From the ArcaMax Publishing, Politics Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/politics/s-348852-488887
GLENDALE, Ariz. (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., helped
guarantee funds for an action that helped a developer whose top
employees donated money to his campaign, records show.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee included $14.3 million
in a defense bill five years ago to purchase property near Arizona's
Luke Air Force Base in a deal pursued by SunCor Development, USA Today
reported Friday.
SunCor workers, irritated with state regulation that limited building
near Luke, held talks with McCain's employees to ask for federal
funds, said John Ogden, SunCor's then president.
USA Today said the Air Force gave SunCor $3 million for 122 acres of
land around Luke, the most expensive purchase of the private
properties by federal officials.
Public records indicate SunCor contributed an additional 122 acres.
Alan Bunnell, a spokesman for Pinnacle West Capital, SunCor's parent
company, said the additional contribution was intended to lessen the
company's tax expenses and increase the worth of nearby land.