O'Malley MEDCO Appointee Consulted Corrupt PG Developers
Last week the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland announced
the sentencing of the third and final co-conspirator in its corruption
investigation in Prince George’s County.
Lt. Col. Karl Granzow Jr. of the Prince George’s County Fire Department
(now retired) plead guilty to extortion and income tax evasion.
A federal
judge sentenced Granzow to 18 months in prison and a $10,000 fine for his
part in in a conspiracy to bribe local officials to gain permits and approval
for a development project Greenbelt Metro Park, for which he had a financial
stake.
Granzow’s co-conspirators developers Patrick
Ricker and Daniel
Colton plead guilty last year and await sentencing. Ricker was involved in the larger federal
probe into former Prince
George’s County Executive Jack Johnson, who pleaded guilty to extortion.
Left unreported in the case is the fact that Dana Stebbins,
a member of
the Maryland Economic Development Corporation, appointed by Governor Martin
O’Malley, was a consultant to Ricker and Colton. According to the website
for Stebbins consulting firm, The Cornelius Group, Stebbins “lead efforts to
bring on line Prince Georges County's first Smart Growth/ “Mass Transit
Oriented” development project at a multi-modal transit site located at the
Greenbelt Metro Station.”
Again,
according to the firm’s website The Cornelius Group provides “legislative
advocacy, economic development consulting services, strategic planning,
and community outreach and training services to a broad array of local,
regional, and national clients.” [emphasis mine].
This begs the question what was the nature of the services Stebbins’
firm provided to Ricker and Colton on the Greenbelt project? Worth a look eh Washington Post and Baltimore
Sun…?
Stebbins
is a highly connected Democrat serving in the Carter administration and as
a staffer for Democratic leadership on the House Small Business Committee. Federal and state campaign databases show
Stebbins is a prolific donor to Maryland Democrats.
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