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The nation's poorest state used welfare money to pay Brett Favre for speeches he never made
The state auditor says $70 million in federal welfare funds went to Favre, a volleyball complex and a former pro wrestler in a scandal that has rocked Mississippi.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politi ... -rcna45871

Brett Favre earned nearly $140 million as a star NFL quarterback over two decades and millions more in product endorsements.

But that didn’t stop the state of Mississippi from paying Favre $1.1 million in 2017 and 2018 to make motivational speeches — out of federal welfare funds intended for needy families. The Mississippi state auditor said Favre never gave the speeches and demanded the money back, with interest.

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Look, he may have been a football legend, can't take that away from him, but WHY the HELL was Miss. sending welfare money intended for some of the poorest people of the state, to him instead?
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It's because, first, Brett Favre is a crook, and the Mississippi GOP is dirty and corrupt as hell. Keeping federal welfare money as a slush fund.

Shannon Sharpe takes down Favre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5sM899KQL4

If you get welfare, and you're fraudulently getting it, you go to jail. Favre takes millions fraudulently, he needs to be in prison.

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Notice how bias that first sentence is 70 million to Farvre common .....

Farvre received $600,000 for speeches he didn't give. Paid back the 600k which he claims he didn't know was from illegal funds. He is currently in a dispute over $285,000 in interest.
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Glennfs wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:18 pm Notice how bias that first sentence is 70 million to Farvre common .....

Farvre received $600,000 for speeches he didn't give. Paid back the 600k which he claims he didn't know was from illegal funds. He is currently in a dispute over $285,000 in interest.
What’s to dispute? He took the corrupt illegal money he should make the state whole.
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Why the hell did they do this in the first place?

Our infrastructure sucks but let’s go pay money for motivational speakers.

A key problem with human beings not just here but in other countries as well: sports figures are worshipped for no good reason. They are part and parcel of bread-and-circuses.
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Glennfs wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:18 pm Notice how bias …
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bird wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:49 pm Why the hell did they do this in the first place?

Our infrastructure sucks but let’s go pay money for motivational speakers.

A key problem with human beings not just here but in other countries as well: sports figures are worshipped for no good reason. They are part and parcel of bread-and-circuses.
That’s probably why. To deplete public funds and then claim the gubbamint doesn’t work.
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“ Oct. 19, 2017
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss Athletics Director Jon Gilbert is pleased to formally announce plans for a new multi-purpose Wellness Center.

The Wellness Center will be located on The University of Southern Mississippi's campus and will provide space for community programming, volleyball courts, training room, weight room, locker rooms, classrooms, administrative offices and additional meeting space.

Gilbert used three words to describe the planned facility:

Collaboration - This has been a masterful collaboration. With approval from the State Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, and in close-collaboration with the Mississippi Community Education Center (MCEC), as well as other experts, we have begun planning, and now formally launch this project.

Creativity - From bottom to TOP, I am deeply impressed with the creativity and problem-solving skills of all involved. From initial building design and use, through funding models, this project clearly demonstrates the power of collaboration and creativity in serving our University and community needs. The center will be funded through private giving and in partnership with the MCEC.

Community - The center will be home to the USM Volleyball Program, and, I foresee the community will benefit in many ways - as we have the ability to host camps and clinics, classes, community events, seminars and group meetings.

Gilbert emphasized that planning is still underway for additional health and wellness initiatives, including youth development.

"On behalf of the University, the Department of Athletics, and as a community member, I am proud and honored to announce this facility," Gilbert said. "It is certain to be a point of pride, as it stands to serve our student-athletes, our student body, and community constituents for years to come."

Gilbert noted that much work remains to be done in planning, fundraising and construction. Full construction costs are yet to be finalized. The architectural firm of Wier Boerner Allin of Jackson, Mississippi, has been selected to design the facility.

Individuals interested in learning more about the center or supporting the project can contact Brian Morrison, Senior Associate AD for Development, at (601) 266-5055. Once full funding has been secured, construction is scheduled to take 12-15 months to complete. “

https://southernmiss.com/news/2017/10/1 ... enter.aspx

“ Many of the recipients of federal funds in a sprawling embezzlement scheme in Mississippi say they didn’t know the money a private nonprofit awarded them was intended to serve the poor.

