Thursday, February 11, 2010
Politicians - Queens pols stiffed Katrina victims
In my wildest dreams, I couldn't imagine that a politician could be trusted to get money to it's intended recipient...
In the N.Y. Post, Melissa Klein and Isabel Vincent discuss one such occurrence:
"It's the Big Sleazy.
Devastated Hurricane Katrina survivors from New Orleans were left high and dry by a charity set up to help them by state Sen. Malcolm Smith and Rep. Gregory Meeks of Queens.
Only $1,392 of at least $31,000 raised to help Katrina families was paid, tax records show, and just about everybody involved with the charity -- including the two Democratic pols -- claim ignorance as to where the rest of the money went."
