The biggest laugh was the Fairfax City candidate list. They must let anything that walks on two legs file to be a candidate for the city council. I'm talking about David L. Meyer, the candidate who is a regular at the Labor Department's Inspector General due to:

1. Contracting fraud, including no-bid contracts to the husband of one of his employees and to a company that senior agency staff had financial ties.
2. Dummied up travel vouchers
3. Huge charges by his staff on the government credit card for personal purchases, such as clothing and furniture, which he refused to make them pay back.
4. Sexual harassment.

It's all documented and on file with the IG. What a shame to reward such greed.

I'm not sure what Spelunking_today has against this guy, but suspect Spelunking isn't being forthright.

Because I like to look into allegations like these on my own, I read every IG report on MSHA's admin and management group. What I saw in the IG's very thorough reports was that there seemed to be a time of significant change in MSHA's administration between 2000 and 2002. During that time, there were quite a few anonymous letters sent to the IG office making many allegations either aimed at individuals personally or of seemingly petty infractions of federal regulations.
Based on my experience in other large organizations, it seems more like a situation where Meyer was probably one of the people trying to elevate the level of professionalism of the place and there were long-time employees of a lower standard, who liked things just the way they were.
That's just a guess on my part. Spelunking_today's stripes seem pretty clear and based on the tone and litany of allegations, this intelligent voter is going to take Spelunking's comments with a very large grain of salt.

Sounds more like someone with an axe to grind.

Intelligent voter is anything but what his or her name implies.

I work at MSHA and I know a lot about David Meyer's disregard for the law. The nonesense answer about blaming Meyer's subordinates (Meyer does that all the time) and the veiled reference to blaming the Clinton administration (who appointed Meyer) are the hallmarks of cowardice.

David Meyer has a long and documented history of disdain for the rules. Besides the IG investigations, Meyer is also currently under investigation for ethics charges by a few independent government agencies.

One more thing -- how does Intelligentvoter know what letters are sent to the Inspector General, and whether or not they are signed?

In response to spelunking today's question, I only know what I read in the Inspector General's report on the DOL website. It contains the anonymous letters that were the basis for the allegations.

Because I don't know when, where or how Meyer was appointed, I made no veiled references to the Clinton Administration.

And there is no blaming his subordinates. Because the IG's report doesn't name names, it's difficult to understand exactly who they are making reference to. I was only offering my opinion based on general experience and the tone of the IG report.

Based on your response, if I had to guess, I'd say you must have been somewhere in the chain of command below Meyer. If that's the case, you're free to express your opinion, but I don't see how your axe grinding has anything to do with Fairfax City. Get a life and move on.