Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., praised an inspector general’s report on the botched Fast and Furious gun-trafficking operation, saying during a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday that it would help restore public faith in the U.S. Justice Department. The report blasts Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officials for “a series of misguided strategies, tactics, errors in judgment and management failures.” The report vindicates Republican criticisms of the operation, though it also rebuts GOP claims that Attorney General Eric Holder (in photo) knew about Fast and Furious before it was suspended. The report also notes how the first operation began during the Bush administration.
Tom Stolz, deputy chief for the Wichita Police Department and the acting director of Wichita Transit, didn’t say anything the other night about the city’s bus system that hasn’t been said by many, many others. Still, his take on the system was strikingly blunt: “Our transit system is extremely cumbersome. It is unreliable. If you had to depend on our transit system to get you to work or to the doctor, don’t count on it. It is terrible for a city this size.” Stolz, speaking at a meeting of Wichita Independent Neighborhoods, also spoke the truth in saying the community needs to decide what bus system it wants. “Are we going to stay with this same model, which is hit and miss, or are we going to try and upgrade?” he asked. One thing Wichita won’t be doing this year is asking voters to increase the sales tax to improve the bus system, something the city’s transit advisory board had recommended. As of Oct. 30, Wichita Transit will have a new boss, Steve Spade, who has been the transit director for Chapel Hill, N.C.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., praised an inspector general’s report on the botched Fast and Furious gun-trafficking operation, saying during a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday that it would help restore public faith in the U.S. Justice Department. The report blasts Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officials for “a series of misguided strategies, tactics, errors in judgment and management failures.” The report vindicates Republican criticisms of the operation, though it also rebuts GOP claims that Attorney General Eric Holder (in photo) knew about Fast and Furious before it was suspended. The report also notes how the first operation began during the Bush administration.
