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Westar paid $25,000 for [Rep] DeLay meeting
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jul 09, 2005 01:14am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Kansas City Star |
| News Date | Saturday, July 9, 2005 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Posted on Thu, Jul. 07, 2005
AUSTIN — Topeka-based Westar Energy said it donated $25,000 to a political action committee so that it could attend a golf outing with U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in 2002 to try to influence pending energy legislation, court documents show.
The admission from Westar, the largest electric utility company in Kansas, marks the first time a company has admitted to donating to DeLay’s Texans for a Republican Majority committee in exchange for a meeting and possible legislative help.
In court documents obtained by The Dallas Morning News, Westar officials said after they made the donation, two company executives attended a June 2002 golf outing with DeLay and two top aides at The Homestead resort in Hot Springs, Va.
In morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Westar shares were down 17 cents at $23.54. In the last 52 weeks, shares have traded in a range of $19.58 to $24.38.
The deal stemmed from conversations between Drew Maloney, a former DeLay aide who organized the event, and Westar lobbyist Richard Bornemann, according to information from Westar officials and last year’s report from the House Ethics Committee investigating DeLay.
The ethics report said Bornemann asked Maloney about political contributions and Maloney proposed the DeLay golf outing with the check going to Texans for a Republican Majority. |
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