Tag: "AmeriCorps"

Is that a Second Shoe I See Dropping?

| July 19, 2009 | Comments (3)

The Inspectors General scandal has now become a little more interesting. Gerald Walpin, the AmeriCorps inspector general who was summarily fired in June amid controversy over his investigation of a politically-connected supporter of President Obama, has filed suit alleging that the firing was “unlawful,” “politically driven,” “procedurally defective” and “a transparent and clumsily-conducted effort to [...]

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From Little ACORNs…

| June 18, 2009 | Comments (6)

Yesterday I asked if we were watching another Watergate growing right before our eyes. This morning, I woke to find the little scandal had risen like bread dough during the night (via memeorandum). Like a certain cowardly Great Dane might say, “Rut Roh, Robama!” Firing one Inspector General under suspicious circumstances is one thing, but [...]

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