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Editor: Rod Sullivan
Profession: Maritime Attorney

Category: Cruise Ship Injuries and Accidents

One has to wonder. Ney waived the 5 year statute of limitations against him, but the waiver expires in late April, 2006. Everyone has known from the start that Ney openly helped Adam Kidan buy SunCruz. He went on the floor of the House on October 26, 2000 and said that Kidan had:

... a renowned reputation for honesty and integrity. ... [He] is most well known for his successful enterprise, Dial-a-Mattress, but he is also well known as a solid individual and a respected member of his community. ... I believe that every individual who visits a gaming vessel in Florida, should know that they are gaming in an establishment that represents the community well, and gives every individual a fair shot. I hope that all casinos owners and operators share in this philosophy. I look forward to the positive changes Mr. Kidan is more than capable of brining to the gaming industry and I hope that others will follow his lead when he brings positive changes to SunCruz.

Well, that didn't turn out to be so. Kidan and Abramoff, his partner, pled guilty to bank fraud charges in January. Now, people are wondering when the next shoe will drop. It may be in April.

Tony Rudy, DeLay's former Chief of Staff who recently pled guilty to keep his wife, Lisa (Liberty Consulting) from being prosecuted, flew on SunCruz's jet (Why did SunCruz need a jet? It didn't. It was vanity, it was influence, it was putting on the dog.) across the country on some type of junket, and then Rudy signed as a reference on Abramoff's $60 million loan.

It is all very complicated, but whenever gambling is involved, people get caught up in the excitement of it all and lose their heads.

It's too bad that mathematicians and accountants never become reporters though, because the real scandal behind all this hasn't even been whispered yet. I'll whisper it---do the math. Do all the math and it will all become abundantly clear.

Keep your eyes open in late April though.