GOP Rep. Hobson (R-OH) Earmarked Millions For Projects Near His Own Properties»

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GOP Rep. Hobson Earmarked Millions For Projects Near His Own Properties»


Since 2001, Rep. David Hobson (R-OH) “has directed millions of taxpayer dollars to two Ohio projects near real estate he owned,” according to an investigation by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, Hobson has secured roughly $32 million for the two projects:

Since buying into the building in 2001, records show, Hobson has used his position in Congress to obtain more than $30 million in federal transportation money to build the freight transfer station, part of a conversion involving the old Rickenbacker Air Force Base outside Columbus.

In a separate project, Hobson obtained nearly $2 million from Congress to widen a road in Beavercreek, near Dayton, in front of a condominium development in which he was an investor, the review of records shows.

Hobson says “he didn’t personally benefit from either project” and that the Plain Dealer is “trying to find something evil somewhere.” But other companies who own land near the Rickenbacker Air Force base say “there has been a real boom” since Hobson secured the federal funds:

Hobson’s building is directly across Alum Creek Drive from a bustling construction site where Indianapolis-based Duke Realty is building a 936,000-square-foot bulk freight distribution center. Duke Realty Senior Vice President Jim Clark says the value of properties near the airport quadrupled over the past decade. He attributes much of the rise to anticipated demand from the airport’s new freight transfer station.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/02/hobson-earmarks/

[opihimoimoi]

1. Typ of them greedy rats in the Ole West Movies....getting rich because of the RR coming

[MiniMe]

2. Oh, did I make money because of that road? I didn't realize

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