Right smack dab in the NYT's back yard, and they have nothing to say.
Posted on 07/28/2005 9:49:40 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Did Al Franken's liberal radio network Air America divert city money for the elderly and inner-city children to itself? That's the question people should be asking this week after the revelation that the New York Department of Investigation is looking into whether hundreds of thousands of dollars were illegally transferred from a Bronx community center to Air America.
Only a community paper and a few Internet bloggers seem interested in what could be an egregious case of illegal funneling of tax dollars to a private, partisan organization.
In late June, city officials designated the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club, a nonprofit organization that runs mentoring programs for children and day care for Alzheimer's patients, a "non-responsible city contractor." Investigators found "significant inappropriate transactions and falsified documents that were submitted to various City agencies." The city subsequently suspended the club's contracts, which run well into the millions.
It turns out, according to sources quoted anonymously by the Bronx News, that the mishandled money went to Air America. One source claims that $480,000 was wrongly transferred. The city investigation is concentrating on Charles Rosen, the club's president for 15 years, and Evan Cohen, the development director, who is a former chairman of Air America. Mr. Cohen resigned from Air America in May after the network's leasing plans in Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere fell through.
Most of the mainstream newspapers have ignored this story. We only found out about it through the reporting of Brian Maloney, who pieced a story together on his blog "The Radio Equalizer" which was picked up by syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin.
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BUMP!!
I guess this is the lieberal version of the "fairness" doctrine. Hey they want to steal our money away for causes they deem fit anyway. New Yorkers, you reap what you sew. My apologies to NY FReepers.
They can't steal a laugh, either.
Did anybody not see this coming?
Moonbats
Oops! $480,000 no harm no foul.......
I was listening to XM America Right today Channel 166 and heard a commercial for something about a rerun of LIVE 8 concert I believe they said it was going to be on channel 167(That is Air America) Guess they are trying to get ratings from music.
No, Al, say it isn't so!!!! Not cool, dude.
I heard on talk radio about this a few days ago. They had the interesting comment that the only Air America listeners were Republicans who wanted to keep tabs on what they were doing. I'm surprised they're still around, they can't even get a good share of listeners in NYC.
Well, there's half of Air America's financing. Now, where to find the other half...
bttt
Right smack dab in the NYT's back yard, and they have nothing to say.
They must have just overlooked it. No bias here.
How is it that rich liberals can't support their own radio station with their own money?
Man, the MSM touted Hot Air America twice a week when they were getting launched - and blathered Rush and O'Reilly's bad news non-stop when that came up.
Anyway, HAM is tanking in the ratings - anything in the MSM on that? And anything in the MSM on this story?
Liberalism as we know it today doesn't seem able to survive without public funding. Most leftist protest groups get public support through one venue or another.
No one wants their liberalism. They have to steal to survive.
Any Rush subscribers out there? I'm sure he'd love to play with this news a little.
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