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is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
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The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
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Current Events
Suffolk County New York Sets Up a Governmental Corruption Bureau
A sign of the times we live in: the Suffolk district attorney's office has established an entire bureau dedicated to crimes of political corruption.
Suffolk forms bureau to probe political corruption
BY ALFONSO A. CASTILLO, Newsday, December 14, 2005, 10:51 PM EST LINK In an administrative reshuffling that may double as a sign of the times, the Suffolk district attorney's office has established an entire bureau dedicated to crimes of political corruption, officials announced Wednesday. The newly created governmental corruption bureau is a consolidation of the government corruption task force, which was part of the special investigations bureau, and the public integrity unit, which was a division of the economic crimes bureau. The expanded department includes a team of about two dozen prosecutors, investigators and other support staff. It is headed by bureau chief Christopher McPartland, formerly of special investigations. "Unfortunately, there's a lot of work to be done in this area," said McPartland, a Hofstra University School of Law graduate who joined the district attorney's office in 1991. "The district attorney has put the appropriate resources into place." McPartland has prosecuted corruption cases against former Suffolk Sheriff Patrick Mahoney before Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota took office, and former Suffolk Legis. Fred Towle Jr. and suspended Brookhaven chief building inspector Vincent Dragone since then. The public integrity unit has also kept busy prosecuting governmental corruption cases, including the case against former Suffolk legislator Wayne Prospect, who is expected to go on trial next month on bribery charges. McPartland said the creation of the bureau is proof of Spota's commitment to fighting political corruption. Spota began his probe into political corruption in Suffolk in 2003, with the arrest of Towle on charges that he took a bribe and spent campaign funds on personal items, and since then has brought criminal charges against more than a dozen public officials. McPartland said the newly created department offers "a streamlining of resources that will make for more effective investigative and prosecutorial efforts." The new year will see other changes in the district attorney's office. Jeremy Scileppi, the longtime head of the public integrity unit, will take over as chief of the major crimes bureau, replacing Peter Mayer, who was elected state supreme court justice last month. The major crimes bureau prosecutes felony cases including robberies, assaults, rapes, forgeries and vehicular homicide cases. Scileppi, a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law, joined the office in 1998 after working as a prosecutor in Dutchess County. Scileppi will oversee 18 prosecutors in his new role, which he called an "interesting challenge." Also, homicide bureau chief John Collins will take on the previously dormant title of chief trial prosecutor, overseeing several bureaus. Copyright 2005 Newsday Inc. |
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