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Democrat AG Candidate Answers Questions about ‘Bumpergate’
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 12:16 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 20 July 2010 12:16
From Capitol Confidential:
During a debate this morning, Sen. Eric Schneiderman was asked by NY1’s Grace Rauh whether his actions after a campaign staffer hit a parked car and drove away without trying to contact its owner.
“I’ve answered all the questions about this,” Schneiderman, D-Manhattan, said, noting televised interviews with Rauh and a “cross-examination” by YNN’s Liz Benjamin. “It’s been resolved between the parites, and I have to say, I just I came back from Buffalo last night, I’ve been campaigning all around the state since then, Voters talk to me about mortgage fraud, they talk to me about taking on illegal guns, what I’m doing to take on insurance companies. Not one voter has asked me about this and I think, with all due respect, the question has been answered.”
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RI: Democrat State Senator Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:21 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 22 June 2010 01:40
From projo.com:
State Sen. Christopher B. Maselli has been indicted on federal charges that he falsified his bank and federal tax documents to get mortgages and an auto loan worth a total of more than $1.5 million.
The federal case came down Thursday, just a few months after the Johnston Democrat sponsored legislation to let the Senate police itself on ethical issues, rather than have oversight by the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. After Maselli’s indictment on seven counts of bank fraud, Common Cause Rhode Island pushed Friday to have the General Assembly reconvene and pass legislation to let voters decide whether to expand the Ethics Commission’s jurisdiction.
Maselli, a self-employed real estate lawyer, is accused of inflating his annual income dating to 2005, and of submitting phony and altered bank statements and IRS tax returns when applying for mortgages, a home-improvement loan and a loan to buy a 2005 Lexus SUV.
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MI: AG Cox Proposes Ethics Reforms
Last Updated on Thursday, 27 August 2009 12:23 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 27 August 2009 12:23
From the Detroit News:
Public officials across Michigan from the Detroit City Council to the governor’s office would be required to disclose lobbyist-paid gifts and details about their assets, incomes and debt under an ethics reform package proposed by Attorney General Mike Cox.
If the package of bills is passed, Cox said Thursday, the state would join 47 others that have more detailed rules on what public officials must tell constituents about their financial lives. Such disclosure, he said, would allow citizens to know more about potential conflicts between a politician’s life and their voting record.
Under Cox’s plan, many elected officials and some appointed ones would be required, under fear of criminal prosecution, to reveal on what boards they serve, who took them out to golf and dinner, and which bank holds their mortgage. It would also force the disclosure of similar gifts given to spouses and dependents.
“If I’m serving on a corporate board, the voters ought to know about it,” Cox said.
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WA: AG McKenna co-chairs effort to unite state and federal authorities against mortgage scams
Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2009 09:34 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 25 August 2009 09:34
From Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna:
OLYMPIA – Mortgage scammers and others seeking to prey on homeowners had better watch their backs. Attorney General Rob McKenna and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller are co-chairing a new State-Federal Task Force on Mortgage Enforcement which is an unprecedented partnership to target fraudsters.
The Task Force is dedicated to enforcing both fair business practices and civil rights. Additional members include representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Treasury, Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Missouri and Ohio.
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CT: Former State Senator Running for Congress
Last Updated on Friday, 14 August 2009 10:19 Written by rslcpol Friday, 14 August 2009 10:19
From Greenwich-Post:
Former state Sen. Rob Russo of Bridgeport has announced his withdrawal from the race for that city’s Board of Education in order to focus on a congressional run against United States Rep. Jim Himes of Cos Cob (D-4th). A formal announcement of Mr. Russo’s congressional candidacy will come after Labor Day.
“Our country is facing great challenges, but this Congress and Jim Himes keep making the wrong choices,” Mr. Russo, a Republican, said in a statement. “They raise our taxes in a recession. Explode spending. Borrow against our children and grandchildren’s future to bail out the banks and the automobile companies. Now they want the government to take over our health care. I will not sit idly by as Congress and Jim Himes mortgage our future.”
