JohnE.
Ace of Spades HQ
9/26/2011
Earlier in the week, the Los Angeles Times reported that yet another Obama fundraiser was involved with the federal loan guarantee program that backed Solyndra.
Steve Spinner, who helped monitor the Energy Department’s issuance of $25 billion in government-backed loans to renewable energy projects, was one of Obama’s top fundraisers in 2008 and is raising money for the president’s 2012 reelection campaign.Spinner did not have any role in the selection of applicants for the loan program and, in fact, was recused from the decision to grant a $535-million loan guarantee to Solyndra Inc. because his wife’s law firm represented the company, administration officials said Friday.
So, who is she and what is the name of the law firm?
Well, her name is Allison Spinner and she is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She also personally contributed $2,300 to Barack Obama in 2007…
…In a completely unrelated story, the audit is in on how much money the law firms raked in handling the Solyndra loan…
Read the complete article at Ace of Spades HQ
Update: Solyndra Bankruptcy Documents List CA Democratic Party as a Creditor Weird that a political party would be a creditor to a green jobs boondoggle…
Solyndra All Explained: ‘The Lost Solyndra Grant Proposal,’ Video by misfitpolitics
Update 2: Another video primer about the Solyndra scandal–Solyndra: A Green-gate Video
Also, Solyndra’s lobbying not disclosed by DOE under stimulus rules
