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CA-42, CA-44: Miller and Calvert made some sweet real estate deals

The Washington Post did an investigation into some of the real estate sales made by members of Congress.  The targets in this article are Ken Calvert (R, CA-44), Gary Miller(R, CA-42) and Denny Hastert.  Calvert first:

Last year, Calvert, the California Republican congressman, and a business partner bought a four-acre parcel near the March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, Calif., for $550,000. He then secured $8 million for a planned freeway interchange 16 miles away, an additional $1.5 million to support commercial development around the airfield, and sold the property less than a year later for almost $1 million.(WaPo 6/22)

Wow, that’s a pretty sweet deal.  He makes almost a half of a million buck just for slipping in a few earmarks.  Miller’s story is pretty much the same:

Miller, the other California Republican, helped secure $1.28 million in last year’s highway bill for street improvements near a planned residential and commercial development in Diamond Bar, Calif., that he co-owns with a top campaign contributor.

Ho-hum, Ho-hum, what’s a few million amongst great friends, especially when it’s taxpayer money.  Good Work guys, you are the best taxpayer-fleecing Reps since, well, uh, Duke Cunningham.

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CA-42: More Information on why you should run against Gary Miller

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As I told you earlier Rep. Gary Miller (CA-42) is a proud co-author of HR 4437 which makes all undocumented immigrants felons and demands deportation.  This bill is nothing but a bone tossed in the direction of the Nativists in the Republican party.  But here is what Rep. Miller has to say about the ridiculous bill:

March 27, 2006- Congressman Miller made the following statement today urging congressional passage of HR 4437, a bill he co-authored that enlists military and local law enforcement help in stopping illegal border crossings, requires employers to verify the legal status of their workers and builds 700 miles of fencing along parts of the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border:

“I strongly believe the U.S. government must maintain a tough and unified policy on immigration to effectively curb the influx of illegal aliens entering our nation. The so-called ‘guest-worker’ proposals being considered are nothing more than a mechanism to provide amnesty to millions of illegals living in the United States. ( Gary Miller’s website)

But you would probably figure that Mr. Miller has a district where this kind of harsh rhetoric is A-OK.  Well, let’s look again.  CA-42 is in Southern California!  It has a VERY sizable minority community.  WHile the percentage of immigrants is not clear, try these numbers on for size: 23.8% of his district is Latino, 17.5% is Asian. How do these people feel about his proud position on 4437?  Who knows, but I’m guessing that if somebody stands up to this trash-talk, people will listen.

On the flip I’ve included the detailed 2000 demographic data for the district from Miller’s website.



                                           % Unit             Total           % Dem           % Rep                  Black   %Black    Asian  %Asian  Latino  %Latino

District     County        T Place          of all  Persons     Reg   Dem Reg   Reg   Rep Reg   Reg  % Gore % Bush     Pop    Pop      Pop    Pop      Pop    Pop 


42           Los Angeles   C Diamond Bar     100.0    56287    28264    10383   36.7    11684   41.3   48.7   48.1     2971    5.3    25217   44.8    10393   18.5

                           C La Habra Heigh  100.0     5712     3345      755   22.6     2086   62.4   26.9   68.5       87    1.5     1154   20.2      779   13.6

                           C Whittier         30.1    25151    15929     5654   35.5     8198   51.5   38.4   57.8      295    1.2     1601    6.4     8168   32.5

                           U Rowland Height   85.6    41581    16151     6442   39.9     5664   35.1   52.8   44.3     1232    3.0    22524   54.2    11189   26.9

                           R Remainder         1.6     2742     1177      304   25.8      558   47.4   40.8   57.9       44    1.6     1748   63.7      276   10.1

             Sum                                     131473    64866    23538   36.3    28190   43.5   45.4   51.3     4629    3.5    52244   39.7    30805   23.4


             Orange        C Anaheim          16.9    55395    31190     8199   26.3    17759   56.9   33.5   63.5     1263    2.3     9615   17.4     7369   13.3

                           C Brea            100.0    35410    20257     5911   29.2    11018   54.4   34.6   61.6      561    1.6     3619   10.2     7205   20.3

                           C La Habra        100.0    58974    23873     9017   37.8    10761   45.1   43.3   53.0     1200    2.0     4044    6.9    28922   49.0

                           C Mission Viejo   100.0    93102    56514    14743   26.1    31367   55.5   35.4   61.1     1452    1.6     8604    9.2    11266   12.1

                           C Placentia        19.6     9132     4277     1276   29.8     2254   52.7   38.8   58.1      276    3.0     1489   16.3     1788   19.6

                           C Rancho Santa M  100.0    47214    23864     5767   24.2    13426   56.3   33.9   63.7     1084    2.3     4404    9.3     6139   13.0

                           C Yorba Linda     100.0    58918    35655     8499   23.8    21561   60.5   29.0   67.7      863    1.5     7366   12.5     6044   10.3

                           U Las Flores       19.3     1083      475       90   18.9      290   61.1   32.9   66.8       23    2.1      111   10.2      102    9.4

                           R Remainder        15.9     8284     4705     1260   26.8     2606   55.4   32.9   62.6      126    1.5      333    4.0     1384   16.7

             Sum                                     367512   200810    54762   27.3   111042   55.3   34.6   62.2     6848    1.9    39585   10.8    70219   19.1


             San BernardinoC Chino           100.0    67168    24895    10561   42.4    10289   41.3   48.9   48.2     5575    8.3     3988    5.9    31830   47.4

                           C Chino Hills     100.0    66787    29483    10026   34.0    13942   47.3   43.1   54.2     4077    6.1    16112   24.1    17151   25.7

                           R Remainder         3.2     6148     1773      651   36.7      866   48.8   37.6   59.3      750   12.2      152    2.5     2303   37.5

             Sum                                     140103    56151    21238   37.8    25097   44.7   45.4   51.8    10402    7.4    20252   14.5    51284   36.6

Sum                                                  639088   321827    99538   30.9   164329   51.1   38.5   58.3    21879    3.4   112081   17.5   152308   23.8