-Obama's questionable firing of Inspector General Gerald Walpin gets a response

President Barack Obama fired inspector general Gerald Walpin last week after he discovered millions of dollars in AmeriCorps funds that were misspent, and he is spearheading an investigation. The man in charge of AmeriCorps is a top Obama supporter and friend. Mayor Kevin Johnson (former Phoenix Sun in the NBA) used AmeriCorps grants to pay volunteers to engage in school-board political activities, run personal errands for Johnson and even wash his car. But mess with Obama's inner circle and apparently you'll pay the price.



This might end up being more trouble for Obama than he bargained for.

UPDATE: FBI investing the incidents now. From Moonbattery:

The FBI's Sacramento division is investigating a former St. HOPE executive's allegations of obstruction of justice, Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown confirmed Tuesday.

The news fuels the controversy that has followed Mayor Kevin Johnson since 2008, when his brainchild St. HOPE Academy first was investigated for misuse of public funds.

That investigation appeared to end in April when Brown's office announced a settlement with Johnson, St. HOPE and former executive director Dana Gonzalez.

The settlement, hotly contested by the office of the inspector general for the federal Corporation for National and Community Service, required the repayment of more than $400,000 in misused grants for AmeriCorps volunteers.

However, Rick Maya, who officially left his position as executive director with St. HOPE last week, alleged in an April resignation letter that a member of the charter schools' board deleted Johnson's e-mails during the federal investigation.