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PHA Board to discuss investigation

POSTED: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 3:14 PM

Jeff Shields

PHA Board chairman John F. Street on Tuesday said the board's five members will meet next week to discuss the federal probe into the agency in the wake of the scandal involving executive director Carl Greene.

The meeting, called "to discuss current agency activities and the board’s investigation," is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Board's offices, 12 S. 23rd Street.

The Board suspended Greene on Thursday, with pay, while it conducts an investigation over the next month into four separate sexual harassment cases against Greene. Three were settled for $648,000 and a fourth is proposed for $250,000. The FBI and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Inspector General have also opened a criminal investigation.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:30 PM, 08/31/2010

No doubt meeting to discuss what the federal probe might turn up on themselves. Here's to you all being in prison soon: Cheers!

— KYS24

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:32 PM, 08/31/2010

Disgraceful. These clowns should be ashamed for being so oblivious.

— nikki1231

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:59 PM, 08/31/2010

I know everyone has the right to due process and is innocent until proven guilty, but F this guy.

— dr.anonymous,md

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:10 PM, 08/31/2010

And who is on this Board of Directors??? 1)John Street; 2)Bob Brady's Wife; 3) Controller Alan Butkovitz's wife; 4) Jannie Blackwell; and 5)The Head of the Philly chapter of the AFL-CIO. Do you think this group has the capability of being impartial, apolitical and thorough? Yeah right.

— philliestew

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:27 PM, 08/31/2010

"Suspended --- with pay" Basically nothing's changed, Green is still sitting around being useless and getting paid for it. Pay to Play.

— KYS24

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:13 PM, 08/31/2010

The board needs to review THEIR charter and discover what THEY are supposed to be doing. It is clear they have been asleep at the wheel, the only question is have they failed in their duties. If the Feds look hard enough I am sure they will find back scratching going on...

— Pundit

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:30 AM, 09/01/2010

Jeff, what do you mean, "in the wake of the scandal"? It's not over yet. So many rocks to turn over; so little time...

— Justin Case

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:32 PM, 09/01/2010

My friend used to work at PHA. Carl Green went to great lengths to cover up his misdeeds and ran a reign of terror among his employees with fear of retaliation and termination. The board are strickly volunteer, they get nothing but a bottle of water , in fact they have to pay for parking to attend the meetings. Mr. Green's cover up was intended to keep the Board from knowing anything he did that was improper or illegal.

— Love2Dance