Obama, the same old thing

flyupsidedown · Obama, the same old thing

. . . Walpin became the center of some media attention last week for suspending Barack Obama supporter Kevin Johnson, a former NBA star and now mayor of Sacramento, for irregularities in his use of federal money when he ran a charity.

Walpin was asked by the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service to investigate the charity, St. HOPE, which received an $850,000 AmeriCorps grant to tutor Sacramento students, to redevelop buildings and to develop local art and theater programs.

Walpin's investigation found that the money instead was used to sugar the salaries of the charity's staff, to get involved in a local school board election, and to make AmeriCorps volunteers attend to Johnson's personal needs, including washing his car.

Last May, Walpin's office recommended the suspension of Johnson and an assistant at St. HOPE from receiving federal money.

None of this was an issue until November, when Johnson was elected mayor of Sacramento. City-hired attorneys concluded this past spring that Sacramento could be forbidden from receiving federal stimulus funds
because of Johnson's suspension.

Six weeks later, Walpin got a call from a White House lawyer. The order was clear: Resign within the hour, or you will be fired.

Walpin went for the firing . . .

I thought Obama wasn't about business as usual, especially since his so-called stimulus money is coming out of our pockets to fulfill his patronage schemes. Your messiah king not only has no clothes, he stinks too.

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coastie

A word to the wise for inspectors general - watch who you mess with. Don't mess with friends of the administration even if they're doing wrong.