Exclusive: Santorum funneled earmarks, charity $ to faith-based groups

[kpete]

Exclusive: Santorum funneled earmarks, charity money to Philly faith-based group accused of political activity


Tomorrow's news tonight: This is our article as it appears in tomorrow's Philadelphia Daily News:

A faith-based Philadelphia group at the center of a flap over whether tax-exempt religious groups are aiding the re-election campaign of U.S. Sen Rick Santorum has won more than $250,000 in federal grant money pushed for by Santorum over the last three years.

The group, the Urban Family Council — founded by well-known local conservative religious activist William Devlin — also has reaped a $10,000 grant from a controversial charity founded by Santorum, the Operation Good Neighbor Foundation.


The news of the financial support linked to Santorum comes just one day after a Washington-based watchdog group — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW — sent a letter of complaint to the IRS about the Urban Family Council and three other groups with tax-exempt status.

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002968.html

[Oceansaway]

1. thanks...n/t

[beyurslf]

2. A republican who cheats lies and steals?

Who would ever think such a thing!

[Old and In the Way]

3. This is how they do their "quid pro quo"...money for votes.

Can't be allowing oversight of taxpayer money through our traditional government channels...the money is much better spent paying off the RW theocrats who'll rail on in the pulpits about how the flock must vote Republican.

[Erika]

4. W funnels our tax money into right wing fringe theocrats

I'd be ashamed to vote GOP after this kind of crap.