from a previous post at
THINKPROGRESS.org
Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
House Resources Chairman
POMBO PASSED A BILL HELPING ABRAMOFF CLIENT, RECEIVED MONEY IN RETURN: In 2004, Pombo ushered a bill through his committee helping the Mashpee Wampanoag Indians tribe — an Abramoff client — gain federal recognition and special benefits, which was approved in Sept. 2004. “Members of the tribe, the Mashpee Wampanoag Indians, have donated at least $20,000 to Pombo’s political group since he was named Committee on Resources Chairman on Jan. 8, 2003. Tribe members gave an additional $12,000 to his re-election campaign earlier this year. The first Mashpee donation - $12,000 from six members of the tribe to Pombo’s leadership political action committee, Rich PAC - came Sept. 29, 2003. That same day, Abramoff gave $5,000 to the fund. Abramoff also gave $2,000 to Pombo’s re-election campaign days after he was named resources committee chairman.” [Lodi News Sentinel, 12/5/05]
If you think those circumstances sound awfully familiar ... check these out -- same game; slightly different players:
It warrants mentioning,
Mrs. Marian Ilitch the owner of
MotorCity Casino and one of her original founding partners
Michael J. Malik, Sr. have been
bankrolling the efforts to bring about Federal Recognition of the Shinnecock Indians in New York and a subsquent Indian casino resort for the tribe on
Long Island; and another former MotorCity Casino founder
Herb Strather is behind similar plans for the Mashpee with the objective of opening a Mashpee Indian Casino on
Cape Cod. Malik and Strather were
forced to sell their original ownership interests when it became apparent that the Michigan Gaming Control Board would disqualify them from licensing.
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