PAC Gives $300K to AL Gov. Riley, After Getting $50 Million State Contract

[L. Coyote]

For a little perspective on Don Siegelman sitting in jail, here what the Rs are up to

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PAC Gives $300K to Riley, After Getting $50 Million State Contract
http://alelections.blogspot.com/2006/01/pac-gives-300k-to-riley-after-getting.html

Eddie Curran at the Mobile Register has a revelatory piece about Bob Riley's re-election fundraising. According to filings with the Sec of State, a PAC called Alabamians for Technology donated $300,000 in December to Riley's re-election campaign.

There doesn't seem to be any speculation that anything illegal took place, but there sure are a lot of unseemly details.

-- The PAC was formed, and largely bankrolled, by executives who benefited from a $50 million state contract.

-- The PAC was formed on Dec 16, 2005 and just three days later gave the $300K to Riley.

-- The PAC had taken $325K which means the $300K given to Riley accounts for over 92% of the PAC's monies.

I don't know if we'll hear any more about this over the coming weeks, but it seems like this could, at the very least, raise questions about Riley's fundraising practices.

[rucky]

1. What a weak kickback!

that's worth a cool million, at least.