But officials representing one of the largest welfare beneficiaries — the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation and, by extension, the University of Southern Mississippi — were aware that funding for construction of a new volleyball stadium on campus came from a Mississippi Department of Human Services block grant, according to board meeting minutes.

In a 104-page letter outlining massive misspending at Human Services, State Auditor Shad White questioned welfare purchases at several schools, including $5 million that Mississippi Community Education Center (MCEC), the nonprofit at the heart of the alleged scheme, paid to build a volleyball facility, Mississippi Today first reported.

The University of Southern Mississippi’s lease with the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation, approved by the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, outlined that the foundation would sublease the university’s athletic facilities to the nonprofit, which would prepay the rent in order for the foundation to fund modifications to the new volleyball stadium, called the Wellness Center. The university signed the lease, which charged the foundation $1, in November of 2017, about nine months before contractors broke ground on the facility.



University of Southern Mississippi’s new volleyball facility, opened in December of 2019.
“IHL cannot claim ignorance of this fact. That assertion flies in the face of your own minutes,” White wrote in a letter to Commissioner of Higher Education Alfred Rankins Thursday after the commissioner challenged the auditor’s characterization of the deal. “If IHL objected to the arrangement with MCEC, then the time to voice that objection was when the matter came up for a vote, not after the State Auditor pointed it out.”

The sublease, attached to the lease in university records, according to a Mississippi Today public records request, showed Mississippi Community Education Center agreed to pay $5 million dollars — which was used to pay for most of the $7 million construction.

In October of 2017, the IHL board approved the university-foundation lease, meeting minutes reveal, with the understanding that the foundation would sublease the property to Mississippi Community Education Center for $5 million and construct the new volleyball stadium called the Wellness Center.

“MCEC’s funding for this project is via a Block Grant from the Mississippi Department of Human Services,” the minutes state. “The funding from MCEC shall be prepaid rent to the Foundation in the amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) for the leasing of certain USM athletic facilities including but not limited to the to be constructed Wellness Center, Reed Green Coliseum and additional athletic space as agreed upon by USM and the Foundation.”

Human Services is most well known for administering federal grants, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Community Services Block Grant and Social Services Block Grant, to help low-income folks.

Commissioner Rankins argued in a Wednesday letter to the auditor that IHL trustees “did not approve” the $5 million lease — only the lease between the university and the foundation — and asked White to correct what he called inaccuracies in the report.

“This lease agreement was reviewed by a Special Assistant to the Attorney General and recommended by the Attorney General’s Office for approval by the Board of Trustees,” Rankins wrote.

Specifically, the audit said the foundation’s lease with the nonprofit was “transferred” to the university and IHL approved the “transfer of the lease;” White denied Rankins’ request to amend the report.

The foundation’s lease said the nonprofit would use the university’s athletic facilities to conduct programming to “benefit the area’s underserved population.” Since they penned the five-year lease in 2017, the nonprofit has utilized the property it rented exactly one time: for a Healthy Teens Rally in 2018.

“Instead of quibbling, perhaps your time could be better spent providing the public with a plan for the Wellness Center to be used by the at-risk community in Hattiesburg and providing that to me in a letter,” White wrote. “This way, the TANF money that was paid for the Center might be used to benefit the community it was intended to benefit.”

IHL spokesperson Caron Blanton refused to explain to Mississippi Today why the board approved the university’s lease with the foundation, knowing the foundation planned to sublease the university’s property to a federally-funded nonprofit for $5 million, or if $5 million is the going rate for such a lease.

Blanton did not dispute that IHL and the university knew the money came from Human Services. When asked for an interview, university spokesperson James Coll said officials would not make further comment.

Athletic Foundation President Leigh Breal, who signed the lease with Mississippi Community Education Center, did not return several Facebook messages and calls to her family trucking business. The auditor said the foundation’s reports to the IRS don’t appear to list the funds as rent revenue and that while the entities did enter a lease, the exchange was really a donation in substance.

The nonprofit founder Nancy New, who also signed the lease and is awaiting trial for her role in the embezzlement scheme, to which she pleaded not guilty, has not returned repeated calls.

Mississippi Community Education Center also contracted with University of Southern Mississippi to fund nearly $600,000 worth of “externships” that allowed psychology students “to study in a real-world work environment,” the audit said.

The externships were positions at New Summit School, the private school owned by New, “therefore, MCEC used TANF funds to pay for temporary workers at (New Summit School),” the audit said.

