[muawiyah]

No idea why the writer pointed out that she was the first black administrator ~ unless there's some sort of degree of incompetency that comes with her being black.

In my own opinion she was as incompetent as any of them ~ which is not at all surprising. Frankly, all of them have been pretty bad and should now be sitting in a federal prison.

[MrB]

Two reasons come to mind -

“See!? America’s still racist, driving out the first black EPA administrator like that.”

and, implied,

“She shouldn’t be held to the same competency standard as a white administrator and shouldn’t have to step down.”

[buckalfa]

"In my own opinion she was as incompetent as any of them ~ which is not at all surprising. Frankly, all of them have been pretty bad and should now be sitting in a federal prison."

Excellent summation, however Congress has allowed the EPA to become judge, jury and executioner of our nation's business activity by their failure to excercise oversight under the Congressional Review Act.

[griswold3]

In the fall of 2009, a local elevator, located at least 5 miles from any house, was sited for multiple violations concerning ‘coarse particulate matter’. (Dust from a gravel drive way. Musta been an easy target to ‘use as an example’)

[Eleutheria5]

That’s racism and sexism. White males can be just as incompetent as Lisa Jackson, if not more. Judge her by the content of her character, which contains zero preservatives, MSG, vitamins, minerals, or protein, but is high in sodium, saturated fats (especially in her head) and carbohydrates.