sar - this administration is trying to imply that walpin has lost his marbles when giving a reason - he still should have been given the benefit of the 30 day notice.
#42 | Posted by nanc
Wrong, Nanc. The Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service(CNCS) reported that he acted in a confused and disoriented manner at a meeting with them.
Based on that, and the fact that he had previously been reprimanded for his behavior and job performance by TWO different Bush-appointed US Attorneys, AND had been referred to the Board of Integrity for questionable behavior by one of those USA's, that Board of Directors UNANIMOUSLY recommended that he be removed from his position.
That board consists of a bi-partisan group of people. A Democrat is the chair, a Republican is the vice chair. As noted above, both of these people "strongly endorsed" Obama's actions.
And Walpin HAS been given 30 days notice. He was first given the option to resign last week. When he refused, the administration began the 30 day process.
Please note that Congress does NOT have to approve the firing. They just have to be notified and given the reasons.
Now, combine all that info with the fact that the investigation of Kevin Johnson and his organization is OVER, and a settlement determined by the US Attorney's office (they determined there was no deliberate fraud, by the way) so firing Walpin doesn't help Johnson in any way.
So unless the contention that all this is just "revenge", I would say the case here is pretty flimsy. All that being said, I still think, as I said from the beginning, there should be follow up looking into this.
