Posted on 06/15/2009 8:31:35 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
President Obama swept to office on the promise of a new kind of politics, but then how do you explain last week's dismissal of federal Inspector General Gerald Walpin for the crime of trying to protect taxpayer dollars? This is a case that smells of political favoritism and Chicago rules.
A George W. Bush appointee, Mr. Walpin has since 2007 been the inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that oversees such subsidized volunteer programs as AmeriCorps. In April 2008 the Corporation asked Mr. Walpin to investigate reports of irregularities at St. HOPE, a California nonprofit run by former NBA star and Obama supporter Kevin Johnson. St. HOPE had received an $850,000 AmeriCorps grant, which was supposed to go for three purposes: tutoring for Sacramento-area students; the redevelopment of several buildings; and theater and art programs.
Mr. Walpin's investigators discovered that the money had been used instead to pad staff salaries, meddle politically in a school-board election, and have AmeriCorps members perform personal services for Mr. Johnson, including washing his car.
At the end of May, Mr. Walpin's office recommended that Mr. Johnson, an assistant and St. HOPE itself be "suspended" from receiving federal funds. The Corporation's official charged with suspensions agreed, and in September the suspension letters went out. Mr. Walpin's office also sent a civil and/or criminal referral to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California.
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Transparent my @$$.
Ping.
Inspector ‘s general cannot be fired with out 30 days notice to congress and cause.
Obama sponsored this law as a senator and broke it as president.
He broke the law and must be impeached.
Where are all the cries in the senate for a grand jury investigation? Where are all the vicious articles in the NYT?
They sure can cry when Valarie Shame, the outed by her husband ex spy is outed again, but nothing but silence over Obama firing an Inspector general for doing his job and uncovering Obama padding his pals pockets.
Meanwhile Gumby-spined Republicans are still searching for their BB-sized balls, somewhere on Grandma’s Back 40....
FINALLY this story shows up in the MSM.
Now if only the republican party would get its sorry act together, and capitalise on this. Its about time they stopped behaving like ostriches with their heads in the sand!
He needs to be grilled on what he means by it, firing an auditor who does his job!?!
White House version:
White guy tries to steal car-wash money from NBA player.
This whistle-blower coverup is just the beginning. The corruption that will follow in the wake of trillions of dollars of “stimulus” money will make the Katrina fiasco of corruption, fraud, and waste look like somebody took too many pennies out of the local mini-mart “take-a-penny” cup.
And the Obama mob will do whatever it takes to cover it up.
Bend over, taxpayers, and have a tub of vaseline handy. Here comes Obama...
Incompetent and corrupt is a bad combination.
Pray for America
LOL. Kevin Johnson will probably dunk on Walpin like he did to Olajuwon.
PUBLIC LAW 110-409 [H.R. 928]
OCT. 14, 2008
INSPECTOR GENERAL REFORM ACT OF 2008
http://www.ignet.gov/pande/leg/pl110-409.htm
[*3] SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF INSPECTORS GENERAL.
(a) Establishments.—Section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting “If an Inspector General is removed from office or is transferred to another position or location within an establishment, the President shall communicate in writing the reasons for any such removal or transfer to both Houses of Congress, not later than 30 days before the removal or transfer. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a personnel action otherwise authorized by law, other than transfer or removal.”
Banana republic here we come!
Wow! Kevin Johnson really got his ass handed to him by the Obama watchdogs. He has to take an online bookkeeping class. OMG!!
Wonder if he has to hunt down any shrubbery to go along with it?
Walpin was on Glenn Beck today and said Obama voted for this law and now he broke it. A lawless arrogant thug.
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