Rep. Gary Miller (R-Delay.)
Rep. Gary Miller (R-Delay.) pushed for a provision in last year’s transportation bill that allowed the city of
By doing so, he paved the way for his business partner, Lewis Operating Corp., one of his top campaign contributors, to buy the land from the city and make plans to build Renaissance, a community consisting of 2,500 homes, parks and 80 acres of retail space on the former airport property and adjacent land.
Normally, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has sole authority to close airports.
“This is the first time … an airport has been closed through the legislative process,” said FAA spokesman Hank Price. “We follow Congress’s direction.”
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Top GOP aide admits fraud
In a guilty plea that reverberated in state government, a one-time chief of staff to former Republican House leader Lee Daniels admitted Wednesday that he illegally steered up to $200,000 in state money and resources to help GOP candidates.
Michael Tristano, 58, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud and agreed to cooperate with federal authorities in exchange for a recommended sentence of between 12 and 20 months in prison.
As part of that agreement, Tristano has cooperated with a federal investigation of Daniels, a source close to the probe said.
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The plea agreement did not discuss the nature of Tristano's cooperation. In the plea agreement, Tristano admitted he joined with "others known and unknown" in the scheme from January 1998 to December 2001. Prosecutors also noted in the plea agreement that in his capacities as chief of staff and campaign director, Tristano "reported to and took direction from" Daniels. The agreement did not elaborate.
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