This Reno-Gazette Journal article covers “corporate booty” provided to the Nevada delegation. So far, the Nevada delegation has been wined and dined with free food and cocktails at an opening night reception hosted by Palo Alto-based Varian Medical Systems. While wooing first-time delegates, company officials also had access to some Nevada elected officials in the […]
Month: August 2008
Obstruction of Justice
Here’s an update on Rep. Thomas Wright, a former member of the North Carolina legislature. Wright, 53, is already serving time in a Pamlico County prison after being convicted four months ago on charges he mishandled charity contributions and fraudulently obtained a $150,000 loan in part by getting a state official to write a bogus […]
Convention Skyboxes
The Dallas Morning News covers corporate convention donations.