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Jokerman

(3,538 posts) Thu Aug 21, 2014, 08:39 AM Aug 2014

Ethics waiver a question in $1.7M education contract

Any bets on how quickly another republican scumbag gets "cleared" of all charges?

A former top Indiana education official's role in the sale of $1.7 million worth of videoconferencing equipment to the state by Cisco Systems Inc., where he worked before and after holding that state position, has added to calls to strengthen Indiana's ethics laws amid a recent spate of boundary-pushing incidents.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2014/08/20/ethics-waiver-question-m-education-contract/14346253/

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Ethics waiver a question in $1.7M education contract (Original Post) Jokerman Aug 2014 OP

Indiana. Went for Obama in 2008, but otherwise has been a deep red state for merrily Aug 2014 #1

If the rep can get off over the nursing home legislation... AngryOldDem Aug 2014 #2

merrily

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1. Indiana. Went for Obama in 2008, but otherwise has been a deep red state for

Reply to Jokerman (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2014, 09:10 AM

Aug 2014

quite a while. Whether they let him off because of that, I don't know.

In a state where most are Republicans, his party may not affect how people view him.

AngryOldDem

(14,176 posts)

2. If the rep can get off over the nursing home legislation...

Reply to Jokerman (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2014, 03:31 PM

Aug 2014

...sorry, I forget the guy's name...

...legislation that he helped steer knowing full well he had a personal, financial interest in that legislation....well, I think we all know where this particular case is headed.

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