AP: Agency extends limo company's contract (DHS)

[Eugene]

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 · Last updated 2:46 p.m. PT

Agency extends limo company's contract

By ERICA WERNER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON -- A limousine company caught up in a congressional bribery
scandal is having its Homeland Security contract extended, several months
after angry Capitol Hill hearings into why the contract was awarded in the
first place.

The Homeland Security Department notified Shirlington Limousine in recent
weeks that it intended to exercise an option to extend its contract for
transporting department employees around the Washington area, department
spokesman Russ Knocke said.

The $21 million contract went into effect Oct. 27, 2005, with annual options
for five years.

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Shirlington, of Arlington, Va., is part of a federal investigation into whether
a defense contractor provided disgraced former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham
of California with prostitutes and limos. Cunningham is serving jail time for taking
bribes from defense contractors. Shirlington's president, Christopher Baker, has
appeared before a grand jury in San Diego as part of the ongoing investigation.

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Full article: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152AP_Congressman_Bribery.html

[Ian David]

1. THEY REALLY DON'T FUCKING CARE ANYMORE! N/T

[aquart]

2. Well, sure.

Were you expecting them to walk?

[MADem]

3. Well, hell, they know too much to let them wander off and start talking

So long as their palms are greased with GOP Government cash, they know nuthin'!! At least nuthin' beyond who besides those hookers rode in those limos, and where they may have gone and what they may have done!

[KoKo]

4. Hey! Hey! Hey! Push that pedal to the metal and GO FOR BROKE/CrashCart!

How else could one explain this except that one always needs to know with Repugs...go the opposite of where they are "Doing Good" to see how they are "Undermining Good." SHEESH!