Ken Calvert News.
California Republican Kenneth Stanton Calvert News
Congress.gov biography:
"CALVERT, Ken, a Representative from California;
born in Corona, Riverside County, Calif., June 8, 1953; graduated from
Corona High School, Corona, Calif., 1971; A.A., Chaffey College, Rancho
Cucamonga, Calif., 1973; B.A., San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif.,
1975; restaurant manager; business owner; staff for United States Representative
Victor Veysey of California; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the
Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982; chair, Riverside County, Calif., Republican
Party, 1984-1988; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and
to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present)."
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Kenneth
Stanton "Ken" Calvert
KEN CALVERT News:
20070703
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Ken
Calvert
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 Real
Estate -  Money
-  Politics
-  History
-  California
- "Grand
jury finds Jurupa agency violated laws." ... "The
Jurupa Community Services District violated state law when it sold 4 acres
of public land to [California Republican Representative] Rep. Ken Calvert
and his investment partners without first offering it to other public agencies
-- including the local park district that wanted it, the Riverside County
[California] grand jury concluded in a report released Tuesday." ... "The
grand jury recommends that the water and sewer agency turn over the $1.2
million it pocketed from the sale, minus costs, to the Jurupa Area Recreation
and Park District." ... "The 4 acres were deeded to the Jurupa Community
Services District in 1976 in lieu of annexation fees. Historical documents
and news reports at the time indicate the land was to be used for recreation
purposes." ... "The park district had expressed an interest in buying the
land for park use in 2001." ... "Instead, the community services district
quietly sold the land to Calvert, R-Corona, and his partners in 2005 without
the required notification to other public agencies and without publicly
marketing the land." -By Sandra Stokley
-PE.com
20061030
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Ken
Calvert
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 Gay
-  Government
- Transportation
- Real
Estate - Money
-  Law
- California
- "Running
for Their Lives." ... "Ken Calvert, a Republican
representative from California, was caught in a car with a prostitute during
his first term but, after putting out campaign literature implying that
his Democratic opponent was gay, held on to his seat. Last year Calvert
and a business partner bought a four-acre parcel of land in Riverside County
for $550,000; after securing federal funds for the expansion of a nearby
freeway interchange, along with federal money to support commercial development
in the area, they sold the property for nearly $1 million. But Democrats
say they are not running a serious challenger against Calvert, because
the seat leans strongly Republican." -By Juliet Eilperin
-TheAtlantic.com
20060622
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Lawmakers
- Government
- Transportation
- Money
- Dennis
Hastert - Real
Estate -
 Illinois
- California
- "Lawmakers'
Profits Are Scrutinized: Hastert and Others Defend
Land Gains." ... "House Speaker [Illinois Republican] J. Dennis Hastert
(R-Ill.) made a $2 million profit last year on the sale of land 5 1/2 miles
from a highway project that he helped to finance with targeted federal
funds." ... "A Republican House member from California, meanwhile, received
nearly double what he paid for a four-acre parcel near an Air Force base
after securing $8 million for a planned freeway interchange 16 miles away.
And another California GOP congressman obtained funding in last year's
highway bill for street improvements near a planned residential and commercial
development that he co-owns." ... "In all three cases, Hastert and Reps.
Ken Calvert [California Republican] and Gary Miller [California Republican]
say that they were securing funds their home districts wanted badly, and
that in no way did the earmarks have any impact on the land values of their
investments. But for watchdog groups, the cases have opened a fresh avenue
for investigation and a new wrinkle in the ongoing controversy over earmarks
-- home-district projects funded through narrowly written legislative language."
(1, 2)
-By Jonathan Weisman -WashingtonPost
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