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September 22, 2009
In yet another Obama impropriety, Union Boss Campaigns for Obama, Runs Union... from his Federal Office
Topics: Political News and commentariesIt's becoming a familiar theme - federal government workers and government-funded groups pushing Barack Obama's agenda with taxpayer money.
And today, Brian Faughnan points to yet another Obama-related impropriety and says it seems that no matter where you turn, there are federal government workers pushing a partisan agenda with taxpayer dollars: from the NEA, to ACORN, to union bosses campaigning for Barack Obama while on the job:
Federal investigators are probing whether a local union president at a Pennsylvania U.S. Energy Department laboratory improperly helped President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign on government time by using government facilities, union lawyers said.Brian has additional commentary, images, and video.The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is probing whether Ronald Demicheli improperly taped a video criticizing 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain in an office at the National Energy Technology Laboratory near Pittsburgh, said Ward Morrow, a lawyer for the American Federation of Government Employees.
Demicheli is president of the union's Local 1916, which represents employees at the Energy Department lab and nearby research facilities of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health...
The Energy Department inspector general's office also is investigating whether Demicheli was inappropriately on government time at an April 2008 Pennsylvania AFL-CIO convention when he helped escort then-candidate Obama from a holding room to the stage for a speech, Morrow said. The department's interest may stem from a photograph on Local 1916's Web site showing Demicheli and Obama shaking hands, Morrow said.
Posted by Abdul at September 22, 2009 3:04 PM
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