Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Resigned GSA head files suit against psychic for failing to predict that hiring said psychic as part of lavish conference would force resignation.

Just kidding, although frankly, I think the psychic owes former General Services Administration head Martha Johnson a refund.  Or I guess that would be the taxpayers, since the government picked up the tab for GSA's $823,000 "training conference," which somehow included the services of a clown, a comic and a psychic, at what has been described as an "opulent" hotel outside of Vegas. 

When men are in charge of conferences and operations gone amok, we get sexual assault, harrassment and misconduct (see Tailhook; also Minerals Management Agency).  When a woman is in charge, we get:

* More than $6,000 spent on commemorative coins in velvet boxes to celebrate the stimulus package
*More than $31,000 spent on a "networking" reception that included a $19-per-person "artisanal cheese displays"
* A $75,000 "team-building" exercise in which GSA employees....built a bicycle.
* A closing night dinner during which employees were given "yearbooks" with their photos in them, at a cost of more than $8,000

So a clown, a comic and a psychic walk into a Vegas ballroom.....

Here's the link to the NYTimes recap:  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/us/politics/general-services-administration-chief-resigns.html?_r=1&ref=us

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