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The state welfare fund, had spent $5 million renovating the volleyball stadium at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Favre is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. His daughter is on the volleyball team there. In an interview by the AP, Favre boasted about raising funds to build the stadium, and while some of the money was raised from individual donors, $5 million came from the states welfare budget.
Mississippi Today also reported that the Mississippi Community Education Center gave over $2 million of state welfare money to a company called Prevacus, which does concussion research and makes medical devices.
Favre invested in Prevacus, per Sports Illustrated. He sat on the advisory board.
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Follow the money.
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exboyfil
(17,865 posts)In three separate cases, TANF money was used improperly when Favre was involved. There is some excellent reporting from Mississippi Today.
Investigative reporters in all states should start kicking the tires on their own TANF Block Grant funds. It is disgusting how little of the actual aid gets to the poorest residents of the poorest state. Money that could be used for tutoring, scholarships, and of course general living expenses.
https://mississippitoday.org/2020/02/27/welfare-program-paid-5-million-for-new-volleyball-center/
ProfessorGAC
(65,248 posts)The E60 & OTL groups at ESPN have a lot of internal respect there.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)kairos12
(12,882 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,937 posts)In internet chatter in NJ.
More so than the 'sports' aspect - but with the knowledge that Red State Senators are conspiring to make us go bankrupt when we are paying their way in EVERYTHING?
This is Welfare Fraud.
It's time for us to go.
PufPuf23
(8,843 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,484 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,937 posts)And if I'm correct - she was a white woman from Arkansas.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,860 posts)that he took from the welfare dept. and the other agency. Favre's an asshole. Make him pay; that's what will really hurt him.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)and will pay back another 500K in "installments".
I'm sure that was a closed door deal to keep him out of prison.
Progressive Law
(617 posts)I suspect Favre may have been totally unaware of any fraudulent activities, and that the administrators used his name to cook the books. Time will tell.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)or his fundraising "efforts" netting $5M of TANF money for the volleyball area?
Progressive Law
(617 posts)Vinca
(50,318 posts)jimfields33
(16,018 posts)We need a top down review of everything. Trumps will require us to anyway with all the skeletons that will be found in the next decade.