...

 RW>>> Heard about the O'bama's firing of Inspector General, Walpin?
 RW>>> (Inspector was because he didn't have any faith in him. According to
 RW>>> legislation passed last year, he can't do that.

 ...

 RW> Oh, it isn't bad news, per se'...it's interesting because
 RW> O'bama needs the permission of Congress to fire any
 RW> IG...they're protected from such political manuevers in
 RW> order to keep them from being intimidated. O'bama must give
 RW> Congress a 'good' reason for wanting to fire him and
 RW> Congress decides on whether or not the IG will be let go or
 RW> not.

 From what I have found on it, the president has to give 30 days
 notice, and a reason. I saw nothing about congress approving the
 firing. In fact, I did find the original bill considered by
 congress required the president to cite certain specific
 grounds, but that provision was removed at the request of GW
 Bush. He said it would tie his hands in such matters.

 RW> The reason this particular IG was under O'bama's scrutiney
 RW> was because this guy was investigating the Mayor of
 RW> Sacramento and his misuse of election funds, etc.. O'bama
 RW> got into it because that major is a friend of his, a former
 RW> NBA star, Kevin Johnson. Since the IG is white, it'll
 RW> probably come out as racist. BTW, Walpin is a former US
 RW> Attorney who has prosecuted a lot of cases such as this.

 Of course the fact that the Bipartisan board that supervises
 Americorps unanimously requested that Walpin be replaced doesn't
 seem to matter. That and the republican bush appointed acting US
 attorney for the district complained that Walpin interfered in
 the Johnson investigation, withheld evidence, and tried the case
 in the press should matter also.

 Then consider that Bush replaced the inspector general holding
 the same slot when he took office, with no more reason than he
 wanted to appoint someone else. Reagan fired 15 inspectors
 general 2 days after taking office, for no more reason than he
 wanted someone else.

 Finnally, Obama complied with the requirement of 30 days notice
 by suspending Walpin, with pay, pending the 30 days, after which
 he is fired.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... Life's not passing me by, it's running me over!
 * Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg]
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5a