When it comes to cleaning up Washington, I'm beginning to wonder if anyone is up to the task. I just ran across an article about Senator Jim Bunning and the Jim Bunning Foundation which he started in 1996.
A "Foundation" has such a nice ring to it, makes us feel like good things gotta be happening. To have a Foundation named after a United States Senator is good, right ?
Not necessarily, it seems.
Go with me across the fold to learn the number one benefactor of the Jim Bunning Foundation.
SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE
Well it's Jim Bunning himself, of course.
U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., set up a charitable foundation in 1996, the year he entered baseball’s Hall of Fame. Every year since, he has been the fund’s biggest recipient.
Full story here:
http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.co...
Records show that Bunning is the foundation’s sole employee and the only person to draw a paycheck from it.
And this gem:
The foundation is overseen by a three-member board: the senator’s wife, Mary Bunning; an old friend, Cincinnati tire dealer Bob Sumerel, whose family has given about $25,000 to Bunning’s campaigns; and Robinson, a former congressional aide to Bunning whose lobbying clients in recent years have received budget earmarks from the senator.
Outrageous ?
Depressing ?