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EXCLUSIVE: HUD Spent Almost $1M To Cover Up Accusation Against Top Exec
dailycaller.com ^ | 1/11/2017 | Luke Rosiak

Posted on 01/12/2017 7:07:30 AM PST by rktman

Taxpayers wrote a $900,000 settlement check to a federal employee to compensate her for once being likened to a “Little Rascals” character by her boss, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group (TheDCNF) has learned.

The secret settlement appears to be one of the largest-ever discrimination settlement payouts to an individual federal employee. The payment came after an Equal Opportunity Employment office ruled that the remark was racist and accepted without challenge the claim that it caused nearly a million dollars worth of emotional harm.

The offending boss was Mary K. Kinney, then-executive vice president of Ginnie Mae, which is part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Kinney’s offense was referring to the employee, who is black, as “Buckwheat,” a character from the Little Rascals movie series. HUD had already settled with another black female over racism allegations against Kinney–which suggests that they found the allegations credible–but kept her in the top post anyway.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: hud; otay; taxdollars
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Tax dollars at work. Uh, how come we're on the hook for this assclowns comments? But hey, with 900,000, everythings gonna be A-Otay. Especially since the offended party(aka 'Buckwheat') was a frickin' GS-15. Srsly? The offender was required to attend diversity training. Then retired. Probably with a hell of lot better pension than I have. Swamp draining begins in 8 days.
1 posted on 01/12/2017 7:07:30 AM PST by rktman
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The upside is that’s $1 mil. they did not have to spend on forcing Section 8 into your neighborhood.


2 posted on 01/12/2017 7:08:29 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: rktman

Wasn’t Buckwheat a boy?


3 posted on 01/12/2017 7:10:39 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Ouderkirk

Back then, yeah. Today’ world? Who knows. LOL!


4 posted on 01/12/2017 7:12:00 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Around end of 2012, I worked in a gov’t agency that had a guy in a ‘sister-organization’...who had gone and insulted some lady. I’d met the guy on two or three occasions, and he was the type that could very easily insult just about anyone. He was a GS-14.

The sister-organization went and did a review and concluded that he couldn’t stay. But they couldn’t fire the guy (more than enough rules were broken). So they worked up some deal where they gave him to our group with the intention of getting him to his retirement point (within two years).

I talked to others (government employees as myself) and they’d seen the same thing over the years. No one ever willing to just go the distance and fire people for incompetent behavior or unacceptable practices. It’s one of those dozen-odd things that bothered me about the whole Washington mentality. There needs to be some massive clearing of the whole million-odd employees in DC.


5 posted on 01/12/2017 7:14:16 AM PST by pepsionice
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a million? Come on man.

Hillary’s state dept lost 6 BILLION

The defense dept can’t account for a few TRILLION.

Our REAL debt is probably 1/15 of a Quadrillion.

This is small potatoes :)


6 posted on 01/12/2017 7:16:36 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: pepsionice

Exactly - I’ve seen exactly the same thing.

How does Trump fix things like that, which are CONTRACTUALLY obligated?


7 posted on 01/12/2017 7:19:19 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: Mr. K

Ultra vires conduct never falls within a contract. It should void or at least make the contract voidable, such as it appears it would have here.


8 posted on 01/12/2017 7:25:31 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: pepsionice

Only can be done if entire beuracracies are eliminated.

They can be brought back in a new form if needed.

Bubye EPA

Bubye Dept of Education

Bubye IRS

Bubye Dept of Indian Affairs

Bubye NAME YOUR OWN


9 posted on 01/12/2017 7:26:30 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: pepsionice
HUD should be shut down or severely downsized, I've worked over 40 years as a contractor, with 10 years of hell at HUD. 100% of the work is done by probably 20% of the workforce. I once saw a fist fight break out between 2 middle aged civil servant women over an cubicle with a window that had become available due to a retirement.

I feel bad for Ben Carson, I honestly don't think he or ANYONE can straighten HUD out.
10 posted on 01/12/2017 7:42:40 AM PST by ratzoe (damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
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To: Chickensoup

Yes...like Baseline budgeting...it’s time for baseline bureaucracies. Justify what you do against Your results...oh, I am so hoping the decks are cleared.


11 posted on 01/12/2017 7:56:20 AM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: rktman
Wasn't Darla Hood the only female on The Little Rascals? Who could complain about being associated with Darla?


12 posted on 01/12/2017 8:02:10 AM PST by moovova
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This and similar scams have been going on in the federal workforce for decades. They split the settlements with the accused after the check clears.


13 posted on 01/12/2017 8:24:28 AM PST by blackdog
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To: dp0622

LOL! Not to Buckwheat. Just a little icing on the GS-15 salary. Hmm I wonder what WE get for that amount of money?


14 posted on 01/12/2017 10:20:59 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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The offending boss was Mary K. Kinney, then-executive vice president of Ginnie Mae, which is part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).


15 posted on 01/12/2017 11:59:00 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

My gaydar just went off.


16 posted on 01/12/2017 12:45:16 PM PST by 43north (In the end, only kindness matters - except for liberals.)
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To: ratzoe

I think Ben has been sent there to get rid of this department, I think Trump THINKS sending in a VERY mild mannered Black man to do the job will not get as much flack HOWEVER Ben WILL get just as much flack as a pure white pit bull would have gotten!!! WE NEED to get rid of HUD, EPA, ENERGY, EDUCATION and the BIG ONE IRS!!!!!!


17 posted on 01/12/2017 1:00:48 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: 43north
My gaydar just went off.

Same here. When a woman's smile has the corners of the mouth turned downward, consider the possibility.

Also, just in general, when one side of any person's face doesn't match the other side, there's often a personality or behavioral issue.

Just my opinion/observations over the years.

18 posted on 01/12/2017 3:53:03 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

“When a woman’s smile has the corners of the mouth turned downward, consider the possibility——”

Utter nonsense.

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19 posted on 01/12/2017 3:56:09 PM PST by Mears
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To: Mears

As is your post.


20 posted on 01/12/2017 3:57:08 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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