skippy the bush kangaroo

Monday, March 31, 2008

the other black person in bush administration resigns

hud secretary alphonso jackson resigned today. wallstjou:

the exact reasons for mr. jackson's decision couldn't be learned. earlier this month, two democratic senators, patty murray of washington and christopher dodd of connecticut, sent a letter to president bush urging him to request mr. jackson's resignation, arguing that accusations of wrongdoing had made him ineffective…

mr. jackson, a former top housing official in texas, washington, d.c., and missouri, has consistently denied any improper behavior while leading hud. still, his poor relationship with democrats has hurt the white house's efforts to broker deals in response to the housing crisis. for example, democrats have criticized the way he handled public housing after hurricane katrina, an issue that has dogged him ever since.
lou dobbs was quoted as saying "it's too bad that jackson made that cotton-pick...that decision."

addendum: nicole belle at c&l tells us jackson is under criminal investigation:

that list of disgraced ex-bush administration officials keeps getting longer and longer and longer…

housing and urban development secretary alphonso jackson announced monday he was resigning after seven years on the job.

jackson, 62, is under criminal investigation and has been fending off allegations of cronyism and favoritism involving hud contractors for the past two years.


he also was under intense pressure from democrats to resign.

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. jackson said he needs time to attend to personal and family matters.

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posted by skippy at 9:20 AM |

2 Comments:

Skippy, you have it all wrong. He only wants to spend more time with his family. Come on, give the guy a break. The fact that he is under suspicion for breaking the law is irrelevant His family values trump all subpoenas.
commented by Blogger Pat Johnson, 2:27 PM PDT  
A post title that good deserves a comment!

Boy, there's quite the rap sheet for the Bushies, isn't there? I don't think they've beat Reagan's record for the administration itself, but if you add in Delay and all the Abramoff stuff...
commented by Blogger Batocchio, 4:32 PM PDT  

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