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truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 06:21 PM Nov 2013

Sen Di Feinstein's Crooked Post Office Deals -

This one San Francisco Bay Area reporter, Peter Byrne, has done so much ground- breaking works on the behind the scenes back room deals of Senator Diane Feinstein.

Post Office officials have allowed a scandalous situation to go down, in which Diane Feinstein has helped secure for her husband, Richard Blum, and his firm CBRE, the sole authority and power to handle any and all Real Estate Deals, involving the Post Office buildings. So of the 85 billions worth of buildings (estimated worth,) only Richard Blum and his associates will handle any deals.

Details of the contracts expose that not only does CBRE handle the deals on the part of the seller, that is, The USPS, but the Blum-pire can also serve as the business handler of the buyers end of things as well. This traditionally has been frowned on by the RE industry, and is considered to be "conflict of interest."
Already Byrne has uncovered the sale of some 235 millions of dollars of USPS Buildings at a loss of close to or over 50 millions of dollars.

Byrne was not able to examine the bidding situation, which resulted in Richard Blum securing the overall authority over the sales and management of all USPS Buildings, as those documents were deemed to be "necessary to be kept secret due to National Security."

Entire interview is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_958408169&feature=iv&src_vid=4HXfxaqH2Us&v=OiecZLeSZ5U



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Sen Di Feinstein's Crooked Post Office Deals - (Original Post) truedelphi Nov 2013 OP
Thanks for getting this on the Greatest Page. And I hope people truedelphi Nov 2013 #1

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
1. Thanks for getting this on the Greatest Page. And I hope people
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 05:10 PM
Nov 2013

Realize that although reporter Peter Byrne has taken on the task of letting the public understand who our own Californian-grown Dragon Lady is, he is not partisan about the matter of corruption.

He fully understands that the Republicans are not different in terms of corruption.

Anyway, again, thanks.

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