Sen. Barack Obama, who vows to change Washington by trimming wasteful spending and disclosing special-interest requests, wrote the Bush administration last year to seek a multimillion-dollar federal grant for a Chicago housing project that is behind schedule and whose development team includes a longtime political supporter….
As Mr. Obama campaigns for president as an agent of change who promises to clean up Washington’s money game, his role in the Stateway project raises questions about the appearance of a conflict of interest and whether he has been participating in the very system he criticizes, watchdogs say….
But complicating the picture, one of developers for the Stateway Project is a firm headed by Allison S. Davis, one of Mr. Obama’s early mentors and a longtime political supporter. A founding partner at the firm where Mr. Obama practiced law, Mr. Davis and his family have given the senator from Illinois tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions over the years.
By the way, Allison Davis also has very strong ties to our favorite political fundraiser Tony Rezko.
Yeah, way to change the way things are done in Washington… I am sure things will be really different under an Obama Administration…. (and yes, that is sarcasm)
Filed under: Barack Obama Tagged: | Allison Davis, Grant, hud, Obama, payola, rezko
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