https://freerepublic.com/tag/margaretdavis/ en-us Mon, 4 Jun 2012 13:53:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2891308/posts ‘Thousands of dollars” in state grants awarded to bolster health care in minority communities instead went to pay campaign workers for former state Sen. Rickey Hendon and Democratic candidates Hendon supported, a Chicago nurse has told investigators. The nurse, Tonja Cook, 44, detailed her allegations in four interviews with state and federal authorities between October 2010 and May 2011, records show. In June 2011, federal prosecutors in Springfield charged Cook and another Chicago nurse, Margaret A. Davis, with siphoning $500,000 from state grant funds for Davis’ “personal use.” Hendon, 58, a West Side Democrat who unexpectedly retired from the Senate... Chicago Sun Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2891308/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jun 2012 13:53:40 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2781777/posts The indictment of a Chicago nurse accused of diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds for her personal use has turned a spotlight on an Illinois state agency that awarded her money while it was headed by one of President Barack Obama’s closest friends, Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, records show. Under Whitaker, the Illinois Department of Public Health awarded Margaret A. Davis — the former program director of the Chicago Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association — a no-bid contract and seven AIDS- and cancer-related grants that became part of her $500,000 cash-siphoning scheme, prosecutors say. According... Chicago Sun Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2781777/posts#comment Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:58:28 GMT