Associated Press reports:
The Homeland Security Department notified Shirlington Limousine in recent weeks that it intended to exercise an option to extend its contract for transporting department employees around the Washington area, department spokesman Russ Knocke said.The $21 million contract went into effect Oct. 27, 2005, with annual options for five years… .
Shirlington, of Arlington, Va., is part of a federal investigation into whether a defense contractor provided disgraced former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham of California with prostitutes and limos. Cunningham is serving jail time for taking bribes from defense contractors. Shirlington’s president, Christopher Baker, has appeared before a grand jury in San Diego as part of the ongoing investigation.
A House Homeland Security subcommittee held a hearing over the summer on how Shirlington got two Homeland Security contracts, including the one last year, despite a history of problems.
TPMm readers may recall that before he was caught and sent to jail, Duke Cunningham wrote a letter of recommendation to DHS on behalf of Shirlington.
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