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Nevada governor faces string of scandals
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| Contributor | DFWDem |
| Last Edited | DFWDem Apr 13, 2007 03:11pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Friday, April 13, 2007 09:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LAS VEGAS - Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt, it has become customary to take stock of a politician's first 100 days in office. Here's what Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons' 100 days include: Four scandals or more. One criminal investigation. One $10,000 dress. And a possible $137 million budget shortfall.
No charges have been brought against the Republican governor. But the tumult has made the dawn of his administration a dreary one.
"He has very little political currency to work with" in dealing with Legislature, where the Republicans control the Senate and the Democrats the Assembly, said GOP operative Steve Wark.
In what may be the most serious threat yet, the FBI has opened a corruption investigation into the former five-term congressman's relationship with a defense contractor. A former partner at the company has alleged that Gibbons received money, travel, poker chips and other favors to help it win government contracts.
Also, recent disclosures that Gibbons' wife, a former state assemblywoman and wedding chapel owner, was a paid consultant for another defense contractor have raised more questions about her husband's time on the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees. |
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