Following up on
yesterday's item about Rep. Doris Matsui's possible role in
the firing of AmeriCorps IG Gerald Walpin,
Jimmie Bise Jr. of Sundries Shack explains:
Here’s why this matters. The prohibition against Johnson was
lifted over (at the time) Inspector General Walpin’s express
objection. Thanks to negotiations between the board that runs the
AmeriCorps program and the US Attorney in Sacramento which
specifically excluded Walpin, Johnson’s punishment was changed so
that Sacramento could get a big truckload of your tax
money.
Remember that Walpin had found that Johnson had misused several
hundred thousand dollars of our money already, so it’s not like
Walpin was being unreasonable. However, someone apparently
thought he was. Less than a month after he dug in his heels, he
got a call from the White House that he had 24 hours to resign or
he’d be fired.
Did Representative Matsui have something to do with that call?
The interview certainly puts her in the picture but we won’t know
for sure until there is a full investigation. Unfortunately, the
Democrats don’t seem to be very interested in looking into the
matter.
Again, remember that it was a blogger, Eric Hogue, who raised this
question about Matsui. And people on Capitol Hill are starting to
pay attention.
