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The provision he cites, found on pages 240 through 248 of the manager’s amendment, requires that six different agencies each establish an “Office of Minority Health.” The agencies are the “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resour
In October, Jagels told the Bakersfield Californian that after 26 years in office, he won't be running for reelection in 2010. Good riddance to him. You'd be hard pressed to find a law enforcement official who embodies the worst excesses of America's
Phil Mendelson sent a letter to D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier requesting a detailed account of the costs associated with the mayor's security detail, and whether the mayor ever reimbursed the city for the use of the detail for non-official business
His plea makes Cramer one of the highest-ranking ICE officials to admit to or be convicted of corruption and it raises questions about the ability of Mexican drug cartels to reach the upper echelons of U.S. law enforcement.
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MN), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, gave a $14,000 pay raise to a female staffer in 2008, at the time he was becoming romantically involved with her, and later that year took her on a taxpayer-funded trip to Sou
A South Carolina House panel voted Wednesday not to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford for abandoning his duties and abuse of power, all but closing the door on lawmakers removing Sanford from office. The seven-member panel, instead, voted unanimously to c
DETROIT, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Two leaders of a Detroit homeless shelter will plead guilty to charges they diverted taxpayer funds to political causes, The Detroit Free Press said Tuesday.
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Mark Twain on Disraeli from Chapters from My Autobiography
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana, a spokesman said.
The world's pettiest sheriff continues to show us the facade that passes for law and order in Maricopa County
A former top climate scientist for NASA is in the news. Mark Schoeberl was found guilty of steering lucrative contracts to his wife Barbara’s company.
As struggling communities around the country wait for more help from the $787 billion stimulus package, one region is already basking in its largess: the government-contractor nexus that is metropolitan Washington. [surprise]
Free tickets to ball games, spa visits or other treats for California officials' spouses or children should be reported and counted toward annual gift limits, according to the staff at the California Fair Political Practices Commission.
The Idaho Supreme Court ruled former U.S. Rep. George Hansen owes more than $700,000 for defrauding an Idaho couple in an investment scheme Hansen called the "Congressional Accountability Project." The court ruled unanimously against Hansen, 79, a Re
A jury convicted Mayor Sheila Dixon on one count of embezzlement for stealing gift cards that were meant for poor residents, but it acquitted her of three other charges, including the most serious felony theft charge.
As most politically astute government watchers are aware, the states share revenue with the cities. Therefore, it is the business of every Arizona taxpayer to know where and how the city of Phoenix spends its money. Mayor Phil Gordon is the new champ
The Arizona Constitution bans giving subsidies to benefit a private business under the “Gift Clause.” The Equal Protection and Special Laws Clauses of the Arizona Constitution also prohibit subsidy deals to private enterprise with the use of public m
There is no honor among thieves. News of a lien paced on his property brought a quick defense from Schwarzenegger's staff, with a declaration that the governor had paid all his taxes ascribing the glitch to sloppy record-keeping.
It might sound little cliché, but ACORN is the gift of controversy that keeps on giving. This time the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is putting Jerry Brown, California's attorney general and likely gubernatorial candidate, in
The day after Big Government broke the story revealing tens of thousands of documents containing sensitive material had been unceremoniously dumped in a trash bin behind the San Diego ACORN office, Attorney General Jerry Brown appeared on Talk Radio
ABN AMRO, Goldman Sachs and World Online misled investors during the 2000 initial public offering (IPO) of the Dutch Internet provider. The stock plunged after it became known that World Online's chief executive had sold shares far below the IPO pric
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws more than 3 dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money. Sanford's lawyers claim the allegations involve minor and technical aspects of the law.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s campaign fund took tens of thousands of dollars from law firms representing clients his office investigated or accused of wrongdoing, state records show. [That's how fundraising is done.]
In Chicago Illinois, good old Anthony Abbate, the guy who savagely beat up a bartender on camera and got probation for it, is still a cop. Well, at least until the civil review board there makes a descision on whether or not to fire him for his felon
We’re in BIG trouble America. Our Government (not just the Office of the President) has been usurped by those who would do us harm. Wolves in the clothing of Sheep prowl the halls of Washington seeking to maul our Nation. “Our” President tra
In Arizona's 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. There's one problem, though: There is no 15th congressional district in Arizona; the state has only eight districts.
The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project utilizes news media reports of police misconduct to generate statistical information in an effort to approximate how prevalent police misconduct may be in the United States. As part o
Former Representative William J. Jefferson, a New Orleans Democrat whose political career once seemed to hold high promise, was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for using his office to try to enrich himself and his relatives.
A U.S. District judge's lax oversight of more than $30 million tied to the late Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos is ''curious,'' a federal appeals court said. A 3 -judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that a new judge gi
Federal prosecutors are seeking the harshest prison sentence ever handed out to a member of Congress for former Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.), arguing that his “stunning betrayal of public trust” warrants a life sentence for the longtime lawmaker.
