I have no idea why anyone would support this crook…. He has sold out our state and has been making big bucks on the side…
Though Mother Jones calls his dealings a “low grade scandal” I beg to differ…
Bryan Long at Better Georgia
Gainesville Salvage – When Nathan Deal was in Congress, the Congressional Ethics committee launched an investigation into his shady business practices. Congress determined that Deal had improperly used the power of his public office to secure business contracts from the state of Georgia for his private business, Gainesville Salvage. (Download the 152-page Congressional Report and Findings – PDF)
Copart, Inc. – Gov. Deal finally sold off Gainesville Salvage to bury one of his greatest political liabilities and to fix his personal finances — a move that made him a multi-millionaire overnight while governor. Public records show Deal’s taxpayer-funded staff worked on the personal business deal and also show the company that is responsible for Deal’s rags-to-riches story owes the state of Georgia nearly $74 million in back taxes and penalties. Gov. Deal says he’s not responsible for making Copart to pay up.
Unethical Campaign – When Deal decided to run for governor, he brought his unethical behavior with him. But when Stacey Kalberman, the state’s Ethics Commission Director, began to look into the ethics of Deal’s 2010 campaign, Deal cut her salary by a third and fired her deputy in retribution for doing her job. For that, Kalberman won a $700,000 judgment—paid for not by Deal himself, but by taxpayers. The total cost to Georgia taxpayers is $1.15 million. A federal grand jury has issued several subpoenas and continues to investigate.
Chip Rogers – Former State Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers became a national laughingstock when he accused the United Nations of using “mind-control techniques” to promote urbanism. To ease his friend out of office, Gov. Deal created a job at Georgia Public Broadcasting that paid $150,000 per year. But it gets worse. It was later revealed that Rogers didn’t even log much time at GPB because he also held a full-time job as a lobbyist on behalf of hotel owners. Taxpayers shelled out more than $150,000 for a job Rogers didn’t show up for— just to solve Nathan Deal’s political problems.
– See more at: http://bettergeorgia.com/content/nathan-deals-failures-and-scandals#sthash.vj5cUg3c.dpuf
I think that is just a taste of the Governor’s unethical behavior…
