Home » Independent Blogs » Obamanation » Sacramento » Currently Reading:

Obama Firing Of Inspector General of AmeriCorps Touches Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson

June 12, 2009 Independent Blogs, Obamanation, Sacramento 1 Comment

mayorjohnsonSacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is mentioned in an AP article about President Obama’s firing of the Inspector General at AmeriCorps.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to fire the inspector general who investigates AmeriCorps and other national service programs amid a controversy between the IG and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is an Obama supporter and former NBA basketball star.

The IG, Gerald Walpin, was criticized by the U.S. attorney in Sacramento for the way he handled an investigation of Johnson and his nonprofit group, St. HOPE Academy, which received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants from the Corporation for National Community Service. The corporation runs the AmeriCorps program.

On Thursday, Obama said in a letter to Congress that he had lost confidence in Walpin. Neither the president nor deputy White House press secretary Josh Earnest would give details.

The president must give Congress 30 days’ notice before removing Walpin, who is being suspended with pay for the 30 days. Earnest said, “The president will appoint a replacement in whom he has full confidence as the corporation carries out its important mission.”

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in a letter to Obama, pointed to a law requiring that Congress be given the reasons an IG is fired. He cited a Senate report saying the requirement is designed to ensure that inspectors general are not removed for political reasons.

Grassley said Walpin had identified millions of dollars in AmeriCorps funds that were wasted or misspent and “it appears he has been doing a good job.” more at the source Houston Chronicle.com

More at MichelleMalkin.com.

SD

Written By SactoDan | Email this author | All posts by SactoDan

Find this post interesting? Subscribe to our RSS Feed and stay up to date!

©2008-2009 National Republicrat. All Rights Reserved.

Currently there is "1 comment" on this Article:

  1. MarkR says:
    June 15, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    Welcome to the “REAL” Imperial presidency. Does anyone even care. We are in deep trouble people.

    Reply

Comment on this Article:







Socialize With Us

   

Recent Video

You think AIG has lavish get togethers? Wait till you hear what Jack Cafferty of CNN reveals about what Congress spent living it up at the Copenhagen Climate Summit.

YouTube Preview Image

Tag Cloud

Categories

Archives

Sponsers

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement

Blogs

CRA Sgt Speaks Out – A View From Ground Zero at the CRA Convention

March 9, 2010

This is some inside baseball – but recent Major news in the California Governor’s Race is that Steve Poizner picked up the CRA Endorsement.
The CRA is the Statewide Conservative Grassroots organization that endorsed Tom McClintock and Bill Simon pre-primary.
I spoke out forcefully in Favor of Steve Poizner before the convention.
I decided to relate what being [...]

And the Conslusion of the Red County VS. Sgt. York Saga

February 21, 2010

Folks – despite their protestations otherwise, I can prove everything.
Meg Whitman tried to hire me. Red County feigns objectivity – yet they took money from Whitman six days before axing me off of their blog.
Campaign activity 101 – and with it goes Red County’s credibility down the drain.
Read it all here

Hypocricy Illustrated – Conservatives for Whitman?

February 12, 2010

We know the “Conservatives” at Meg County were purchased.
We know that this Conservative refused to betray Steve Poizner (and that story will be told soon) – unlike Jim Nielsen, Brian Nestande and John Campbell who all switched their endorsements to join the establishment.
I am a delegate to the State CRP – this means in the [...]

Red County Blog’s Financial Compromise / Credibility Compromise

February 5, 2010

List of Don’t Do’s if you’re a Republican:
1. Talk about morality while nailing a lobbyist (Duvall, et. al.)
2. Talk about protecting the integrity of your blog while getting paid by a campaign (Chip Hanlon / Matt Cunningham)
3. Ask a contributor to your blog to put up a fake post (Hanlon)
4. Delete posts from contributors contrary [...]

Red County Founder Chip Hanlon Revealed to be a Fraud / Democrat Donor

February 2, 2010

Those of you who read blogs regularly remember when Sgt. York was ejected from the Red County Blog for being a (Gasp) Paid Consultant. Not only has Red County been home to a gigantic banner ad for the Whitman for Governor Campaign —-
It also turns out that the self-righteous rantings of Red County founder had [...]

Paid Bloggers? Say it Ain’t So! Brad Goerhing / Leading California Republican Blogs Jammed With Paid Bloggers?

January 7, 2010

Wow – the shock of it all!
A campaign in Northern California got busted for having one of it’s paid consultants (Note- not an independent contractor, someone on their payroll) blog and attack their opponents… the horror!
While self-righteous consultants grandstanded over my ouster from Red County, one of their own admits he’s a paid blogger and [...]

Placer County Republican Party Under Fire by Sacramento Bee… (Breaking) Roger Niello the Choice of Big Labor

December 30, 2009

The Bee is depressed. John Doolittle isn’t around anymore to hate. Tom McClintock is regaining his rock star status in the GOP.
All that’s left is to attack those Right-Wing nutcases in the Placer County Republican Central Committee. Yours truly has a few things to say about that…

Sacramento Bee Rampage Post
Periodically, I will visit the National [...]

Official: U.S. Knew for 2 Years of Plane Attack Suspect’s Terror Ties

December 26, 2009

Hmmm, I have an easy solution.  If they are a known terrorist or have terrorist ties, kill them!  DUH, it’s a no brainer!  Play by the rules they play by or we will never win.  It’s that simple…
From FOXnews.com:
WASHINGTON — An official briefed on the attack on a Detroit airliner says the U.S. has [...]

Go Ahead And Pass It- We will vote you out!

December 19, 2009

Hello Democrats, pass the health care bill no one but congress and the president wants and we will vote you out of office.

If George Bush was an idiot. . . .

December 17, 2009

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If George W. [...]

President's Approval Rating