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  • CA: Feds looking at land deal involving (R-CA Congressman) Jerry Lewis

    09/05/2006 9:47:47 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 8 replies · 1,173+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 9/5/06 | Jeremiah Marquez - ap
    REDLANDS Federal investigators probing Rep. Jerry Lewis' ties to lobbyists are looking into a land deal that put nearly 41 pristine acres in the congressman's neighborhood off-limits to developers, The Associated Press has learned. The land was given to the city of Redlands by Jack and Laura Dangermond, who have donated generously to Lewis. The Dangermonds founded and run a company Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. of Redlands that has gotten tens of millions of dollars' worth of contracts through the powerful House Appropriations Committee that Lewis, a Republican, now chairs. One government contract came months after the land donation....
  • CA: More lobby firm clients subpoenaed - Rep. Jerry Lewis-R

    06/03/2006 3:42:37 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 796+ views
    Riverside Press-Enterprise ^ | 6/3/06 | The Press-Enterprise
    The federal grand jury investigating the relationship between Rep. Jerry Lewis and a Washington lobbying firm has subpoenaed records from Riverside County and the Cal State San Bernardino Foundation, in addition to San Bernardino County and the city of Redlands, The Press-Enterprise confirmed Friday. Officials with the University of Redlands, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Redlands-based ESRI declined to say whether their organizations had been served. All are or have been clients of the lobbying firm Copeland, Lowery & Jacquez, which has been linked to former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. The Rancho Santa Fe Republican pleaded guilty last year...