Posted on 07/26/2005 9:51:36 PM PDT by FreedomCalls
Air America is being investigated in New York for diverting federal funds--possibly "hundreds of thousands of dollars"--meant for inner-city kids and senior into the station's coffers.
Um, why isn't the New York Times, which has spilled tons of adulatory ink on the liberal radio network, covering this scandal on its front page?
Radio blogger Brian Maloney has the lowdown. Read the whole thing. He sniffed out the story when he spotted this tidbit buried in the NY Daily News about Air America being targeted in a NYC Department of Investigation probe of kids' and seniors' programs being ripped off in the Bronx:
A Bronx congressman yesterday praised the smooth takeover of dozens of programs serving thousands of youngsters and seniors across the borough after the city yanked funding from two sponsoring agencies that have come under a cloud.The nonprofit Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club and its affiliate Pathways for Youth found their city contracts, running into the millions of dollars, abruptly ended last month by the city Department of Investigation...
In its initial announcement, the DOI said it was probing allegations that program officials "approved significant inappropriate transactions and falsified documents that were submitted to various city agencies."
According to published reports, the allegations involve Charles Rosen, the founder of Gloria Wise who has stepped down as executive director, investing city contract funds in Air America Radio, the liberal talk radio network.
Evan Cohen, Air America's former chairman, had served as Gloria Wise's director of development.
A local community paper, The Bronx News, covers the Air America troubles ignored by the national press:
The Bronx News has learned, through informed sources, that the diversion of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in Co-op City to the liberal Air America Radio is at the center of the city’s probe of corruption at the local club.The money, which was reportedly paid to Air America as a loan, was supposed to be paid back with interest, two unidentified informed sources told the News. One source added that Air America officials, led by an official of the Gloria Wise Club, agreed to help the local club by publicizing its activities.
To date, no indictments have been handed down in the New York City Department of Investigation’s ongoing probe of the Gloria Wise Club’s reported transfer of funds to Air America...
Will Air America's self-proclaimed champions of the poor and downtrodden--Franken? Garafolo? Springer?--touch this story with a ten-foot pole? Will Randi Rhodes trot out her gunshot sound effects to blame the messenger? Or will the gabbers continue maintaining their radio silence?
Like they say: Stay tuned...
Reminder bump! Nite Nite. ;-)
* United States Code
o TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
+ PART I - CRIMES
# CHAPTER 31 - EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT
U.S. Code as of: 01/06/03
Section 648. Custodians, generally, misusing public funds
Whoever, being an officer or other person charged by any Act of
Congress with the safe-keeping of the public moneys, loans, uses,
or converts to his own use, or deposits in any bank, including any
branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such terms are defined in
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of the International Banking
Act of 1978), or exchanges for other funds, except as specially
allowed by law, any portion of the public moneys intrusted to him
for safe-keeping, is guilty of embezzlement of the money so loaned,
used, converted, deposited, or exchanged, and shall be fined under
this title or in a sum equal to the amount of money so embezzled,
whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or
both; but if the amount embezzled does not exceed $1,000, he shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.
Nothing will happen to them. They won't even have to pay the money back at all. Rats don't get prosecuted.
That's where WE come in.
I love that....lol
bttt
They don't care what we think.
They care what we do. They fear our power.
Ask Dan Rather.
Hundreds of tons of pure unadulturated socialist radio waves- in which greed, graft and libelous treason grow twisted strong.
Happily--that they don't care, don't matter.
Do a google on this latin phrase: "qui tam"
You'll be glad you did.
it's the end of their world as they know it (and i feel fine)
WOW!!
It would not surprise me to see this story on the front page of the NY Post tomorrow. I will be looking for it.
Oh, for goodness sakes, do you really think that Air America is going to get in trouble with the law? Only Republicans are accountable.
Brian Maloney? Think he was the 'No Baloney' talk host and got dumped by KIRO radio in San Francisco-lite Seattle.
collateral---how about Al Frankens estate--he cares so much about the poor right?
Someone forward this story to Hannity, Rush etal
Bush does it again. He creates this problem for them and is able to keep Rove off the news.
Not to worry. Malkin's weblog is one of the most widely-read weblogs in conservative circles and I think within a day the news of this scandal will be up on other conservative weblogs and the major conservative talk radio shows will be discussing this very issue.
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