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Monday, March 31, 2008

HUD Chief Quits After Giving His Friends Lucrative Contracts

Another one jumps off the sinking ship:
The Bush administration's top housing official, under criminal investigation and intense pressure from Democratic critics, announced Monday he is quitting.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson said his resignation will take effect on April 18. The move comes at a shaky time for the economy and the Bush administration, as the housing industry's crisis has imperiled the nation's credit markets and led to a major economic slowdown.

Jackson, 62, has been fending off allegations of cronyism and favoritism involving HUD contractors for the past two years. The FBI has been examining the ties between Jackson and a friend who was paid $392,000 by Jackson's department as a construction manager in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

5 Comments:

At 3/31/2008 10:01 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

don't worry, the ship will sink soon enough.

 
At 3/31/2008 7:56 PM, Blogger JACK BOO said...

Typical white pers...

Um, never mind.

 
At 3/31/2008 8:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

jail time? or family time?

 
At 3/31/2008 8:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

jail time? or family time?

 
At 3/31/2008 8:19 PM, Blogger JACK BOO said...

Sounds almost Rezconian.

 

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