Well, as much as I hate spring cleaning, it’s always good to get rid of unnecessary things. Speaking of unnecessary, it looks like HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson is on his way out. Jackson, citing personal and family reasons, will resign effective April 16th.
Jackson seemingly typified the cronyism so prevalent in the Bush administration. He first came under the microscope when it appeared that he might have been using a Bush loyalty test to determine to whom HUD would grant contracts. More recently, he was under fire for allegedly creating problems for the city of Philadelphia, PA for not hooking a friend of his up with a plum land deal and for paying another friend $392,000 as a contruction manager in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
So, yet another loyal Bushie is out the door. I’m just looking forward to the grand exit in January when we will hopefully turn a new page in this country.
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