State of Liberty Fund -- monies being funneled to Rethugs?

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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/8358226.htm
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Report: Feds Probing Liberty Fund Raising
Associated Press

NEW YORK - A federal investigation is under way to determine how a nonprofit organization spent private donations to reopen the Statue of Liberty and whether bids for work on the renovation adhered to federal guidelines, The New York Times reported Monday.

The inspector general of the U.S. Interior Department also plans to determine why the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation launched a $7 million fund-raising campaign for the reopening when it already had a $30 million endowment, the newspaper reported, citing an unidentified government official.

Among the donors was Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who contributed $100,000 of his multibillion-dollar fortune.
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