Zinke has been screwing everything in sight since he got the cushy job: he won't meet with staff; publicly dissed the company Patagonia for objecting to knocking back Bears Ears National Monument; pretends to be a sportsman; awarded a huge no-bid contract to a couple of guys from his home town; said removing Confederate statues from federal land would deprive people of learning about history; threatened Alaska's senators with retaliation of they didn't support repealing Obamacare; makes staff fly a special secretarial flag when he's in the office; and submitted inappropriate travel charges to the Navy when he was a career officer in the SEALs. That should have been a hint at his future helicopter rides.The Interior Department is spending nearly $139,000 to upgrade three sets of double doors in the office of Secretary Ryan Zinke (ZIN’-kee).
Spokeswoman Heather Swift says Zinke was not aware of the contract for the work prior to a request for information from The Associated Press. Swift said the work was requested by career staffers as part of the decade-long modernization of the historic building.
She said Zinke agrees the price for the work sounds high, and that preservation requirements and procurement rules raised the cost. The work also includes new locks to improve security.
Zinke is among several Trump Cabinet officials under scrutiny for questionable spending. He spent $53,000 on three helicopter trips last year, including one to go on a horseback ride with Vice-President Mike Pence.
AP News
What a guy.
No doubt I've missed some other hijinx. It's hard to notice what else is going on when Old Boiled Meatball Face is sucking up all the news.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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