This multimillion dollar construction project performed entirely with illegal alien below wage scale labor served two purposes ~ it cleaned up the weeds, and more importantly BURIED the incomplete ends of the fiber optic lines laid by Global Crossing, McAuliffe's old company (that he ran into the ground and bankrupt).
I am sure Connally didn't have that job done out of the goodness of his heart.
No doubt there are other questionable projects, maybe even bribes, that can be hung on McAuliffe.