Vote to spare Tomlinson shameful

VOTE TO SPARE TOMLINSON SHAMEFUL
[SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News 9/19, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
[Commentary] The Broadcasting Board of Governors split 3-3 on a vote to strip Ken Tomlinson of his position as chairman. The vote, divided along party lines, is as shameful as the moonlighting practices that inspired it. He logged 400 phone calls and 1,200 e-mails running his side business, operating a stable of thoroughbreds, according to a State Department investigation. Tomlinson has been in trouble before. He came under fire in an ethics scandal when he served as chairman of the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Accused of packing the corporation with patronage appointments, all of them Republicans, he was stripped of his post. This time, he was spared. Maybe it was because of his work ethic. It was certainly not because of his ethics.
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