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Symptom of the Disease: Congress-critter hands out scholarship dollars to relatives

By Steve McGough / August 30, 2010 /

I’ve been thinking about writing a book. Have discussed the project with Jim multiple times during the last 18 months. I’d call it Symptoms of the Disease of course, and it would highlight stories like Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) dishing out scholarships from a charitable foundation to family members.

Texas Rep. Johnson must resign immediately

By Steve McGough / September 8, 2010 /

Sure, she’s got an election coming up where she hopefully will get tossed out of office, but the revelations today in the Dallas Morning News is incredible. She requested scholarship checks be re-written and made out specifically to family members.