Comments on: Harry Thomas Associate Pleads Guilty, More To Come?

By: Tim S.

Tim S. — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:12:05 +0000

Re: Harry Thomas. You could not make this stuff up. Marshall Banks is a Howard U. professor with a profile on the HU web site who contributed to the 'golf course charity' fraud by Harry Thomas. What is the personal philosophy Banks lists on his profile? I quote:

God Bless the Child that’s Got His Own…

And it seems that is just what Thomas did: took public funds designated for children and siphoned it off for himself.

By: Titllaya

Titllaya — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:39:06 +0000

Marshall Banks retired from Howard University prior to this occurring.

By: Anonymous, Too

Anonymous, Too — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:33:47 +0000

--...this isn't the first time you've accused Lomax and Lew of wrongdoing.-- Truth Hurts- Actually, I haven't accused Lew and Lomax of anything. I've simply informed readers of the very damning and uncontested public records--the May 2011 DC Auditor's Report and June 2011 Inspector General's Report--that outline approximately $9.5 million in taxpayer-funded payments were doled out by Lew to Lomax's RBK Landscaping and there is no documentation supporting those payments. --So I don't understand the continual harping about Fenty.-- Who is harping about Fenty--do you see any mention of him in my posts? L and L go back to Tony Williams days on the baseball stadium. It just happens that the lion's share--to date--of Lomax's outrageously large and unsupported benefits happened during the Fenty administration. Those are the facts. That Gray and company are willing to look the other way on Lew (I would bet Lomax isn't even on the radar screen), just the way Fenty looked the other way on Neil Albert and all his baggage, indicates that the it's not the players, it's the game. --...I suggest you approach the FBI and/or the US ATTY.-- I got it the first time and agreed.

By: truth hurts

truth hurts — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:50:19 +0000

Yeah man! FENTY FENTY FENTY FENTY ................

Pass it on!

He's responsible for every criminal and/or just plain dumbass thing in One City!!

Seriously, Onecidiots, DC is all yours now. Fenty's not standing in your way. Have at it, we'll count up the convictions later.

By: Drez

Drez — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:23:19 +0000

Psst!
It's Fenty's fault that HTJ is a crook. All those 2010photos of HTJ and Gray campaigning together mean nothing.
Pass it on!

By: Terry Miller

Terry Miller — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:43:29 +0000

In the year since Gray has been Mayor, virtually the only "issues" have been some bad appointments early on, and an allegation that a minor candidate was paid to dis Fenty. Yet the Post and the City Paper keep reporting about this ad nauseum! They conveniently forget that Adrain Fenty was Mayor and had successfully stacked the Children and Youth Investment Trust with his own cronies at the time that Harry Thomas, Jr. was stealing from the Fund. In fact, at that Thomas & Fenty were buds! I say dig deeper and you will find more of Fenty's cronies were on the take...

By: truth hurts

truth hurts — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:54:10 +0000

As long as otherwise seemingly reasonable people continue to attack Fenty, claiming he was criminally corrupt, One City Gray will be happy as a clam. He's likely hoping Fenty hatred will last another 3 years. It's all he had as council chair, and it's why he's been DC's mayor for over a year. If folks don't want to deal with what DC pols have done in 2011 and 2012, then let's talk about Gray's lottery contract shenanigans from 2010. Why hasn't the IG, or Gray's AG, bothered to investigate the 2010 complaint from the prior AG and DC's chief contracting officer? And why did Gray fight (and lose) the subpoena in Payne's case? He really really doesn't want to talk about that one under oath.

By: LastStop

LastStop — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:04:23 +0000

It was under the "leadership" of Adrian Fenty that 4 million local tax dollars was shifted to D.C. Housing Authority where it was doled out in contracts to friends and cronies purposely beyond legislative oversight.

There is no such thing as an honest politician. Period, EndofStory.Com.

By: truth hurts

truth hurts — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:03:20 +0000

Atoo - this isn't the first time you've accused Lomax and Lew of wrongdoing. As I previously commented, the Lew and/or Lomax report was issued around May of 2011. As you know, Gray promoted Lew to City Administrator and, from what you're now asserting, Lew in 2011 awarded govt contracts to Lomax.

All under Gray's administration.

So I don't understand the continual harping about Fenty. Gray runs one city now. If he or Nathan won't look into your claims, then I suggest you approach the FBI and/or the US ATTY.

By: Typical DC BS

Typical DC BS — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:03:12 +0000

Amazing that Marshall Banks gets to keep his Howard University job after being convicted of a felony. I know my butt would be out the door at my company if I was convicted of a felony.

Guess Howard University tenure rules don't allow professors to lose their job short of murdering their supervisors?