Nebraska AG Bruning’s Ethics on Trial
By Joe Jordan
Nebraska Watchdog
Under the heading “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” Don Stenberg and Ben Nelson have found something they agree on: Jon Bruning is out of line—specifically when it comes to what they contend are Bruning’s improper private investments and lavish public spending.
One of the most controversial investments is a $675,000 home near Ashland, Nebraska. According [...]
CA’s Top Law Enforcement Office Illegally Tapes Calls
The two citizen journalists responsible for the very public downfall of ACORN are now facing criminal and civil charges for allegedly illegally videotaping the organization’s prostitution abetting staff. Maryland, along with 11 other states, mandates that conversations can only be recorded with mutual consent among all parties involved. California is another–which makes it all the [...]
Read More →Bad Bookkeeping at ACORN Costs $130,000 in Louisiana
Steve Beatty of the Pelican Institute reports:
New Orleans, LA – Oct. 8, 2009 More than two years before an ersatz pimp and prostitute raised troubling questions about Acorn Housing Corp.’s financial advice, Louisiana officials criticized the organization’s bookkeeping as it denied the group tens of thousands of dollars from a potential $1.5 million state contract.
The [...]
Watchdog Gets Cold Shoulder From Delaware Attorney General Biden
A government watchdog in Delaware has drawn the ire of state Attorney General Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden.
Biden returned stateside from his tour of duty in Iraq this week — he serves in the National Guard — but his homecoming was not all pleasantries. He has been immediately confronted with several [...]
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