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Cronyism taints HUD funding aid across states
An Associated Press review shows how HUD funds in the mid 1980s largely followed connections rather than need. West Virginia flood victims were denied while Nevada benefited from President Reagan ally Paul Laxalt. Debora Gore Dean emerged as a power force in the department, guiding signatures on funding letters.
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Nevada
Paul Laxalt
Reagan
Reno
Senate
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Sena
Tor
Jay Rockefeller
HUD
Congress
Samuel R. Pierce
Laxalt
Pierce
Associated Press
Deborah Gore Dean
Dean
Department
Virginia
Steve Smith
Salvation Army
Alexandria
Paul Trible
R-Va