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Calgary Sun - Letters to the Editor, Aug. 25
OLYMPIC SUPPORT Thank you, Licia Corbella, for your interesting, positive and factual article regarding the Olympics. I hope every Calgarian, including those at city hall, read it.
Forbes - Waste, Fraud And Abuse As Senate Moves On Tax Cut Bill
There is no reasoned justification for rushing this bill at unprecedented speed through the process. Republicans are doing it because they have the power—and that’s that.
KTVU - Audit finds abuse of tax dollars by California government employees
A California state audit found some state employees are misusing state time, wasting tax dollars and wrongfully using state property.
The New Republic - Scott Pruitt enjoyed perhaps the most expensive phone calls in history.
The scandal-ridden cabinet member is gone from his post as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, but the costs of his tenure are still being tabulated. One of his most notorious expenditures was the $43,000 for a highly protected phone booth where he could enjoy secure telephone conversations. The Washington Post reports that Pruitt only made one outgoing call with the book, on Jun...
NYTimes - Lawmakers’ Letter Claims Further Spending Abuses by the E.P.A. Head, Scott Pruitt
Mr. Pruitt planned his travel to accrue frequent flier miles, among other things, according to a scathing six-page letter signed by five Democrats.
The Independent - Trump's environment chief spends millions in taxpayer money on 20 security guards
Scott Pruitt, the US environment secretary, has spent millions of dollars in public funds on a 20-strong full-time security team. Documents show he has blown through overtime budgets and diverted officers away from investigating environmental crimes, in order to give himself added protection.
CNBC - Trump stands by Pruitt after report that said the embattled EPA chief dined with a cardinal accused of child sex abuse
Trump says he has confidence in Scott Pruitt, who faces allegations of excessive spending and unethical conduct at the EPA.
NYTimes - Pruitt’s Dinner With Cardinal Accused of Abuse Was Kept Off Public Schedule
The E.P.A. chief dined with Cardinal George Pell, who was later charged with assault. But the agency is said to have omitted the cardinal from official schedules.
CNN - EPA inspector general to look into agency spending on Pruitt's security detail
The Environmental Protection Agency inspector general will look into agency spending in connection with EPA enforcement agents being used on Administrator Scott Pruitt`s security detail, according to a letter sent to Rep. Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation Committee.
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