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![]() Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross — a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate — sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly’s Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 — an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy’s building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly’s Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy’s assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that’s not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly’s Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. |
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![]() "jps" wrote in message ... Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross - a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate - sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly's Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 - an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy's building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly's Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy's assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that's not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly's Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. So what's new about the climate of corruption among Democrats and Republicans? The Blue Dog label doesn't make him more or less corrupt. -- The tea party that counts is November 2, 2010. |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:49:13 -0400, "Patriot"
wrote: "jps" wrote in message .. . Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross - a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate - sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly's Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 - an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy's building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly's Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy's assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that's not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly's Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. So what's new about the climate of corruption among Democrats and Republicans? The Blue Dog label doesn't make him more or less corrupt. Nothing's new. It's just good to put a face to a name and know where his bread is buttered. Maybe next election cycle enough people will understand his motivations and vote him out of office. The Blue Dog label makes him a more likely skank who's driven by the wrong kind of money. The kind that screws the population at large. |
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On Sep 22, 1:32 pm, jps wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:49:13 -0400, "Patriot" wrote: "jps" wrote in message .. . Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross - a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate - sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly's Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 - an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy's building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly's Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy's assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that's not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly's Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. So what's new about the climate of corruption among Democrats and Republicans? The Blue Dog label doesn't make him more or less corrupt. Nothing's new. It's just good to put a face to a name and know where his bread is buttered. Maybe next election cycle enough people will understand his motivations and vote him out of office. The Blue Dog label makes him a more likely skank who's driven by the wrong kind of money. The kind that screws the population at large.- and who they gonna vote for? the right wing crook? |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:08:53 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote: On Sep 22, 1:32 pm, jps wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:49:13 -0400, "Patriot" wrote: "jps" wrote in message .. . Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross - a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate - sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly's Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 - an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy's building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly's Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy's assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that's not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly's Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. So what's new about the climate of corruption among Democrats and Republicans? The Blue Dog label doesn't make him more or less corrupt. Nothing's new. It's just good to put a face to a name and know where his bread is buttered. Maybe next election cycle enough people will understand his motivations and vote him out of office. The Blue Dog label makes him a more likely skank who's driven by the wrong kind of money. The kind that screws the population at large.- and who they gonna vote for? the right wing crook? Hopefully another Democrat in the primary, if they have one. |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:35:41 -0700, jps wrote:
Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross — a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate — sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly’s Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 — an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy’s building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly’s Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy’s assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that’s not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly’s Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. It's OK. Rangal doesn't pay taxes either. -- John H |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:42:42 -0400, JohnH
wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:35:41 -0700, jps wrote: Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross — a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate — sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly’s Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 — an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy’s building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly’s Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy’s assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that’s not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly’s Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. It's OK. Rangal doesn't pay taxes either. Feel free to point out a skank on your side. |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:55:14 -0700, jps wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:42:42 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:35:41 -0700, jps wrote: Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross — a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate — sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly’s Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 — an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy’s building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly’s Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy’s assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that’s not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly’s Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. It's OK. Rangal doesn't pay taxes either. Feel free to point out a skank on your side. Arlen. Oh, wait, he switched. But, he's still a skank, along with Olympia. -- John H |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:24:14 -0400, JohnH
wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:55:14 -0700, jps wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:42:42 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:35:41 -0700, jps wrote: Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross — a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate — sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly’s Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 — an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy’s building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly’s Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy’s assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that’s not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly’s Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. It's OK. Rangal doesn't pay taxes either. Feel free to point out a skank on your side. Arlen. Oh, wait, he switched. But, he's still a skank, along with Olympia. Olympia Snowe is a skank? In whose pocket is she? The trouble here is that you're so partisan that you're unwilling to give up anyone. Keep those boots a goosesteppin' right into obscurity. Just like Bush, can't recall doin' a dang thing wrong. |
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:48:07 -0700, jps wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:24:14 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:55:14 -0700, jps wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:42:42 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:35:41 -0700, jps wrote: Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross — a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate — sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth. The buyer: an Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with a keen interest in how the debate plays out. Ross sold Holly’s Health Mart in Prescott, Ark., to USA Drug for $420,000 — an eye-popping price for real estate in a tiny train and lumber town about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock. "You can buy half the town for $420,000," said Adam Guthrie, chairman of the county Board of Equalization and the only licensed real estate appraiser in Prescott. I'm usually about the last one on board of "pay to play" stories, but this one really makes Ross look like absolute crap. And there's mo But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid for the pharmacy’s building and land was just the beginning of what Ross and his wife, Holly, made from the sale of Holly’s Health Mart. USA Drug owner Stephen L. LaFrance Sr. also paid the Rosses $500,000 to $1 million for the pharmacy’s assets and paid Holly Ross an additional $100,000 to $250,000 for signing a noncompete agreement. Those numbers, which Mike Ross listed on the financial disclosure reports he files as a member of Congress, bring the total value of the transaction to between $1 million and $1.67 million. And that’s not counting the $2,300 campaign contribution Ross received from LaFrance two weeks after the sale closed. Holly Ross remains the pharmacist at Holly’s Health Mart under USA Drug. Neither she nor her husband agreed to speak with ProPublica for this story. It's OK. Rangal doesn't pay taxes either. Feel free to point out a skank on your side. Arlen. Oh, wait, he switched. But, he's still a skank, along with Olympia. Olympia Snowe is a skank? In whose pocket is she? The trouble here is that you're so partisan that you're unwilling to give up anyone. Keep those boots a goosesteppin' right into obscurity. Just like Bush, can't recall doin' a dang thing wrong. Bush was caving to anything the libs wanted. He was approaching skankdom at flank speed. I'm not partisan. I'm independent. It's just that 'bama is really screwing up, along with Pelosi and Reid, and a few others. -- John H |
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