Cocktails & Popcorn: Why I Endorse Bill Schuette For Michigan Governor - South Africa

Popcorn is not allowed on the House floor, but cocktails are
as long as you do not fall out drunk.

What kind of public corruption kerfuffle do we have here in South Africa?

State attorneys defrauding the government of billions of dollars in case actions?

Why, this sounds like the Michigan Attorney General's Office, except the Attorney General does not lose cases, ever, particularly in child welfare, due to the contemporaneous conflict of interest in having to simultaneously advise and advocate, meaning, the State has to represent its privatized contractual entities in foster care and adoption cases, while defending them for fraud.

This allows the State, or rather its privatized, contractual christian arms, to "maximize revenues" to the tune of billions a year in false claims to Medicaid Targeted Case Management and other funding streams of Title IV for Foster Care and Adoption.

Wayne County is the only county where the State Attorney General does its duo thing in child welfare.

Michigan likes to stash its child welfare money in real estate slush fund, oops, I mean, the Children's Trust Fund.

Speaking of real estate campaign slush funds, how about that gerrymandering Emergency Manager Law?

The Michigan Attorney General also considers whistleblowers to be public nuisances, well, at least one person has been labeled this in a court of law.

For all the reasons listed, above, I endorse Bill Schuette for Governor of Michigan just so I can enter into the historic record that I called him a public nuisance in a federal court of law.

Oh, wait....the Michigan 2018 Primary election has yet to be recorded.

Hey Bill!

Smooches.

South Africa: Ramaphosa crackdown on corruption extends to state attorneys

As South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa steps up efforts to crackdown on corruption, the justice minister said on Tuesday that they will probe allegations that state attorneys defrauded government of billions of dollars by deliberately losing cases.

Ramaphosa, who replaced former president Jacob Zuma in February, has made the fight against corruption a key plank of his administration as he seeks to restore investor confidence after the scandal-plagued Zuma era.

Attorneys accused of colluding

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU), a state entity which probes malpractice in government, will look into hundreds of cases where state attorneys are accused of colluding with private lawyers to agree the settlement of fictitious claims.

“The investigation will help the Department of Justice to lay to rest concerns that have been raised,” Justice Minister Michael Masutha told reporters.

“Where appropriate … disciplinary action as well as criminal investigations will be initiated against alleged perpetrators to ensure that firm action is taken to uproot corrupt activities.”

In the health ministry, one of the departments worst affected by the alleged fraud, claims totalling 56 billion rand ($4 billion) will be investigated, Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi said at the same briefing.

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