Expose Denny Hastert—Write a Letter to Your Newspaper

Speaker of the House Denny Hastert (R-Ill.) finds himself embroiled in a growing scandal over a land deal -- proving beyond a doubt that the culture of corruption in the Republican leadership reaches to the very top. But how much attention has this gotten in your community?

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If you need some info to help you along, here's the latest on Dirty Denny from the Chicago Tribune:

The complex structure of a real estate transaction in Kendall County last December left House Speaker Dennis Hastert with a seven-figure profit and in prime position to reap further benefits as the exurban region west of Chicago continues its prairie-fire growth boosted by a Hastert-backed federally funded proposed highway.

Instead of cash, Hastert (R-Ill.) took most of his share of the proceeds in land, some of it less than 2 miles from the parcels he and two partners in a land trust sold for nearly $5 million to a developer who plans to build more than 1,500 homes and commercial space on the property near Little Rock and Galena roads in Plano.

Hastert received five-eighths of the proceeds of the sale, which worked out to a profit of more than $1.5 million for him on property that he and his partners accumulated in a little more than three years.

All told, Hastert and his partners in Little Rock Trust No. 225 received property valued at $3.8 million, plus cash, said Dallas Ingemunson, a partner in the trust and Hastert's personal attorney, as well as the Kendall County Republican chairman.

The paper has the full story archived on its site.

Posted by Americans United For Change Web Team