Sweeney is Famous


By DIA, Section News
Posted on Fri Jul 14, 2006 at 06:21:35 AM EST

More people talking about Big John's Winter Getaway
A review of the itinerary for the Rep. John Sweeney's weekend at the Olympic training center in Lake Placid indicates that the trip had absolutely no purpose other than pure recreation. Activities included curling, a hockey shoot, skating, snow boarding and skiing. The schedule also includes a break from all that recreation, providing for "free time," "retail therapy," and "a toboggan ride." Nary a meeting is mentioned on the schedule.
Of course, Big John and all his lobbyists friends were just "inspecting" the facilities. On your dime.

Update [2006-7-14 6:27:20 by DIA]: Come on, its just ethics.

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Benefit of a few (none / 0) (#1)
by A Muse on Fri Jul 14, 2006 at 09:58:28 AM EST
Gustavus Myers wrote "...logical outcome of a system based upon factors the inevitable results of which is the utter despoilment of the many for the benefit of a few."  Myers 1909  

How things stay the same as they change.

Rules and Laws don't apply... (none / 0) (#2)
by Andrew C White on Fri Jul 14, 2006 at 10:41:25 AM EST
to John Sweeney and his brand of Republicans.

Typical of the Bush/Cheney/DeLay/Sweeney mindset. Rules, laws, ethics are for other people.

I thought Melanie Stone of CREW made a very interesting and valid point on their web site when she said:

Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, stated "we have the anomaly where Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) will likely be found in violation of the travel rules for taking a golf trip to Scotland with former lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff, but Rep. Sweeney and his colleagues can pretend to be Olympians for a weekend, without fear of repercussion."

Bob Ney is going down and may well end up in jail. But Sweeney gets to enjoy the same sort of free vacation for himself, his family, his staffers, and his bestest lobbyist buddies, only in his case on the public's dime... Our dime... and it isn't against the rules?

There is something seriously wrong here.
Full Disclosure: I am Chair of the Darius Shahinfar for Congress Campaign Committee in NY-21.

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