Louisiana Contractor arrested on his way to Iraq....

[PinkTiger]

I saw this on Salon and had to post it here: (I cut it from Salon forums)

the link for the post (go to it -- it also has some great other commentary) is
http://tabletalk.salon.com/webx?13@@.596c5342

(posted by) Susie Dow - 11:32 pm Pacific Time - Jul 17, 2003  - #6082 of 6090

Interesting....


Shreveport contractor Joe Whitaker waived extradition in a federal court in Texas on Thursday and will be returned to Louisiana by Tuesday to face a criminal charge for allegedly failing to pay $1.4 million to subcontractors on a Monroe hospital project.


Last month, Whitaker was named director of health-care facilities for the office of the U.S. senior adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Health. He was at Fort Bliss, Texas, attending a pre-trip course on Iraqi culture. He was expected to leave Thursday to head to Iraq, although Jones told The Times on Wednesday she thought he was already there.

Shreveport Times link:
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/html/CD8F52D9-D202-4531-8DF5-90CB942D1AB5.shtml

[jus_the_facts]

1. WHOA......that's some wild stuff......

.....I've not heard about this and I LIVE in MONROE!!! I didn't see any news tonight but it's not been mentioned on any news I've seen here locally...oh it's because they've been too busy inditing all the Dems on our Police Jury in Ouachita Parish lately...that's propably it :evilfrown:

Yeah my b/f surveyed that Surgical Center.....it's only about a mile from here...incredible to find all this out HERE..just incredible!!!x(

Goes to show just how pathetic these local yocal media pukes are...or that I've had to limit my exposure since the 'scandal' in the Police Jury :puke:....I could have just missed this story but I don't think so...