The White House announced new guidelines for lobbyist contacts with executive branch officials on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects. Decisions about how Recovery Act dollars are spent will be based on the merits. Let me repeat that: Decisions about how Recovery money will be spent will be based on the merits. They will not […]
Day: March 20, 2009
Anibal Acevedo Vila: INOCENTE
Former Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila of Puerto Rico was found not guilty on all charges against him, according to this AP report. A jury found Puerto Rico’s former governor not guilty Friday on all nine counts of conspiracy, money laundering and lying to the FBI, concluding his monthlong corruption trial. Anibal Acevedo Vila, who could […]
News Bits
Former Ohio Attorney General was fined for improper use of campaign funds, according to this report. In New York, political advisor and fundraiser Henry “Hank” Morris was charged in an alleged kickback scheme involving pension funds. The SEC’s press release is here. The indictment is here.