Or at least that’s what Harry Reid said back in 1992, when he penned a letter to the Illinois Gaming Board on behalf of Paul and Sue Lowden. According to the letter — posted by a website called Your Politics News – Reid said he found the Lowdens to be “great assets to the state” and “honest in all their dealings with me.”
The letter refers to a 1977 incident in which the state Gaming Control Board had recommended against the sale of the Hacienda hotel-casino to Paul Lowden, citing fears that “third parties” could have an “undisclosed interest” in the property. (Translated: There may have been some mobsters involved in the deal.) But Reid — then chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission — disputed the results of the Gaming Control Board’s investigation, and the commission voted unanimously to approve the sale nevertheless.
Later, the incident became an issue when the Lowdens sought to be involved in an Illinois casino deal. Given that they were big supporters of Reid, why wouldn’t the senator vouch for them? And vouch he did.
“In the years that have followed, I have come to know Paul Lowden personally,” Reid wrote to Illinois gaming regulators. “I have also become acquainted with his wife, Sue. I have found them to be great assets to the state, and I have found them to be honest in all their dealings with me. I highly recommend Paul Lowden and his company.”
Hmmmm. Wonder if Reid’s changed his mind since then?
Here’s the full letter, for your reading pleasure:
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I sincerely think Harry was most truthful in his assessment of Sue Lowden for a gaming license in Illinois. I also think that Harry thought the best of Federal Court Judge Brian Sandoval when Harry nominated him for the position. In fact I would think that Harry Reid support made them golden.
How unfortunate that each has turned into a golden a** hole. Neither of them would be where they are politically without Harry Reid, the thankless bastards.