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2006-10-06 Fifth Column

Indictments in Air America $ Stolen From Poor Kids

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Posted by Frank G 2006-10-06 09:41|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 NYPost Update:

October 6, 2006 -- Managers of the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in The Bronx looted the charity and used $1.2 million in taxpayer money for luxury cars, home renovations and start-up cash for lefty radio network Air America, a two-year investigation has found.

The bombshell probe by the city Department of Investigation was made public yesterday as two of Gloria Wise's top former officials took a no-jail plea deal - admitting in Bronx Supreme Court they stole as much as $150,000 from programs meant for kids, the elderly and the disabled.

In all, investigators found that six former Gloria Wise officials took $290,000 to pay for their personal expenses - on top of excessively generous salaries.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-10-06 10:05|| 2006-10-06 10:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Is Patrick Fitzgerald going to prosecute this case? Or is he too busy making up charges about a crime that was never committed?

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-10-06 11:22|| 2006-10-06 11:22|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not Fitz' fault, sometimes I wonder if he was set up by the IL Combine to take him down.

He's a good, decent, fair man who was going after the big guns (Daley, Blogo) in IL.

Now he has this on his resume.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-10-06 11:49|| 2006-10-06 11:49|| Front Page Top

#4 No jail time. Slaps on the wrist all around.

Posted by DoDo 2006-10-06 12:43|| 2006-10-06 12:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Prison time for these bufoons.

Posted by newc">newc 2006-10-06 13:52|| 2006-10-06 13:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Forgive me for being redundant but for any new RB readers, here is one of the equations that one must know in order to make sense of the modern world: DEMOCRAT=CRIMINAL. The Democrats are lying, sleazy bastards who are very well aware they couldn't possibly win an election by running on their actual, left-wing, America-hating agenda. Knowing that, they do everything they can to camouflage what they really believe and use any means available to tear down the opposition and gain power for themselves. Ironically, since they are the party who installed and continues to perpetuate racial quotas and set-asides, one of their favorite smear tactics is hurling spurious charges of racism and bigotry.

Posted by mac 2006-10-06 17:59|| 2006-10-06 17:59|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm not willing to go that far, mac -- some Rantburgers are still registered members of the Democratic Party, and some of them are still fighting a valiant rear-guard action. But the Air America people have gone beyond Democrat to Liberal, and when people noticed what that was a code word for, they retitled themselves as Progressive. And with regard to Progressives, every word of your invective unfortunately holds true.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-06 19:04|| 2006-10-06 19:04|| Front Page Top

#8 TW, I know you're still a registered Democrat and I respect your reasons for being so. You, Zell Miller, and Joe Lieberman all seem to be hoping that the inmates can be made to disgorge control of the asylum. I'm afraid I don't have your optimism. The heavy, repeated and continuing attacks on this country's best interests have quite simply placed Democrats beyond the bounds of loyal opposition.

I have a question that you might be able to shed some light on. It has appeared to me in the last decade that the continuing Jewish support for Democrats is woefully misplaced. The Republicans are far more ideologically supportive of meritocracy and a foreign policy that strongly favors Israel. Is there any movement toward shifting that support to the Republicans?

Posted by mac 2006-10-06 19:26|| 2006-10-06 19:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Actually, mac, I've always been an Independent, although Mr. Wife and I registered each for one of the parties so that we could have input in the Ohio primaries... but I kept forgetting which party I'm registered to, and in the meantime they made the primaries open.

But in this post-9/11 world the only thing that matters to me is winning this existential war, a war the Democratic Party refuses to take seriously. I therefore feel forced to vote straight Republican ticket until further notice.

As far as American Jews and party affiliation, yes, there has been significant movement to the Republican party, particularly amongst the Orthodox Jews (most traditionally religious) and the young people. In 2004 this was a matter of great concern amongst the historical leadership, and the reason John Kerry made a point about his newly discovered Czech-Jewish ancestory. (I was invited to a thingy where his brother spoke at the time, and overheard interesting bits of conversation as I circulated afterward.)

I hope that helps.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-06 19:43|| 2006-10-06 19:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Yes, that's certainly promising news. Thanks for the information.

Posted by mac 2006-10-06 20:10|| 2006-10-06 20:10|| Front Page Top

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