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Posted on 09/19/2007 9:40:00 AM PDT by jazusamo
Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., has withdrawn from the board of directors of a beleaguered Johnstown-based charity founded by a former top aide of Rep. John Murtha.
Cleland, a triple amputee and Vietnam veteran, said he has stepped down from the board of the Pennsylvania Association for Individuals with Disabilities.
“I’m not associated with PAID,” Cleland said Tuesday. “I am not interested in pursuing that relationship at all.”
Murtha spokesman Matthew Mazonkey said Murtha would not comment on the situation.
The news comes barely a month after Cleland and Carmen V. Scialabba, PAID founder and a former Murtha aide, announced Cleland was joining the board.
“Max Cleland will provide the continued leadership for the PAID family so we can extend our mission to those who normally would not have the opportunity to do so,” Scialabba said in the Aug. 2 news release.
Cleland acknowledged his change of heart came during an investigation by the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. The paper was looking into PAID’s limited achievements and close ties to Murtha, local defense contractors and others benefiting from congressional earmarks.
“I don’t really know much about it,” Cleland said. “Once I learned more about the organization, I just decided it was not for me. And I really don’t have time to do that.”
Roll Call found that PAID received Murtha-backed government contracts as recently as 2003 and works with other companies Murtha has funded.
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“I don’t really know much about it,” Cleland said. “Once I learned more about the organization, I just decided it was not for me. And I really don’t have time to do that.”
I agree with your statement, Cleland is running for the hills. I think he probably knows something that hasn’t come out yet due to his involvement, if only temporarily, that set off alarm bells.
That said....the fact he joined an organization WITHOUT CHECKING IT OUT FIRST goes a long way to explaining his voting record before he was fired by voters.
Rut Roh......When even Max Cleland doesn’r want to be associated with Jack Murtha....YIKES....PAID must be DIRTY....REALLY DIRTY!!
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Agreed...This is a little surprising because Cleland went to a rally in Johnstown last year to support Murtha’s reelection. Murtha’s been getting quite a bit of heat recently and this is his hometown newspaper.
Yes, this PAID deal really smells. lol
‘Murtha’s been getting quite a bit of heat recently and this is his hometown newspaper.’
A bit of late, but welcome, news.
When Carmen Scialabba is involved and Murtha supports it you can bet that it is real nasty.
I have never been happier than the night Max Cleland got fired as my Senator from Georgia. He is a sex pervert and used state funds as SEc. of the State of Georgia to pay for his sexcapades, and used state equiptment to asist him in his sexual conquests. He is a sicko P.O.S., so Murtha’s group must really suck!
What a cut and run. Looks like some PAID people got subpoenas, if not “target letters”. Hehehehehe...
Who’s Carmen?
Honor amount these two thieves must be strained.
When Murtha is being abandoned by grandstanding, theatrical leftists like Cleland, one suspects the worm may be turning.
when did he “drop the bomb”? sarc/
Max is a SEX PERVERT??? You MUST be kidding! He is a TRIPLE AMPUTEE.
Well done Max!! All your Northside Methodist pals congratulate you on this ethical decision. We look forward for further reversion and welcome you home!
Recently. I hear that it was because he was afraid he would lose an arm and a leg. That’s more than he can currently afford.
The softest site I could find on amputee sex.
http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-933368-52-7
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