Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers received over $100,000 from the state of Texas for a small parcel of land valued at $10,000. A three-member committee was appointed by a judge to determine the price of the land. The judge had received $5,000 in campaign contributions from Miers, and one of the appointed committee members was Peggy Lundy, a friend of Miers. The state later reduced the assessed value by $26,000, but Miers has not yet returned that money.

There is no evidence suggesting that Miers sought out the judge or had any involvement in his appointment process, but she also did not report the obvious conflict of interest or question the unusually high price paid to her for the land. By the way, this land was a Superfund pollution cleanup site. Miers was paid $5 per square foot for a wasteland. I can't get that kind of money for my beautifully cared-for land, with grass so green and soft there's no need to wear shoes.

Republicans still write in to my local newspaper and mention the Clinton's whitewater dealings. In that deal the Clinton's were not ripping off the honest tax payer. Miers' actions here are not the kind of behavior I would expect out of a supreme court nominee. Shame on King Bush for appointing his personal lawyer to a position that is so important.
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