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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Another Bush cronism scandal in New Orleans?

First there was this revelation a couple days ago,
Massive flood-control pumps put in place in time to protect New Orleans at the start of the 2006 hurricane season might not have been able to do the job.

Now, come to find out, the CEO of the company that supplied the dodgy pumps, David Eller, just happened to have a joint business with Jeb Bush from 1989-1993. This business, Bush-El was a marketing firm which acted as middleman supplying MWI pumps.

But it doesn't stop there. David Eller is also under investigation by the DOJ for his conduct running MWI during this time period for dubious deals with Nigeria and was shuttling a suitcase and dufflebag of cash out of the country.

(Oh, and the lawyer representing Eller is William R. Scherer Jr, who also just happens to be a Bush "Ranger" and was also an attorney in the 2000 Florida recount. (Led the Broward County recount.))

I'm not saying it's scandal, but it sure smells funny.

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