Showing posts with label Gerald Walpin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gerald Walpin. Show all posts

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Ageism by Obama? Or just a Nixonian cover-up?

Gerald Walpin speaks out on Beck.
Beck tests Walpin on senility.
Was Walpin "Disoriented" "Confused"

Link: Walpin

Monday, June 15, 2009

Obama pulls a Nixon


The Washington Post editorial states.........


President Obama has fired a federal investigator who was on the case against a political ally of the president's. Mr. Obama's move has the stench of scandal.
On June 11, Mr. Obama fired Gerald Walpin, inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service. He offered no public reason for doing so other than that he "no longer" had "the fullest confidence" in Mr. Walpin. (I wrote about this a few days ago here)


(It smells like President Nixon and Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox)


The Washington Times goes on to say..........

It is highly unusual and very suspicious when an IG is summarily fired, especially when political entanglements are involved. There will be much more to report in coming days on this White House action, which was heavy-handed and almost certainly unethical.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Illegal "Political" Firing by Obama? Where are the hearings?

Redstate Reports............
Short Version.....“the AmeriCorps IG accuses prominent Obama supporter of misusing AmeriCorps grant money. Prominent Obama supporter has to pay back more than $400,000 of that grant money. Obama fires AmeriCorps IG.”
Take a look at the story here
Longer version.........
The White House is going ahead with firing Walpin. The firing apparently stems from Walpin’s investigation of a non-profit group, St. HOPE Academy, run by Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star who is now mayor of Sacramento, California (and a big Obama supporter). “[Walpin] found that Johnson, a former all-star point guard for the Phoenix Suns, had used AmeriCorps grants to pay volunteers to engage in school-board political activities, run personal errands for Johnson and even wash his car,” the AP reports. In April, the U.S. attorney declined to file any criminal charges in the matter and criticized Walpin’s investigation. But at the same time Johnson and St. HOPE agreed to repay about half of the $850,000 it had received from AmeriCorps.

Bottom line: The AmeriCorps IG accuses prominent Obama supporter of misusing AmeriCorps grant money. Prominent Obama supporter has to pay back more than $400,000 of that grant money. Obama fires AmeriCorps IG.