Jackson Must Go ... Now

Alphonso Jackson, head of Housing and Urban Development for the Bush administration, "urged staff members to favor friends of President Bush when awarding" when awarding HUD contracts, reports The Washington Post.

An inspector general's report charges that top U.S. housing official Alphonso Jackson urged staff members to favor friends of President Bush when awarding Department of Housing and Urban Development contracts. But investigators so far have found no direct proof that Jackson's staff obeyed.

His chief of staff told investigators that Jackson, the HUD secretary, "personally intervened with contractors whom he did not like . . . these contractors had Democratic political affiliations," says the report, a copy of which was made available to The Washington Post.


Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson last month in New Orleans. HUD's inspector general found that he directed staff members to favor Bush supporters -- but found no evidence they followed through.

Awarding contracts on the basis of party affiliation violates federal law.

This administration has no morals, no sense of ethics, no shame.

Jackson should be the first to go to prison, followed by all the rest, including Bush.