Daily Kos: The OTHER Scandal Hastert Doesn't Want Voters Talking About

by georgia10
Sat Oct 07, 2006 at 04:22:11 PM PDT

There are two things Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert doesn't want voters to discuss before the election. One is how Republicans handled Mark Foley's behavior. The other is Prairie Parkway.

Prairie Parkway refers to the highway to be built along the I-88 and I-80 corridor in Plano, Illinois (Hastert's district). There was immense local opposition to the project, with citizens arguing that the proposed highway would contribute to sprawl and destroy valuable farmland.

Think Progress has an excellent timeline on the matter. In short, when members of Congress made their financial disclosures earlier this year, Speaker Hastert reported a whopping $1.5 million profit on a land deal (reports of the actual profit vary between $1.8 million to $2 million).