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Report shows McNeil-Zachry ties
Greg Jefferson -
Web Posted: 08/21/2010 12:00 CDT
Judging from Sheila McNeil's latest campaign finance report, it turns out there really was no sunlight between herand Zachry Construction Corp., just as many East Siders had come to believe during her four years on the City Council.
But while they're close, they're not cozy these days. There's discord over McNeil's methods as she lined up financing for her long-shot — and losing — campaign against County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson in the Democratic primary.
Filed last month, the report shows $25,000 in contributions from H.B. Zachry Jr. after the March 2 contest. The magnate signed off on two checks to help clean up some of McNeil's campaign debt, which reportedly reached about $60,000 and included a handful of loans.
Her lenders certainly were close at hand.
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