> The US has entered into a contract with a
> real estate firm to sell 56 buildings that
> currently house U.S. Post Offices. The
> government has decided it no longer needs these
> buildings, many of which are located on prime
> land in towns and cities across the country.

> The sale of these properties will fetch
> billions of dollars and a handsome 6%
> commission to the company handling the sales.
> That company belongs to a man named Richard Blum. Who is Richard Blum you ask?

> Why the husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D - CA),
> that's who. What a bunch of crooks we have running this country!

> Senator Feinstein and her husband, Richard
> Blum, stand to make a fortune. His firm, C.R.
> I., is the sole real estate company offering
> these properties for sale. Of course, C.R.I.
> will be making a 6% commission on the sale of
> each and every one of these postal properties.

> All of these properties that are being sold
> are fully paid for. They were purchased with
> U.S. taxpayers’ dollars, and they are owned
> free and clear by the U.S.P.S. The only cost to
> keep them is the cost to actually keep the
> doors open and the heat and lights on. The
> United States Postal Service doesn't even have
> to pay property taxes on these subject
> properties. Would you sell your house just
> because you couldn't afford to pay the electric bill?

>Well, the Post Office is.

> How does a powerful U.S. Senator from San
> Francisco manage to get away with such a sweet deal?

> A powerful United States Senator's husband
> is standing by, all ready to make millions from
> a U.S. taxpayer funded enterprise.

> No one in the mainstream media is even
> raising an eyebrow over his 6% commission on
> the sale of hundreds of millions of dollar's worth of quasi-public assets.
 http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/blum.asp