The nonprofit transferred more than $6.5 million in TANF funds to New’s private school operation called New Learning Resources Inc.

University of Southern Mississippi is not the only Mississippi school to benefit from welfare dollars doled out by Mississippi Community Education Center, which had received roughly $65 million from Human Services since former Director John Davis took control of the agency. A Hinds County grand jury also indicted Davis and he pleaded not guilty.

Mississippi State University received $816,282 between 2018 and 2019 on three programs the auditor said did not meet allowable cost guidelines: recruitment of students into the college of education, augmentative communication therapy and dyslexia therapy at T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability.

“First and foremost we stand behind the validity and value of the services in those programs,” said Mississippi State University spokesperson Sid Salter.

T.K. Martin Center does not specifically target its programs to low-income children, yet it publicized that it received a grant from Families First for Mississippi, the statewide program funded by TANF, in 2017 to start its dyslexia program.

The nonprofit also paid to advertise and sponsor — and in some cases purchased tickets for — football, basketball and baseball games at Mississippi State University. Payments to the university’s advertising contractor totaled nearly $317,000. “That’s arms length from the university proper,” Salter said.

The audit questioned the “unreasonableness of providing advertising for programs designed for the needy at college sporting events, lack of adherence to stipulations in
the grant agreement, and the lack of any correlation to how the advertising
benefited the programmatic nature of the TANF program.”

Mississippi Community Education Center also paid $236,000 in TANF to Belhaven University for “leadership development” and $563,600 to Delta State University — costs the auditor questioned. Delta State University President William LaForge said it used the grant to pay the salaries of academic counselors for primarily student-athletes and did so “without any knowledge whatsoever that it might have been improperly channeled welfare funds.”

The auditor similarly questioned grant payments from Mississippi Community Education Center and another nonprofit Family Resource Center of North Mississippi to three public K-12 school districts totaling $645,394.

TANF may be used for four broad purposes: provide cash assistance to poor families, promote employment, prevent out-of-wedlock pregnancies and encourage two-parent families.

TANF may not be used for public K-12 costs (doing so “would be passing on to the TANF program the costs of the State’s public education system,” the federal agency Office of Family Assistance wrote in 2005), to construct buildings or purchase real estate, the auditor noted.

Some of the organizations Mississippi TANF funded — possibly some programs questioned in the report — offered legitimate public services. But if the entities didn’t retain documentation showing who they served or that their clients were income eligible, the auditor could not determine the funds were spent legally.

The TANF scandal is under ongoing investigation by the FBI. The auditor’s office presented its report to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which will use the information to determine which, if any, payments must be refunded. One recipient, Brett Favre, who got $1.1 million for speaking engagements he never attended, according to the audit, voluntarily began repaying the state. White said others have contacted him indicating their intent to also return the funds.“


https://mississippitoday.org/2020/05/08 ... tor-found/


Farve, a Southern Mississippi University legend, was involved in getting state help for the university to get the facility.

As “ Delta State University President William LaForge said it used the grant to pay the salaries of academic counselors for primarily student-athletes and did so “without any knowledge whatsoever that it might have been improperly channeled welfare funds.” Said, the same may well be true of Farve.

It’s been investigated by the FBI And no charges against Farve as yet.
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Today in Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V…
Bludogdem wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:18 pm “ Oct. 19, 2017
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss Athletics Director Jon Gilbert is pleased to formally announce plans for a new multi-purpose Wellness Center.
And on and on and on and on… :problem:
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Bludogdem wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:18 pm “ Oct. 19, 2017
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Yesterday:
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BREAKING Former Mississippi Department of human services executive director John Davis leaving the federal courthouse Thursday morning after pleading guilty to charges the state’s massive $77 million welfare fraud scheme.

[VIDEO]

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Imagine Green Grass posts if some “single Black mother” got caught ripping off the state for $77 million.

Or every "single Black mother" in the known universe got caught collectively as a group ripping off the state for $77 million.

Or one “single black mother” worth 100mil ripping off $5 mil and building some stadium.

Meanwhile, the state capital has not had clean water for weeks. Nudge me awake when these dishonest conservatives around here start pretending to care about it.
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carmenjonze wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:39 pm Imagine Green Grass posts if some “single Black mother” got caught ripping off the state for $77 million.

Or every "single Black mother" in the known universe got caught collectively as a group ripping off the state for $77 million.

