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.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
HUD Chief Quits After Giving His Friends Lucrative Contracts
Another one jumps off the sinking ship:
don't worry, the ship will sink soon enough.
ReplyDeleteTypical white pers...
ReplyDeleteUm, never mind.
jail time? or family time?
ReplyDeletejail time? or family time?
ReplyDeleteSounds almost Rezconian.
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