Reply #7: Pretty damn sorry state of affairs [View All]

[notfullofit]

--- Meant to help poor ---

The charities purported to serve the disproportionately poor and African-American population of Central City that has long been the Jefferson political family's stronghold. For instance, Care Unlimited received grants for programs to provide "educational support services" to pregnant teens and to "focus on the broad problems of black males between the ages of 9 and 21."

The programs often were shams, the indictment alleges. For instance, it says, Care Unlimited submitted a report to the state saying that " 'Individual C' had provided certified teachers for 6-8 weeks to 25 pregnant teenage clients" when no such assistance occurred -- in fact, "Individual C" did not even work for the charity. More than two-thirds of the money went to Betty Jefferson and Coleman, the indictment says.

In another case, Mose Jefferson allegedly diverted to himself nearly three-quarters of a $93,464 grant that was aimed at teaching building skills to "at-risk male youths."

And the indictment claims that the trio converted to personal use nearly all of a $178,000 grant aimed at keeping black youths on the right track.

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1212644763114130.xml&coll=1&thispage=3

No way can we condone this shit.