Fellow blogger, Bellicose Bumpkin commented on William A. McDermott Jr's connection to the Mashpee Wamponoag Tribe.
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From Bellicose Bumpkin --
Cornerstone $126,792
Altoria $101,924
Liberty Square Group $156,565
** For 2008, the amount reported to the Secretary of State is $30,000. What gives?
Quinn & Morris $216,000
Sher & Blackwell $60,020
Sonosky, Chambers $206,512
Hobbs, Straus $208,516
NARF $281,824
Stephen Graham $181,672
Sullivan & McDermott $147,067
Hendricks Enterprises $70,220 Any relation to Shawn?
Weetompain Inc. $377,600 Headed by spokeswoman Gayle Andrews
Grosser & Mulligan $65,347
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A little searching brought up a few comments on casino related campaign contributions that were pretty interesting --
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From BMG --
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McDermott, Quilty & Miller
William McDermott is the lawyer for the Wampanoag Tribe (http://www.bostonher/) Contributions to Tim Flaherty:
08/08/07 Valerie Barsom 21 Custom House Street Boston, MA 02110 $200.00 Attorney Self-Employed (note: McDermott, Quilty & Miller)
08/14/07 William McDermott 21 Custom House Stret Boston, MA 02110 $200.00 Attorney Self-Employed (note: McDermott, Quilty & Miller)
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Quinn & Morris
Quinn & Morris are lobbyists for the casino (Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/lobbyist/LobbyistSearch/PublicSearchDetailResult.asp?ID=000134&Year=2007)(http://www.sec.state/)
Contributions to Tim Flaherty:
Quinn & Morris are lobbyists for the casino (Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/lobbyist/LobbyistSearch/PublicSearchDetailResult.asp?ID=000134&Year=2007)(http://www.sec.state/)
Contributions to Tim Flaherty:
08/23/07 Peter O'Neill 141 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02111 (note: Quinn & Morris) 08/22/07 Christopher Koczela 115 Harvest Lane Bridgewater, MA 02324 $100.00 (note: Quinn & Morris)
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This is a comment from KOS which seems curious since the connection to Abramoff was never denied by the Tribe --
The Mashpee were clients of Jack Abramoff, sort of. His name never appeared as an official lobbyist for them, but two of his protegés at Greenberg Traurig, Kevin Ring and Michael Smith, served in that capacity.
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Abramoff's rumored to have intervened on their behalf "unofficially".
Abramoff's rumored to have intervened on their behalf "unofficially".
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indianz included this comment, but failed to name the 6 tribal members --
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Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe donated $32K to Pombo
Tuesday, December 6, 2005 Members, leaders and lobbyists for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts have donated $32,000 to Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California) ever since he became chairman of the House Resources Committee in January 2003.
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The first Mashpee donation of $12,000 came from six tribal members on September 29, 2003, the San Joaquin News-Service reported. That same day, Jack Abramoff, the tribe's lobbyist, gave $5,000 to Pombo's political action committee. Abramoff also gave $2,000 to Pombo's re-election campaign earlier that year.
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So far this year 2005, tribal members have donated $12,000 Pombo's re-election campaign. Pombo denies the money had anything to do with a bill he introduced to speed up the tribe's federal recognition petition.
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In the McDermott search, the following cropped up --
McDermott, Terence P. 21 Custom House Street, #300 Boston, MA 02110 Attorney McDermott, Quilty & Miller $200.00
McDermott, William P. 21 Custom House Street, Suite #300 Boston, MA 02110 Attorney McDermott, Quilty & Miller $200.00
Miller, Stephen McDermott, Quilty, & Miller Boston, MA 02110 Attorney McDermott, Quilty & Miller $200.00
McDermott, William P. 21 Custom House Street, Suite #300 Boston, MA 02110 Attorney McDermott, Quilty & Miller $200.00
Miller, Stephen McDermott, Quilty, & Miller Boston, MA 02110 Attorney McDermott, Quilty & Miller $200.00
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5/16/2008 McDermott, William c/o McDermott Quilty and Miller, 21 Custom House Street, Suite 300 Boston, MA 02110 Attorney McDermott Quilty and Miller $200.00
5/16/2008 Miller, Stephen c/o McDermott Quilty & Miller, 21 Custom House Street, Suite 300 Boston, MA 02110 Attorney McDermott Quilty & Miller
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This is by no means a thorough search, but it raises concerns about elected officials who have received campaign contributions from gambling interests, the access that is granted and their votes. Does it raise concerns about the impartiality of the Attorney General?
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1 comment:
Who were the other 4 tribe members?
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