Propaganda Pre$$ Monitor: Patriots' Kraft Passes Checks to Patrick

Friday, November 13, 2009

Patriots' Kraft Passes Checks to Patrick

He caught 'em, too! Odd, seeing as he has fumbled so many things around here.

"As state officials pushed plans last month to spend $9 million in federal stimulus money for a walking bridge near Patriot Place, the sprawling Foxborough complex owned by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Kraft and his wife contributed $12,000 to the political accounts of Governor Deval Patrick, Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray, and the state Democratic Party"

It's called a QUID PRO QUO, readers!!!!

Related: Slow Saturday Special: Patrick Pimps Football Footpath For Patriots

"It was not the first time that Kraft made political contributions to Patrick and the Democratic Party as he was winning help from the state"

Aren't you HAPPY how you TAX DOLLARS are being used, America?!!

"Krafts recently gave to Patrick; Amid footbridge plans, donations to governor, party" by Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | November 13, 2009

As state officials pushed plans last month to spend $9 million in federal stimulus money for a walking bridge near Patriot Place, the sprawling Foxborough complex owned by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Kraft and his wife contributed $12,000 to the political accounts of Governor Deval Patrick, Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray, and the state Democratic Party.

Yeah, WHAT could YOUR TOWN do with $9 million dollars, huh?

They were the maximum donations allowed and represented more than a third of what the Krafts have given to state political candidates or committees since 2004. It was not the first time that Kraft made political contributions to Patrick and the Democratic Party as he was winning help from the state. Last December, Kraft wrote checks for $5,500 - $5,000 to the party, and $500 to Patrick - just after the administration designated 500 acres near Gillette Stadium as a growth district, making it eligible for fast-track approvals and infrastructure funding....

I'm SO FRIKKIN ANGRY right now I'm ready to burst!!!!!!!!!!

State officials, who defend the plan as a worthy effort at economic development, bypassed other projects across the state to build the footbridge, which would connect parking lots on either side of Route 1, near the stadium.

Well, WHEN YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS!!!!

The plan sparked outrage among some legislators and taxpayers, who argued that the state should not be giving scarce public dollars to businesses or individuals who do not need the money. Kraft is tied for number 468 on Forbes Magazine’s list of the world’s billionaires....

Oh, he is a BILLIONAIRE, huh?

Yeah, HE NEEDS the TAX LOOT more than SOME HOMELESS or SOME UNEMPLOYED or SOME WHATEVER!!!!

Greg Bialecki, the state’s secretary of housing and economic development, said he was unaware that Kraft had made thousands of dollars in political donations around the time state officials were asking for funding for the footbridge.

Don't you love it? So the GOVERNMENT is either LYING or INCOMPETENT, but they are DEFINITELY CORRUPT!!

So KRAFT gets whatever he wants here, huh?

But he defended the plan.

And YOU GUYS WONDER why we are FURIOUS?!!!!!!

With the governor’s backing, he said, he has been working for two years helping to advance Kraft’s plan to create a huge office park, up to 1.5 million square feet of office or research space, across the street from the stadium. The location is one of only a few spots in Massachusetts large enough to lure a major corporation, he said.

Yup, WORKING for KRAFT, the state government is!

Even though the proposed office park has no tenants yet, the footbridge project should proceed, Bialecki said.

A FOOTBRIDGE to NOWHERE!!!!!

Companies are reluctant to make major investments before infrastructure is in place, he said.

Yeah, YOU have to PAY for the CORPORATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, Bay-Staters, while YOUR POT-HOLED ROADS CRUMBLE!!!!!

The footbridge would provide employees access to restaurants, shops, and other amenities across Route 1. State officials have made a policy decision to use tax dollars to pay only for public infrastructure improvements that make it more attractive for businesses to locate here. Other states pay much more, Bialecki said, even for private buildings themselves.

The guy is a BILLIONAIRE!!!!!

“We don’t do that,’’ he said. “But one of the things we feel strongly is that to compete, we ought to publicly pay for the infrastructure that goes with the buildings.’’

Stop it with the GIBBERISH, will you, state liar?!!!!!!!

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