Posted on 03/18/2011 2:12:01 PM PDT by jazusamo
With Congress probing D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s newly-elected administration over accusations it paid cash and promised a job to a mayoral candidate who bashed incumbent Adrian M. Fenty, and with the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI evaluating similar complaints, one District employee who also campaigned for Mr. Gray and received a city job has become somewhat of a mystery.
Cherita Whiting, a “special assistant” at the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), told The Washington Times...
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Maybe she pulled a Vince Foster.
Here are some key graphs:
‘Ms. Whiting’s Jan. 31 hiring first surfaced in February, when The Times learned of her criminal record. In addition to her 2001 federal wire fraud conviction, Ms. Whiting has multiple felony charges from the 1990s and a 1994 conviction for theft. Since that time, she has been ordered to pay back more than $150,000 as restitution for her crimes.
After being released from federal prison in 2003, Ms. Whiting served on myriad boards and commissions and became a vocal Gray supporter who criticized Mr. Fenty relentlessly beginning in 2007, when he took over the school system. She refers to Mr. Gray and Police Chief Cathy Lanier as friends, and her special assistant job places her in frequent contact with police and schools officials on sensitive matters.
Chief Lanier has denied any knowledge of Ms. Whiting’s prior convictions or that she even knew Ms. Whiting had secured a job at DPR that involved contact with assistant chiefs of police.’
In other words this is a true puppet. An ex-con steered into being a ‘community activist and organizer’ who had a special grudege with the accountability reforms being forced down DC’s wildly dysfunction publix schul system.
I sure wouldn’t rule it out.
It’s beginning to look like Gray is trying to give Marion Berry a run for his money, corruption-wise. There is some outrageous story nearly every day. Life in Your Nation’s Capital.
With Congress probing D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's newly-elected administration over accusations it paid cash and promised a job to a mayoral candidate who bashed incumbent Adrian M. Fenty, and with the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI evaluating similar complaints, one District employee who also campaigned for Mr. Gray and received a city job has become somewhat of a mystery.
Dang, you nailed it! I knew she looked familiar. LOL!
That is the longest introductory sentence ever posted at FR. The paper needs an editor.
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