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“The million dollars went to the wrong place.”
6:42 pm, 3/4/08
"The million dollars went to the wrong place."
Rod Blagojevich reaches the pinnacle of his career.
Pilgrim Baptist is best remembered by non-Chicagoans as the church from The Blues Brothers.
Update: Interestingly, the school bought their new space from an FBI informant who was recently convicted of federal fraud and money laundering. Nobody has accidents as deliberately as Rod Blagojevich. He's the King Midas of corruption. (Via ReverseSpin)
Rod Blagojevich reaches the pinnacle of his career.
Gov. Blagojevich's administration sent $1 million to "the wrong place" last year in a move that failed to live up to his promise to help fire-ravaged Pilgrim Baptist Church rise from the ashes, the governor said Monday.Instead, the money was given to a private school that once rented space from Pilgrim Baptist, and planned to use it to prepare classroom space in another building. That space has not been finished out and there's no clear timeline for when that's supposed to happen, but the Blagojevich administration has no plans to ask for the money back.
Blagojevich attributed the $1 million "bureaucratic mix-up" to the work of a couple of ex-staffers and pledged another $1 million -- on top of what was erroneously spent -- to help the Bronzeville architectural gem recover from a devastating 2006 fire.
"I woke up this morning to discover . . . the million dollars went to the wrong place; not to the church community, as it was intended to go. And so we're here to make that right," said Blagojevich, who canceled other plans Monday to confront the embarrassing disclosure.
"This really takes the cake. Of all the dumb things the governor has done, this one has to be way up there," said Rep. Jack Franks (D-Woodstock), who intends to seek hearings on the matter before a House panel he chairs. "The man has to be stopped."The Governor's office "lost" one million dollars of taxpayer dollars. What, did the school accidentally donate to his campaign?
Pilgrim Baptist is best remembered by non-Chicagoans as the church from The Blues Brothers.
Update: Interestingly, the school bought their new space from an FBI informant who was recently convicted of federal fraud and money laundering. Nobody has accidents as deliberately as Rod Blagojevich. He's the King Midas of corruption. (Via ReverseSpin)
at 11:38 AM, 3/5/08
I thought the really interesting thing in the Tribune story (which ran in an inside section, not the front section, let alone the front page) was in the last 2 paragraphs of the story:
"In October 2006, a month before receiving the first money from the grant, the 25-year-old school first registered as a charitable organization . . . .
"... Officials are seeking clarification from the school over its 2006 financial report, which shows no activity. In the four years before that, the school got $775,954 in state human services funds . . . ."
Sounds like the "school" is more of a shell collecting state money than an active school.
I thought the really interesting thing in the Tribune story (which ran in an inside section, not the front section, let alone the front page) was in the last 2 paragraphs of the story:
"In October 2006, a month before receiving the first money from the grant, the 25-year-old school first registered as a charitable organization . . . .
"... Officials are seeking clarification from the school over its 2006 financial report, which shows no activity. In the four years before that, the school got $775,954 in state human services funds . . . ."
Sounds like the "school" is more of a shell collecting state money than an active school.
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