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Brett Favre isn’t trending because of his ties to the largest embezzlement scandal in Mississippi history, but let’s re-visit @ayewolfe’s outstanding reporting anyway.
Start here: https://mississippitoday.org/2020/02/27/welfare-program-paid-5-million-for-new-volleyball-center/
Start here: https://mississippitoday.org/2020/02/27/welfare-program-paid-5-million-for-new-volleyball-center/
“The nonprofit also paid Favre Enterprises, his business, $1.1 million between 2017 and 2018 ‘to appear at several events, record promotions, and provide autographs for marketing materials.’” https://mississippitoday.org/2020/05/04/increasingly-absurd-expenditures-newly-released-audit-questions-94-million-in-dhs-spending/
we’re out of order now but still an important piece https://mississippitoday.org/2020/04/10/concussion-drug-company-ensnared-in-welfare-fraud-scandal-plans-relocation-to-south-mississippi-medical-city/
If you have time to dive into Anna’s thorough coverage of the embezzlement scandal (and the general dysfunction of Mississippi’s welfare system), you should. It’s important work in a state where many are suffering and not getting the resources they need. https://mississippitoday.org/category/welfare/
