Posted on 11/24/2009 5:54:55 PM PST by Kaslin
Oversight: After an unjust firing and campaign of character assassination, the former AmeriCorps inspector general has been cleared of acting improperly. Now where does he go to get his job and reputation back?
On June 10, Gerald Walpin was fired with one hour's notice as the watchdog of AmeriCorps in violation of a federal law requiring Congress to be given a heads-up 30 days in advance. He then fell victim to a campaign of character assassination.
When pressed for a reason for the sudden and improper dismissal of a federal watchdog, the White House responded with a letter to Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins, respectively the chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, from Norm Eisen, special counsel to President Obama.
The letter said Walpin's firing was at the unanimous request of the AmeriCorps board of directors. It described a May 20, 2009, board meeting where the 77-year-old Walpin "was confused, disoriented and unable to answer questions and exhibited behavior that led the board to question his capacity to serve."
Had this occurred in private industry, no doubt the administration's EEOC would have filed an age discrimination suit. Walpin was fully competent and a congressional hearing with Walpin testifying would have shown that. He wasn't guilty of exceeding his authority either. Something else was afoot.
It seems that Walpin did a very bad thing — his job. He followed the money and discovered that part of hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal AmeriCorps funds given to St. Hope Academy in Sacramento, Calif., had been misspent on questionable activities.
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Ranks right up there with ‘Stupidly’.
Liz, thanks for the lists. I would add to the lists the way he treats our soldiers—ie: Navy seals charged for assaulting a terrorist on the most wanted list—(regarding dragging our troops through the streets after being murdered)
Ping to others to see the scandal list summary for both obama and dems.
OK——will add. Good additions.
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