Shelby’s Pork Funding Fraud and Discrimination
In an interesting article at OpEdNews, Roger Schuler takes a closer look at where some of Sen. Shelby's quarter of a billion dollars in earmarks is going. One recipient in particular, the University of Alabama System, has a track record littered with fraud, dysfunction and discrimination.
A federal jury found that UA discriminated against former medical resident Seema Gupta based on her Hindu religion. Numerous other lawsuits have been settled or are currently in litigation.
The article lists some of these "numerous other lawsuits" and offenses against the UA system including fraud on the academic, insurance and health-care fronts.
Disclosure: The author was previously terminated from a job a UAB
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