So last Friday the FBI finally got around to raiding the office of former Fiesta Bowl lobbyist Gary Husk. That’s January, 27, 2012.
Let us review: The Republic first blew the whistle on charges the Fiesta Bowl was making illegal campaign contributions in December of 2009 and the finger was pointed directly at the long-time director John Juncker and lobbyist Husk. In March of 2011, the bowl’s board released a devastating and disgusting report that detailed the allegations of wrongdoing, again pointing figures at those two–this coming after a phony review of the case had tried to sweep this all under the rug.
Since then, the only thing that has happened publicly was the indictment last November of Natalie Wisneski, the bowl’s former chief operation officer who was the whistle blower who finally exposed this issue. The Whistleblower is the FIRST one charged with a crime? That’s just wrong on so many levels. What kind of message does that send to potential whitleblowers of future problems?
They’re just now getting around to confiscating Husk’s records–boy, that sounds way too lazy for me!! I’m wondering just what took so long.