Congress Investigates MacDonald's Farm (Bushbot removed fish from endangered list for personal gain)

[Barrett808]

Source: ENS

WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - Two senior House Democrats launched an inquiry today into reports that a Bush political appointee may have improperly removed a California fish from a list of threatened species in order to protect her own financial interests.

Julie MacDonald, who resigned this month as Interior Department deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, was actively involved in removing the Sacramento splittail fish from the federal threatened and endangered species list at the same time that she was profiting from her ownership of a farm that lies within the habitat area of the threatened fish, according to an investigative report published Sunday by the "Contra Costa Times" newspaper.

MacDonald's financial disclosure statement shows that she earns as much as $1 million per year from her ownership of the 80 acre active farm in Dixon, California.

Federal law bars federal employees from participating in decisions on matters in which they have a personal financial interest.

Read more: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2007/2007-05-21-06.asp

[babylonsister]

1. Another rethug crook; why do they all think they'll never get caught? nt

[HereSince1628]

2. 2 Questions...

1) What was she farming that had a yield of $12,500 per acre?

2) Will it grow in Wisconsin?

[youngdem]

5. Boy, I'm hearing that. That dollar yield made my eyes bulge !!

[HereSince1628]

9. I gotta do more research into that farm. I'd be able to afford health

insurance with whatever shes' growing.

[youngdem]

12. Shit, you can buy good farm land here for $3000 an acre.

Who could beat a 400% annual return on initial investment?

What in the hell is she growing?

[unpossibles]

6. crab

stuffed with marijuana?

[Recursion]

13. She was probably growing farm-subsidy checks

If you know they right people you could easily get 12k an acre...

Also I know some horse country that gets that much per acre, but only in really good years.

And, of course, pot.

[kestrel91316]

3. When does SHE get HER Presidential Medal of Freedom?!

[Ilsa]

4. I guess Congress decided something smelled fishy and decided to

investigate. Of course, these rethuglicans think they can get away with breaking the rules.

[shanti]

7. they make NO decisions

without personal profit for themselves!! :grr:

[rodeodance]

8. glad to see the Dems are onto this.

[3waygeek]

10. C'mon, DU songwriters...

there's gotta be something you can do with this.

[UpInArms]

11. I am so tired of this stupid song - this is what ... verse number 755,542

since the crapweasel took over the White House?