[$tinkle]

lurita doan sacked

has all the markings of a scandal: bribery, no-bid contracts, favoritism, cronyism, soft bigotry of low expectations, incorrectly giving merit to "diversity", abuse of power

"It is so important, as women, to extend that helping hand to one another" - lurita doan

and this howler:

Doan also demanded that [inspector] Miller notify her of all ongoing criminal probes of GSA employees and provide her with a monthly report of his office's activities. Miller said disclosing the cases could jeopardize investigations, and he disregarded Doan's requests for a leak investigation and monthly reports, according to a Jan. 10 memo obtained by The Post.

Doan said she has been misunderstood and is trying to do the best job she can.

"I bring the sensibility of someone whose favorite song is the national anthem. I love this country," Doan said. "I was one of the chosen ones who has had a chance to really live all aspects of the American dream. I feel so blessed to have this opportunity to give back."

i expect this kind of crap from an african or south american country, but not ours.

 

[Silver]

So, after all the stuff that gone on with no bid contracts and Iraq, the kind of stuff that gets the right wingers up in arms is a $20,000 no bid contract?

Oh, it's a black person involved. Say no more...

 

[Secret Squirrel]

:imwithstupid:

 

[BurlyShirley]

freaking blacks.

 

[ohio]

Oh, it's a black person involved. Say no more...

Correction: black woman.

It's hart to say whether it's the melanin or the vagina that triggered the uproar.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Correction: black woman.

It's hart to say whether it's the melanin or the vagina that triggered the uproar.

Hey, it's black history month, and she's history. Consider it a formal holiday observance.

 

[Silver]

Correction: black woman.

It's hart to say whether it's the melanin or the vagina that triggered the uproar.

Looking closer at the photo, it may be the vagina. She's Halle Berry black, if that...

 

[$tinkle]

So, after all the stuff that gone on with no bid contracts and Iraq, the kind of stuff that gets the right wingers up in arms is a $20,000 no bid contract?

Oh, it's a black person involved. Say no more...

funny you should say that - i didn't realize she was black until i re-read the story [something about growing up in the 9th ward], but will admit to having a "burly-moment" when i saw it was a woman, then further assumed bush would expect some eProps for throwing some woman a bone.

i wasn't tracking clinton as well as i'm tracking bush over his terms, so i really hope the next guy (or gal if N8 's wet dream comes true) has a process for properly vetting people.

something like this, perhaps

 

[DRB]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17790428/

Good 'ole Lurita back in the news.

Wonder if $tinkle and silver will change view points about her...

With GSA Administrator Lurita Alexis Doan and up to 40 regional administrators on hand, J. Scott Jennings, the White House's deputy director of political affairs, gave a PowerPoint presentation on Jan. 26 of polling data about the 2006 elections.

When Jennings concluded his presentation to the GSA political appointees, Doan allegedly asked them how they could "help 'our candidates' in the next elections,"

Why that's bad you may ask?

The committee is investigating whether remarks made during the videoconference violated the Hatch Act, a federal law that restricts executive-branch employees from using their positions for political purposes.

The committee is also expected to question Doan about her attempt to give a no-bid job to a friend and professional associate last summer. In addition, the committee plans to look at Waxman's charge that Doan "intervened" in a troubled technology contract with Sun Microsystems that could cost taxpayers millions more than necessary.

The first part was what the thread was orginially about but the second is new.

And more:

After Jennings and Doan spoke during the videoconference, one regional GSA administrator offered the suggestion that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could be excluded from the opening of an environmentally efficient federal courthouse in San Francisco, which Pelosi represents, according to Waxman's letter. GSA manages the nation's federal courthouses.

The letter cited evidence that Doan then raised questions about "the upcoming opening of a courthouse in Florida," based on statements from participants in the videoconference. Doan noted that President Bill Clinton had suggested he might attend, and she "stated that an effort should be made to get Senator Mel Martinez, the General Chairman of the Republican National Committee, to attend," Waxman said in his letter to Doan.

"It would be an obvious abuse if you suggested to agency officials that the activities of the agency be manipulated to provide political advantages to Republican candidates," Waxman told her in the letter.