Bush appointed Vasquez Director of Peace Corps
"But, once again, we find out with this
administration that the corporations count for a
lot more than the people unless, of course, they
happen to be people who give a lot of money;
like Gaddi Vasquez, whom Bush has appointed
director of the Peace Corps.
Vasquez's appointment, which got a hearing
before the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee,
would have gone completely unnoticed had it not
been for a group of former Peace Corps
volunteers appalled at his complete lack of
credentials for the job.
Some will remember that Vasquez was the
Orange County, Calif., supervisor who was forced
to resign after plunging the county $1.7 billion in
debt because of ill-advised investments during
the mid-90s. It appears that the sole qualification
of the former cop and longtime pal of former
California Republican Gov. Pete Wilson is that he
contributed more than $100,000 to Bush and the
Republican Party during the past two years.
The volunteers, who are contacting their
members of Congress, point out that now, more
than ever, the Peace Corps needs a visionary
leader, not one who has absolutely no
international program experience and, in addition
to bankrupting Orange County, is best known for
denying services to HIV/AIDS patients there. The
AIDS issue, of course, is huge ion the African
continent, where many Peace Corps members are
working with the people and governments."
Excerpt from Bush Aims to pull a String of Fast Ones
by Dave Zweifel
captimes.com |
