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I think when the Fat Bastard promised to drain the swamp, he meant, drain bank accounts so the swamp dwellers, er, his appointees, and their friends can make some coins.
I mean how else can anyone explain that a $300 million electrical reconstruction and repair contract for Puerto Rico was awarded to Whitefish Energy, a tiny Whitefish, Montana firm?
What’s that? Whitefish just happens to be the hometown of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke ... left? Well, drain my swamp!
See, when hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, Whitefish Energy was a two-year-old company from Montana with two, yes, two full-time employees and yet it was somehow deemed worthy of getting a $300 million contract?
Whitefish is now serving as an unnecessary middle-man, profiting off the disaster situation and Luis Vega-Ramos, a member of Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives, is rightfully pissed off:
“It is reprehensible that shameless profiteering is going on literally on the back of the devastated people of Puerto Rico. It is beyond contempt and people should answer for it.”
So how does this little business, this two-man operation, win such a contract? Is Zinke connecting his homies with lucrative government contracts at the expense of the recovery Puerto Ricans deserve? Is he lying about his close connections to Whitefish Energy?
Enquiring minds on both sides of the aisle want to know, so, yeah, here we go again:
Contact your representatives in Congress and demand answers. And while you’re at it, tell them that Puerto Rico's recovery needs to be led by the Puerto Rican people and not by friends of friends in high places.
On the upside, Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello has demanded that the board of the Puerto Rico’s power company cancel the $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings. His demand comes just as federal legislators are investigating the contract.
Naturally, Whitefish spokesman Chris Chiames—is he one of its two employees—has yet to release a statement.
Something’s fishy in the swamp y’all.
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Monday, October 30, 2017
Something's Fishy In The Swamp
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Everything he's done was to help and line his and his cronies pockets.
ReplyDeleteEverything's fishy in the swamp, babe...uh...Bob. I sometimes marvel at the audacity of these people. Are they so stupid that they don't think anyone would find out, or are they just that arrogant? I think the latter is probably true.
ReplyDeleteThere are alligators in the swamp!
ReplyDeleteI heard this morning that the contract has been cancelled. sneaky, underhanded dump and his dumptards at work again!
ReplyDeleteDrain the swamp and the only thing left is smelly mud. We got a lot of smelly mud!
ReplyDeleteAccording to Whitefish CEO, initial contact was made through... (are you ready for this?) Social Media.
ReplyDeleteWhen did any politician ever do anything for poor people without lining his own pockets first? Drain the swamp? We need to rebuild Washington and the White House. But that's never going to happen because humans are greedy creatures by habit.
ReplyDeleteHey, as long as Mueller is handing out indictments. . .
ReplyDeleteWe know Zinke had nothing to do with the company - he said so! Perhaps he forgot his son worked for them last summer?
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