Sunday, April 19, 2015

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husband is about to make $1B off a government real estate deal

Who wouldn’t feel their heart melt over the story of a spunky gal from the left coast who rises from humble roots and winds up helping her husband tuck away a few dollars for retirement? - Jazz Shaw/HotAir
Senator’s husband stands to profit big from government deal - Richard Johnson NY Post PageSix
Ever wonder how lowly paid lawmakers leave office filthy rich?

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing how it’s done.

The US Postal Service plans to sell 56 buildings — so it can lease space more expensively — and the real estate company of the California senator’s husband, Richard Blum, is set to pocket about $1 billion in commissions.


Dianne Feinstein's husband wins near-billion dollar California 'high speed rail' contract - Thomas Lifson/American Thinker
To the surprise of absolutely no one familiar with the ways of Corruptifornia, the one-party state completely in the hands of the Democrats, a consortium whose lead firm is controlled by Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, was awarded a nearly billion-dollar contract for the construction of the first phase of the so-called high-speed rail line to link San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Dirty Business as Usual at California High Speed Rail - Crazifornia