{"id":60171,"date":"2015-06-03T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60171"},"modified":"2015-06-02T16:15:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T20:15:58","slug":"va-psychic-didnt-see-this-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60171","title":{"rendered":"VA psychic didn’t see this coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that two VA employees, Lucy Filipov, the assistant director of the Philadelphia regional office, and Gary Hodge, director of the Pension Management Center, have been suspended. Their crime? They forced other VA employees to donate $30 per head for psychic readings in the Filipov and Hodges homes.<\/p>\n

In comments included in last week’s report, Filipov said she considered the party a gathering of friends, rather than one involving subordinates. Hodge said his wife’s business was separate from his work and didn’t know what his wife’s income was.<\/p>\n

Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., on Monday applauded the VA’s action, saying he hoped it was a sign the department will now hold officials strictly accountable for “reckless and harmful actions.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, ripping off VA employees is behavior worthy of suspension, but ripping off taxpayers and veterans isn’t. Nice. I don’t know what went through these two people’s heads, but I’m pretty sure their paperboy could have told them that this scheme was unethical. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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