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Texas Poll – Voters Rate Job Approval, Economy, and Who is to Blame
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2009 11:44 Written by rslcpol Friday, 5 June 2009 11:44
From The Texas Credit Union League:
Texas Elected Official Job Approval. The poll tested the overall job approval ratings of various statewide political figures. On the federal level, US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison scored the highest with a 66% to 18% net positive job approval rating.
Senator John Cornyn scored 47% to 22% net positive, and Texas voters give President Barack Obama a 49% to 40% net positive job approval rating.
Statewide, Governor Rick Perry scored a 52% to 40% net positive job approval rating. Lt. Governor David Dewhurst scored a 37% to 18% net positive, followed by Attorney General Greg Abbott at 44% to 11% and State Comptroller Susan Combs at 44% to 9% net positive job approval scores.
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Buy a house and the city will pay your Credit Card Bills!
Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 February 2009 03:15 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 24 February 2009 02:30
This is insane. The number of comments on both the Free Republican website and the Houston Chronicle are off the hook. What’s more, 55% of Americans say government mortgage help encourages bad behavior. From the Free Republic:
Houston taxpayers could start footing the bill to help first-time home buyers pay off debts and improve their credit scores, under a proposal before City Council this week.
The “Credit Score Enhancement Program” will give up to $3,000 in grants to individuals who are trying to qualify for mortgages through the city’s homebuyers assistance program. City officials say some applicants fall short of eligibility by only 10 or 20 points on their credit scores, and paying off some debt balances can quickly improve their numbers.
And we have to wonder what would Rick Santelli have to say on this one? Similar to what he said from Chicago last week?
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NY: AG Cuomo Says Economic Downturn is Good
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2009 10:30 Written by rslcpol Friday, 20 February 2009 08:33
Andrew Cuomo’s latest iteration might be the one that carries him through his campaign for New York Governor. He’s gone from Andrew Cuomo the Governor’s policy guy (that Governor was his dad Mario), to Andrew Cuomo Clinton HUD Secretary (some say he’s the primary cause of the current mortgage crisis), to Andrew Cuomo the flame out candidate for Governor, to Andrew Cuomo the rehabbed Attorney General candidate, and now we have Andrew Cuomo – the reformer. From The Buffalo News:
State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo brought his proposal for reducing local government to Buffalo on Thursday.
Cuomo spoke at the University at Buffalo Law School on the North Campus, where he outlined a plan that would empower citizens to eliminate costly and redundant layers of government.
“I know change is hard,” Cuomo said, “but I don’t know if you have another alternative. I don’t know if [New York] can afford the old structure and remain competitive.”
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NY: AG Cuomo Takes on Corporate Big Bonuses
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 February 2009 01:43 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 11 February 2009 01:39
From the New York Times:
Those payouts, made just as the firm’s merger closed with Bank of America, have caused a stir because they were made earlier than usual. Merrill typically pays out bonuses in January, but executives wanted to pay the bonuses out before the firm became part of Bank of America at the end of the year. Despite earlier rumors that Bank of America was surprised by the bonuses, the bank has recently publicly stated that they were fully aware of the amounts and timing.
Merrill lost money all year long, largely because of its bad mortgage investments.
Mr. Cuomo is investigating the bonus payments as well as other aspects of the merger.
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PA: State Joins Settlement With Countrywide
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:12 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:12
From The Abington Journal:
Pennsylvania has joined a settlement with Countrywide Financial Corp. that makes available as much as $155 million to help keep thousands of state residents in their homes.
Thirty other states have signed agreements with Bank of America Corp., which acquired Countrywide last year and announced in October that it would pay more than $8 billion for interest rate and principal reductions for nearly 400,000 customers nationwide.
The Pennsylvania deal was announced Wednesday by state Attorney General Tom Corbett, whose office spent several months investigating alleged deceptive mortgage practices by Countrywide and its affiliates.
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