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BluegrassReport.org

The blog, which further covers ongoing intra-party operations, political issues and scandals, was started in June 2005 by Democratic consultant Mark Nickolas, former campaign manager for both Speaker of the Kentucky House Jody Richards and U.S. House Rep. Ben Chandler's 2003 gubernatorial campaign.

Étienne Léandri

Léandri was involved in various political scandals, such as the Sofremi affair, for which Pasqua has been indicted, and the affair concerning the moving of the headquarters of the GEC-Alsthom Transport firms (for which Pasqua has also been indicted).

Tunagate

Tunagate was a 1985 Canadian political scandal involving large quantities of possibly tainted tuna that were sold to the public under order of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, John Fraser.

Westminster cemeteries scandal

The Westminster cemeteries scandal was a British political scandal which began in January 1987 when Westminster City Council (WCC) sold three cemeteries, three lodges, one flat, a crematorium and over 12 acres of prime development land in London for a total of 85 pence.


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Arana–Southern Treaty

The Times had also printed an allegation that Ouseley had a personal financial interest in the blockade, causing a political scandal.

Blue chip

Blue chip hacking scandal, a political scandal involving the use of corrupt private investigators by British 'blue chip' companies

Bruno Vespa

In the same year, Vespa found himself at the centre of a political scandal after a telephone conversation he had with Salvatore Sottile, spokesperson for politician Gianfranco Fini, concerning an upcoming episode of Porta a Porta.

Glen Milliner

Along with former Tasmanian Labor minister John White, Milliner was a director of the Tasmanian Compliance Corporation, the since-shuttered company at the centre of the political scandal that led to the resignation of Tasmanian deputy premier Bryan Green.

John B. Timberlake

John B. Timberlake (1777–1828) was a protagonist in the American political scandal known as the Petticoat affair.

Norman Baker

Kelly's discussion with BBC Today programme journalist Andrew Gilligan about the British government's dossier on weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq inadvertently caused a major political scandal.

Orange Grove affair

The Orange Grove affair was a political scandal in Australia concerning the dealings of the New South Wales state Australian Labor Party government with multinational corporation The Westfield Group.

Pio Albergo Trivulzio

In 1992, the Trivulzio received much media attention as a consequence of the Tangentopoli political scandal, as its president Mario Chiesa was the first politician to be arrested in the Mani Pulite trial.

Stolen Holiday

Stolen Holiday is a 1937 film loosely based on the Stavisky Affair, a French political scandal.

Valerie Wilson

Valerie Elise Plame Wilson, usually known as Valerie Plame, CIA operative at the center of a criminal investigation and political scandal

William M. Malone

Still in power in 1930, Finn was also the early political mentor of Arthur Samish, later the notorious liquor lobbyist whose enormous influence in the California Legislature of the 1940s led to a national political scandal.