Baltimore Sun: Ney shown to have long history of accepting gifts

[PhilipShore]

Baltimore Sun
Ney shown to have long history of accepting gifts
By Noam N. Levey and Walter F. Roche Jr.
January 22, 2006

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.ney22jan22,1,4403757.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

BELLAIRE, Ohio // Rep. Bob Ney was a long way from the cracked brick streets and ragged neighborhoods of his Rust Belt hometown when he teed off on the fabled golf course at St. Andrews, Scotland, in the summer of 2002.

But there was nothing unusual about his cozy ties with the Washington lobbyist who helped arrange his tee time. The Ohio Republican has a history of close relations with lobbyists and special interests that predate golf partner Jack Abramoff.

Years before Ney came to Washington, however, he began accepting honorariums, in the form of personal checks, and travel from lobbyists and business interests when he served in the Ohio legislature in the 1980s and '90s.

So far, Ney is the only member of Congress directly linked to allegations that Abramoff traded such gifts as the golf outing for legislative favors. He is identified as "Representative No. 1" in a Jan. 3 plea agreement between Abramoff and federal prosecutors.

[aquart]

1. Tee hee.

[laylah]

2. Lovin' it!

:popcorn:

[0007]

3. Loving it to death!

1. The Duke - Randy Cunningham

2. The Hammer - Tom DeLay

3. The Nay Sayer - Bob Ney

4. The Scooter - Libby

5. Turd Blossom - Karl Rove

6. The Cat Killer - Bill Frist

junior

[salin]

4. In December there was a local piece (maybe Cinci Enquirer)

where local voters stood behind Ney. Wonder how those same folks are reacting to the onslaught of disclosure after disclosure.

[hang a left]

6. Wonder how much he paid for that article.

What is the going rate now for a puff piece?

[salin]

7. maybe he exchanged

an agreement to say something nice about the paper in the Congressional record.

[hang a left]

8. lol

[Piscis Austrinus]

10. What was Armstrong Williams' per diem?

Or do you think they charge by the (one-syllable) word?

PsA

[f-bush]

5. Nail the sucker!

Nail Ney....could be a campaign slogan!

[roseBudd]

9. Clicked through for site traffic n/t