Soapbox: Who are real culprits behind Grady deal?
December 1, 2007 at 9:00 am by Soapbox Editor in SoapboxBy Ron Marshall
It does not surprise me that Grady voted to go private. This has been in the plan to privatize all major funding resources in America to control how money is being spent and who receives it. Look at Iraq — since when do we hire a private force to protect public interest? This has never happened in the history of war. Who benefits from privatization?
Grady changes have started the wheel of genocide. A whole community will perish (poor people and poor accident victims) in the name of profits. Not to mention the land deals that will be made. We have put a price on human life. Not only have we put a price on the life of an individual, we allow the health care system to pick and choose who gets treated and how much treatment they as humans receive. Animals get treated better than people. Throw a dog in the street and see what happens.
Our governor had the nerve to pray for rain. The prayers should be for humanity as well as for the salvation of human life and for the protection of our planet. Now we have really fallen off the path of survival.
What’s still hidden is how this happened and who is responsible for what happened. This has never been asked. If it has, there sure has been very little said about the accountability of the officials who oversee Grady and the officials who appoint the board that put Grady in this position. Why is the public being denied access to records that will show where all the money went or is going and who is receiving it? This is not new, and it seems to happen like the migration of geese heading south every year.
Only one person was sent to prison for stealing from Grady: Charles Walker. Walker did not steal all that money by himself. He had to have help. Somebody signed the checks and somebody got paid to keep it quiet. Why wasn’t there an investigation conducted to find the accomplices? This is like a private (secret) Mafia, they sacrificed one to save the rest. I notice Walker has not turned on his accomplices. Is there money waiting for him when he is released?
Does cover-up money pay for a pass, as Emory has shown? It has clearly had its way with Grady’s funding with a sweet heart contract. Does being a politician automatically give you a pass, when crisis after crisis’ shock after shock costs tax payers millions, without having them be accountable time after time?
Now we had an explosion in South Georgia and no other but Grady is in the front again. The needs are clear — human lives are at stake. Is there no other real-time event that shows Grady at its best?
So to feel anything is like watching killings and brutality between 6-11 p.m. live on the news or a television program. You get used to it. The fight for justice and accountability has only hit a bump in the road; we must be protectors of justice and righteousness and we will accelerate ahead of corruption. Buckle up.
Ron Marshall is chairman of the New Grady Coalition.
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