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Tag: Reckless Waste Of Taxpayer Money

Jenny, Your Swamp Is Big Like Pelosi's

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Tue Oct 04, 2011 at 07:23:04 AM EST
Tags: Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Democratic Party, Reckless Waste Of Taxpayer Money (all tags)

The corruption of the Left never fails to amaze me.

Auditor General Thomas McTavish criticized the $340,000 contract awarded by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority because the state did not call for bids, the hourly rate was 45 percent higher than normal, money was paid upfront and documentation was lacking to show the work was finished.
Christopher LaGrand, acting deputy director for housing development, confirmed the 2008 contract was awarded to Teresa Bingman, who served as Granholm's cabinet secretary before leaving to become a consultant.
"It's pretty alarming," said state Rep. Tom McMillin, R-Rochester Hills, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight, Reform and Ethics.
"I'd like to know is this is just the tip of the iceberg."

Me too good Rep., me too.

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My, What A Big Swamp You Have

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Fri Sep 30, 2011 at 01:03:31 PM EST
Tags: Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Democratic Party, Reckless Waste Of Taxpayer Money (all tags)

The peeling of the Governor Granholm taxpayer funded onion continues.

A state agency did a poor job of tracking community revitalization grants and on dozens of occasions paid cities twice to demolish the same home, according to an audit released Friday.
The report by Auditor General Thomas McTavish also said the Michigan State Housing Development Authority "did not follow sound business practices" in awarding personal service contracts, including a $340,000 no-bid contract to a consultant.
Further, the report - which covered a period from July 2006 through June 2009 -- questioned whether the agency has authority to spend money on programs not related to affordable housing and said it should seek an attorney general's opinion on that question.
The housing development agency said in its written response it agrees with six of the report's 13 recommendations, partly agrees with four and disagrees with three.
The audit looked at $6.6 million demolition grants awarded under the Cities of Promise program to reduce blight in Detroit, Benton Harbor, Flint, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Muskegon Heights, Pontiac and Saginaw.

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