Shirlington Limousine and Transportation, Inc.

The Shirlington Limousine and Transportation, Inc. is the "firm allegedly used by defense contractor Brent Wilkes to provide prostitutes to ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham." [1]

NewsMax reported April 29, 2006, that

Shirlington Limousine and Transportation Inc., a "financially troubled limousine service that got government contracts - is under investigation and its chief executive Christopher D. Baker, suspected of having worked with Brent R. Wilkes to provide hookers for Cunningham, who is now in prison serving a term of eight years, four months after he pleaded guilty last November to taking $2.4 million in homes, yachts and other bribes.

"Before starting Shirlington Limousine, as reported in the [Washington] Post, Baker was convicted on several misdemeanor charges, including drug possession and attempted petty larceny, as well as two felony charges for attempted robbery and car theft, according to D.C. Superior Court records.

"Shirlington Limousine had a history of financial difficulties finally resolved when it was awarded a pair of contracts in April of 2004 and again last October by the Department of Homeland Security. The contracts totaled $25 million.

"According to the Washington Area Community Investment Fund (WACIF), "Shirlington Limousine was a thriving small business at the Reagan Washington National Airport until the airport was closed following the September 11, 2001, terrorists attacks. Chris Baker, CEO, said the business struggled to survive until in 2003 he learned about the September 11th Small Business Assistance Fund being managed by the WACIF."

"Since receiving assistance from WACIF, Shirlington Limousine has received a federal contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In April of 2005, he was one of more than 20 small businesses that received the agency’s Small Business Achievement Award during the agency’s first small business awards ceremony." [2]

"Shirlington provided 12 minibuses five days a week to drive homeland security employees among downtown offices, and 10 drivers to ferry department executives around the region in department-owned sedans." [3]

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About

Shirlington Limousine and Transportation, Inc. is a minority-owned, Veteran-owned federal contractor operating in Washington, District of Columbia. [4]

Personnel

• Christopher D. Baker, president

Contact Details

Contact Person: Lucretia A. Pearce
6532 Birchleigh Way
Alexandria, Virginia 22315
Telephone: 703 418-2700
Fax: 703 418-2703

Physical Address:
425 8th Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20004-22

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 6773
Arlington, Virginia 22206-0773

• Source: Fedvendor.com.

Related SourceWatch Resources

• Congressional Bribery and a DC Sex Scandal
• Randy "Duke" Cunningham
• Brent R. Wilkes

External links

• Ken Silverstein, "Red Lights on Capitol Hill," Washington Babylon/Harper's Magazine, April 27, 2006.
• Jo Becker and Charles R. Babcock, "Prostitution Alleged In Cunningham Case. Investigators Focus on Limo Company," Washington Post, April 29, 2006.
• "Prostitution Alleged In Cunningham Case," NewsMax, April 29, 2006.
• John Files, "Prostitution Allegations Surface in a Congressional Bribery Case," New York Times, April 30, 2006.
• Ken Silverstein, "Follow-up: Red Lights on Capitol Hill. More details on Shirlington Limousine," Harper's, May 1, 2006.
• Justin Rood, "Hookergate: What About the Limo Service?" TPM Muckraker, May 2, 2006.
• Justin Rood, "Odd Links to Wilkes Surface in Shirlington's Records"; "Shirlington Limo: Dispatch from the Hunt"; "Shirlington Limo HQ: I've Been Kicked Outta Nicer Places"; "Shirlington Limo Had Gov License Revoked"; and "Harpers: Limo Company Had More Govt Contracts," TPM Muckraker, May 3, 2006.
• Justin Rood, "Companies Say Shirlington Limo Was A Loner In D.C. Limo World," TPM Muckraker, May 4, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "Limo Outfit's Owner Lawyers Up - and Up - and Up," TPM Muckraker, May 5, 2006.
• Justin Rood, "DHS Defends Award for Scandal Limo Company; Contract Was 'Completely Up-and-Up'," TPM Muckraker, May 5, 2006.
• "The Small World of Limos and Earmarks," Project on Government Oversight, May 5, 2006.
• Charles R. Babcock and Jo Becker, "Limousine Firm Denies Allegations. Cunningham Was Not Provided With Prostitutes, Official Says," Washington Post, May 6, 2006.
• Paul von Zielbauer and David Johnston, "More Questions Surface in the Wake of a Congressman's Bribery Case," New York Times, May 7, 2006.
• Justin Rood, "Did Scandal Limo Mislead Govt to Win DHS Contract?" TPM Muckraker, May 12, 2006.