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...corporate contributions to federal election campaigns--Lake persuaded three associates at his lobbying firm to make personal contributions of $1,000 to Espy's campaign. Lake did the same. Then he reimbursed everyone, including himself, with funds from a fictitious billing to one of his clients, Sun-Diamond Growers. Lake, who expressed remorse, faces fines and jail time...
...guilty plea from a top Republican political insider and lobbyist. James Lake admitted to taking part in an illegal scheme to funnel money to the failed congressional campaign of the Secretary's brother, Henry Espy. Lake allegedly had been asked to help Espy out by a lobbyist for Sun Diamond Growers of California, a client company of Lake's own lobbying firm. The point of the exercise, presumably, was to curry favor with the Agriculture Secretary...
That's what the Gods of the Holy Diamond must have known when they laid out the new playoff format for the National Pastime...
...really, it still is--the Diamond Deities have made sure of that...
Take me out to the ball game, Take me out to the Diamond View Suites. Buy me some Dijon-marinated jumbo shrimp and Grgich Hills Chardonnay, I don't care 'cause the company will...