WASHINGTON — Six years after Hurricane Katrina, a relative of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was found by a federal court to have masterminded a massive fraud against the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the inspection of the legendary trailers that housed storm refugees along the Gulf Coast.
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims found last week that Rosemary Barbour’s company, Jackson, Miss.,-based Alcatec LLC, had engaged in a fraudulent billing scheme as part of a $100 million, five-year maintenance contract with FEMA.
She was ordered to pay more than $350,000 in penalties and damages. In often colorful language, the judge described the testimony of Rosemary Barbour during an eight-day trial in May in Jackson as “exasperating” and “bumble-headed.”
Rosemary Barbour, the company’s sole owner, is the wife of the governor’s nephew, Charles Barbour, a former Hinds County supervisor who last week lost a Mississippi Senate GOP primary
I"ve seen this same “turnabout” more times than I can count. If mining, oil, gas, timber, corporate farming and grazing, among others, didn’t get the government handouts they complain about others getting, they’d lose about 80% of their “profit margins”.
“He’s getting the government he voted for.”If he’s anti-government, he likely voted for the Tea-publicans, who in turn demanded massive budget cuts for domestic issues such as disaster preparedness and recovery. Looks like your post is actually honest for a change.
baileydean over 12 years ago
And that’s the way it is.
pirate227 over 12 years ago
Maybe the “job creators” will help you out… but I wouldn’t hold my breath.
feverjr Premium Member over 12 years ago
I can see why he thinks government is evil…..
WASHINGTON — Six years after Hurricane Katrina, a relative of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was found by a federal court to have masterminded a massive fraud against the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the inspection of the legendary trailers that housed storm refugees along the Gulf Coast.
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims found last week that Rosemary Barbour’s company, Jackson, Miss.,-based Alcatec LLC, had engaged in a fraudulent billing scheme as part of a $100 million, five-year maintenance contract with FEMA.
She was ordered to pay more than $350,000 in penalties and damages. In often colorful language, the judge described the testimony of Rosemary Barbour during an eight-day trial in May in Jackson as “exasperating” and “bumble-headed.”
Rosemary Barbour, the company’s sole owner, is the wife of the governor’s nephew, Charles Barbour, a former Hinds County supervisor who last week lost a Mississippi Senate GOP primary
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/gov-barbours-disadvantaged-relative-f
d_legendary1 over 12 years ago
Keep voting Republican and the gubbermint will be evil.
Dtroutma over 12 years ago
I"ve seen this same “turnabout” more times than I can count. If mining, oil, gas, timber, corporate farming and grazing, among others, didn’t get the government handouts they complain about others getting, they’d lose about 80% of their “profit margins”.
Jason Allen over 12 years ago
“He’s getting the government he voted for.”If he’s anti-government, he likely voted for the Tea-publicans, who in turn demanded massive budget cuts for domestic issues such as disaster preparedness and recovery. Looks like your post is actually honest for a change.
fallacyside over 12 years ago
How’d my neighbor get in the funnies?