Cunningscam is on the run

As Macromayhem points out, Duke Cunningscam decided to be a no-show at the July 4th event in Encinitas at which he was scheduled to speak. According to his people, "Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham is not interested in becoming a distraction from family and community events celebrating the Fourth of July... It is clear from all the advanced publicity that any Fourth of July celebration he is scheduled to attend will become a media frenzy."

Is that because he knew he'd have to answer questions about his sweetheart real estate deal with defense contractor Mitchell Wade? Or is it because of the new allegations raised that he sold his private boat for a $400,000 gain to a businessman, Thomas Kontogiannis, convicted of bid-fixing who was looking for someone to hook him up with a Presidential pardon? How does a New York businessman go about getting connected with a North County San Diego local representative? Does Cunningscam advertise his services? And what about the fact that he got his home loans through a mortgage company owned by relatives of this same businessman? And that the businessman himself paid off one of the mortgages? And why did this savvy businessman pay $600,000 for a boat that wasn't even seaworthy?

But the most telling line of the article is this: "(Members of Congress are are not required to list or provide details on their personal residences or personal property.)" Is it perhaps that Cunningscam was using all these transfers of private property, houses, boats, all these purchases for a bit too high and all these sales for a bit too low, as a way to hide a Congressional bribe?