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pinboy3niner

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5. What investigative journalist Peter Byrne uncovered:
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 01:29 AM
Sep 2013

(From the OP link.)

• CBRE appears to have repeatedly violated its contractual duty to sell postal properties at or above fair market values.

• CBRE has sold valuable postal properties to developers at prices that appear to have been steeply discounted from fair market values, resulting in the loss of tens of millions of dollars in public revenue.

• In a series of apparently non-arm's-length transactions, CBRE negotiated the sale of postal properties all around the country to its own clients and business partners, including to one of its corporate owners, Goldman Sachs Group.

• CBRE has been paid commissions as high as 6 percent by the Postal Service for representing both the seller and the buyer in many of the negotiations, thereby raising serious questions as to whether CBRE was doing its best to obtain the highest price possible for the Postal Service.

• Senator Feinstein has lobbied the Postmaster General on behalf of a redevelopment project in which her husband's company was involved.



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dianne feinstein is a great example of a democrat who has outlasted her original purpose and needs msongs Sep 2013 #1
She's horrid. I've known her since she was an SF Board member then became Mayor. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2
Way back then, when she was Board member, dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #3
She fell into the position of Acting Mayor because the Board of Supervisors had two groups that AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #6
She can't be primaried. Le Taz Hot Sep 2013 #15
yeah, well good luck with that.. frylock Sep 2013 #18
k&r Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #4
What investigative journalist Peter Byrne uncovered: pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #5
Living in the SF Bay Area Mr.Bill Sep 2013 #7
I live in the Bay Area too. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #10
The press in the Bay Area Mr.Bill Sep 2013 #11
...which makes me wonder if they are the recipients/partners in some of the Feinstein/Blum booty. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #13
She jumped the shark when she was mayor KamaAina Sep 2013 #19
I'm not a fan of Feinstein davidpdx Sep 2013 #8
Pretty damning evidence that both she and her husband are corrupt. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #9
Dianne Feinstein is like an colostomy bag -- you really want to go without it, but then... n/t dogknob Sep 2013 #12
She pissed me off when she was supporting the douchbag from Texas Left Coast2020 Sep 2013 #14
Feinstein and her husband made an enormous fortune off those wars too. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #16
I'd rather have her making money off of this than off of the wars like she and her husband hughee99 Sep 2013 #17
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