep. Maxine Waters, one of Los Angeles' most enduring liberal politicians, has come under scrutiny because of bailout funds that went to a bank in which her husband had owned stock and served on the board.

Waters was a senior member of the congressional committee dealing with the financial crisis when OneUnited Bank -- one of the nation's largest minority-owned institutions -- received $12 million in bailout funds.

Her husband, Sidney Williams, served on the bank board until early last year and held at least $500,000 in investments in the bank in 2007, the most recent year for which public financial disclosure statements are available.

A month before Congress enacted the bailout program, Waters helped set up a meeting between the chief executive of the bank, representatives of other financial institutions and Treasury officials.

"When a member of the financial services committee calls, you pay special attention," said Jeb Mason, who was a high-ranking Treasury official last fall.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: 111th; bailoutcrisis; bank; corruptdems; cultureofcorruption; democrat; democrats; democratscandals; ethics; funnymoney; greed; madmax; maxinewaters; probe; sidneywilliams; waters; williams
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To: markomalley

>>I have always had a special place in my heart for Sister Maxine since she played such a prominent role in the 1992 LA riots (”No justice, no peace”) /sarc <<

I surely wish Ms Waters bad luck politically...

But without knowing how many banks were at the meeting and whether there was anything odd about her husband’s bank being involved, its hard to know if this indicate any propriety.


121 posted on 03/14/2009 11:50:47 AM PDT by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
********Arnold lost his expense records when his boat went down — and Congress wouldn’t reimburse his expenses.
Damn,...no wonder he got Mad.... ********

That's another way of saying that Benedict had, “Balls.”

122 posted on 03/14/2009 1:35:33 PM PDT by GOPologist (Illigitimi non carborundum.)
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To: markomalley

123 posted on 03/14/2009 4:02:43 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: markomalley
She is a monster.
124 posted on 03/14/2009 5:54:43 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: markomalley

Besides abhorring her lack of integrity....I absolutely HATE her manner and ‘affected speech’.....as if to appear ‘more intelligent’. It ‘speaks VOLUMES’.


125 posted on 03/14/2009 6:56:12 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama dozed.....people froze.)
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To: Doogle

Proof that while beauty is only skin deep... ugly is to the bone.


126 posted on 03/15/2009 4:36:49 AM PDT by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: freedomfiter2

We’re taking them down, one dirtbag at a time.


127 posted on 03/15/2009 4:47:59 AM PDT by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: markomalley

Can your hear it now. “Somebody has to defend those minority banks. You’re all racists.”


128 posted on 03/15/2009 9:14:00 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: markomalley

She should be under scrutiny and than tossed out on her fanny into the nearest jail cell.


129 posted on 03/16/2009 11:25:31 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: freekitty

I heard MS-13 is the leading employer now in her district. Won’t be long before the garbage bags found on the border contain the heads of Crip and Blood gangsters. Even then Maxine will blame rich white Republicans for it.


130 posted on 03/16/2009 6:11:44 PM PDT by pburgh01
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To: pburgh01

Sounds right out of her playbook.


131 posted on 03/16/2009 6:20:21 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: markomalley

Maxine “we do not have a crisis...” Waters at 0:40 seconds

http://blog.beliefnet.com/reformedchicksblabbing/2008/09/maxine-waters-we-do-not-have-a.html


132 posted on 03/16/2009 8:59:46 PM PDT by dervish (The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other peopleÂ’s money. Thatcher)
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