Sweeney's Red Handed Again

Sweeney's way of doing things:

donations = favors (expensive ones that the people of this district can't afford)

a new story up at Room8, go read it right now.

The Cliff-notes version: Robin and William Hubbard have given Sweeney's campaign $4,200 to date.

Now their foundation has earmarks totaling $1,400,000 in the pending HHS appropriations bill.

This isn't the first time Sweeney's been caught red-handed doling out pay to play favors:

• Read Sweeney's comments defending earmarks here.
• Last Month Sweeney introduced legislation that shifts the cost of doing business from corporations to taxpayers for one of his $5,500 PAC donors.
• Sweeney co-sponsored a bill that was opposed by consumers and supported by his business donors