Or one “single black mother” worth 100mil ripping off $5 mil and building some stadium.

Meanwhile, the state capital has not had clean water for weeks. Nudge me awake when these dishonest conservatives around here start pretending to care about it.
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Glennfs wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:05 am Everything with you is always race.
Not everything, and not always, not by any stretch. Only the things you choose to respond to.

Your poor education makes it easy for demagogues like DeSantis and Ralph Norman to exploit.

Better you confederates than me. Like I said, wake me when any of you unhooded KKK/QQQ/GOP start to care about these white-con welfare cheats destroying the state of Mississippi.
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Glennfs wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:05 am Everything with you is always race. I am so thankful my parents didn't raise me to be a hate filled racist
Except, you are. I mean, that might not be the fault of your parents. But it’s certainly the case, proven by your own historic posts.
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Drak wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:28 am Except, you are. I mean, that might not be the fault of your parents. But it’s certainly the case, proven by your own historic posts.
Glennfs believes in Ronald Reagan’s racist ‘welfare cheats with Cadillacs’ stereotype, but would MUCH rather throw spaghetti at the wall by crying racism than actually address what these crooked conservative grifters are doing to Mississippi.

Ripping off tens of millions from the state’s poorest families and children, who are overwhelmingly Black and Latino.

No clean water in Jackson for the past several weeks, and a MAGA governor who thinks it’s funny.

Abortion laws worse than Iran’s. :?

I’ll eat my hat if he ever talks about these socially-perverted freaks. It’s a lot easier to focus on me personally than actually contribute a rational comment to the thread, and he is lazy as hell.
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These same cons will go to some vile MAGA rally and stoke violence against immigrants & migrants for coming here, taking jobs, taxpayer munny, and merely existing.

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carmenjonze wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:15 am Not everything, and not always, not by any stretch. Only the things you choose to respond to.

Your poor education makes it easy for demagogues like DeSantis and Ralph Norman to exploit.

Better you confederates than me. Like I said, wake me when any of you unhooded KKK/QQQ/GOP start to care about these white-con welfare cheats destroying the state of Mississippi.
I am sorry for the confusion. I assumed you were smart enough to know the difference between literally and figuratively, my bad
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carmenjonze wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:15 am Not everything, and not always, not by any stretch. Only the things you choose to respond to.

Your poor education makes it easy for demagogues like DeSantis and Ralph Norman to exploit.

Better you confederates than me. Like I said, wake me when any of you unhooded KKK/QQQ/GOP start to care about these white-con welfare cheats destroying the state of Mississippi.
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Glennfs wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:06 pm I am sorry for the confusion.
Yes I can see you’re confused.

Learn what the words literal, figurative, hyperbole, and exaggeration mean.

Make better educational choices for yourself.
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Glennfs wrote: Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:06 pm I am sorry for the confusion. I assumed you were smart enough to know the difference between literally and figuratively, my bad
Bye.

SiriusXM and ESPN suspend Brett Favre programming as welfare scandal intensifies - CBS News
Two of Brett Favre's weekly shows have reportedly been suspended due to the former quarterback's alleged entanglement in a welfare fraud case unfolding in Mississippi.

ESPN paused "The Brett Favre Show" podcast last week, the network confirmed with CBS MoneyWatch, and SiriusXM did the same for Favre's weekly radio show, The Athletic tweeted Sunday. ESPN and SiriusXM didn't immediately respond to requests for comment Monday.
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carmenjonze wrote: Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:16 pm Bye.

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Conservatism is grifting.
On DU an apologist for Favre came on saying that there is no proof Favre knew the funds were illegal or that they were coming from that fund.

I dont know if there is any truth to that or not. I dont have the time to research it. Tax dollars should not be used regardless for the things he was on about at a time like this.

Now this speech money is different, did not know about that. FUCK HIM!
My son just told me Favre sent a text saying "are you sure they wont know the source" so of course that was a con on DU and a liar. :evil:


https://www.sportsnet.ca/nfl/article/te ... -facility/


According to court documents, Favre texted New on Aug. 3, 2017: “If you were to pay me is there anyway the media can find out where it came from and how much?”

Cons defend him because they wanna be like him. Taking a knee gets you fired, being a fascist lying thief does not.

I don't know about the rest of you, but it is god damn exhausting keeping up with the crimes committed by right wingers and trump supporters throughout the country
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