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- Vet Fraud Abuse ► Reported 16 thru 30 SEP 2016 Chelmsford, MA -- David Gorski
- Vet Jobs Update 197 ► Amazon Part Time | Work At Home
- Vet Jobs Update 198 ► Kohls Holiday Hiring
- Obit: Leo Gray ► 23 SEP 2016
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The “Missing Man” display The dispute was profiled just a few months ago by martial arts superstar, television and movie actor, and WND columnist Chuck Norris, who cited the “desecration” of military memorials: “Back on Feb. 29, Todd Starnes, host of Fox News & Commentary radio, reported that ‘a Bible and Bible verse were removed from a POW/MIA display inside an [Akron] Ohio Veteran’s Administration clinic.’ “On Apr. 6, Military.com reported that a second VA clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, ‘substituted a ‘prop’ book for a Bible … at a table set up to honor American prisoners of war and missing in action,’ known as ‘Missing Man’ tables. “On April 19, the Army Times reported: ‘[O]fficials at Tobyhanna Army Depot removed a Bible with the depot’s name on its cover from a prisoner-of-war memorial display in the installation’s administration building about 24 hours after receiving a complaint [about it].’ “Also in April, senior staff at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas, also removed the Bible from its POW/MIA ‘Missing Man’ Memorial without a direct demand to do so,” he wrote. Chuck Norris provides real solutions to our county’s problems and a way to reawaken the American dream in his best-seller, “Black Belt Patriotism.” He explained the items on the table are symbols, “Each item holds special significance, and the Bible represents the ‘strength gained through faith to sustain us and those lost from our country, founded as one nation under God,'” Norris explained. He continued, “As I have to do a few times a year, I need to remind and sometimes educate people that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t prohibit such practices as placing a Bible in a public or government Veteran display; it actually protests the practice. “Atheists and other progressives would have you believe that the First Amendment establishes an impenetrable and impassable ‘separation of church and state.’ But that phrase appears nowhere in the First Amendment, which actually reads: ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. …'” He charged that organizations “such as the Military Religious Freedom Foundation” who are opposing the presence of Bibles “are not preserving First Amendment rights. They are perverting the meaning of the Establishment Clause (which was to prevent the creation of a single national church like the Church of England) to deny the Free Exercise Clause (which preserves our rights to exercise our religious freedoms as we want, privately and publicly). Both clauses were intended to safeguard religious liberty, not to circumscribe its practice. The framers were seeking to guarantee freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.” In a “Washington Update” from the FRC this week, it said, “The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs smacked down the far-Left extremists in the military who were systematically desecrating a display honoring the military’s POWs.” The report noted that the MRFF had pressured a number of installations to remove the Bible, “falling prey to the idea that the Scriptures’ inclusion was somehow unconstitutional.” FRC reported, “As our own Lt. General Jerry Boykin (U.S. Army-Ret.) has said before, U.S. servicemen and women know the enemy – and the Bible isn’t it!” [Source: WND | Bob Unruh | September 26, 2016 ++] ***************************** Vet Fraud & Abuse ► Reported 16 thru 30 SEP 2016 Chelmsford, MA -- David Gorski, 51, was sentence27 SEP in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with recruiting veterans as figurehead owners of a construction company in order to receive specialized government contracts. “Taking advantage of set-aside programs intended to support the economic welfare and stability of veterans is appalling,” said United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz. “Through his scheme, Mr. Gorski undercut the efforts of hard-working veterans to compete for valuable government contracts and, as such, defrauded federal agencies dedicated to serving veterans of our armed services.” Gorski was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor to 30 months in prison, one year of supervised release and ordered to pay a fine of $1 million. In June 2016, Gorski was found guilty by a jury following a 12-day trial of conspiring to defraud the United States by impairing the lawful governmental function of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the General Services Administration, the Army, and the Navy in the implementation and administration of the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Program. He was also convicted of four counts of wire fraud. In 2006, Gorski established a company, Legion Construction, Inc., after recruiting a disabled Korean War veteran to act as the company’s straw owner for the sole purpose of obtaining federal construction contracts set aside under the SDVOSB Program. The purpose of the SDVOSB program is to provide federal contracting assistance to service-disabled veterans who own small businesses by creating set-aside and sole-source acquisitions for such businesses. When the veteran’s deteriorated, Gorski added a second disabled veteran, Peter Ianuzzi, to serve as the figurehead owner of Legion. Legion acquired more than $113 million in federal contracts between 2006 and November 2010, after Gorski falsely represented to federal contracting officers that the company was owned and operated by service-disabled veterans. In March 2010, a different SDVOSB registered a bid protest against Legion, alleging that Legion should not have been awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at its medical center in White River Junction, VT. The company specifically challenged Legion’s SDVOSB status, noting that it appeared that Gorski, not one of the veterans, was the person running Legion. After retaining the services of a large Boston law firm to assist him, Gorski filed an opposition to the bid protest that contained backdated documents containing false and misleading information. The Small Business Administration denied the bid protest based on Legion’s submission. Gorski then began exploring ways to siphon money from Legion that would not appear as compensation exceeding the pay of the nominal veteran owner, Ianuzzi, in violation of federal regulations, including Ianuzzi “gifting” him $900,000 and establishing private bank accounts into which the company would deposit $2.5 million for Gorski’s benefit. Before the bank accounts could be opened, however, a federal grand jury issued subpoenas to Legion and several witnesses. [Source: U.S. DoJ Dist of MA News Release | September 27, 2016 ++] ***************************** Vet Jobs Update 197 ► Amazon Part Time | Work At Home Are you looking for a part-time job in a flexible working environment that allows you to work from home? Or perhaps you’re looking for a seasonal gig that will allow you to sock away some money for holiday shopping? If that sounds like you, Amazon is hiring remote customer service associates in its new “Reserves Program,” which the e-commerce giant says is responsible for “swiftly” responding to “spikes in customer need.” Jobs are available for people who live in any of the following 20 states -- Arizona, Colorado, , Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Virginia According to the job description, you’ll earn $10 an hour if you’re hired. You’ll work from home, receive paid training and have the flexibility to choose your work hours. Amazon says its work-from-home customer service associates in the Reserves Program can choose to work between one and 30 hours each week, although the average employee will work about 12 hours a week. The Seattle-based online retailer also included this warning in its job description: Working hours will increase during our peak season (November through January), and you may be required to work between 20 and 40 hours per week during this time. Note that you may also be required to work on any/all major holidays including Christmas & News Year. To read more about the job and apply go to the website at https://amazon.force.com/JobDetails?isapply=1&reqid=a0RF0000012Nn3VMAS&setlang=en_US. [Source: Money Talks News | | Krystal Steinmetz | September 11, 2016 ++] ***************************** Vet Jobs Update 198 ► Kohl's Holiday Hiring Kohl’s expects to hire more than 69,000 workers for this year’s holiday shopping season. Just don’t delay if you’re interested in one these positions at the department store. Kohl’s announced 19 SEP that holiday hiring started in August and most positions will be filled by mid-November. Employees are needed for: More than 1,100 stores across 49 states, where seasonal employees will stock merchandise; assist customers on the sales floor and at registers; help fill online orders for in-store pickup; or fulfill online orders that ship from stores direct to customers. Distribution centers, where employees will make sure products arrive at Kohl’s stores and help fill online orders. E-commerce fulfillment centers, where employees will pick and ship online orders. Credit operations, where employees will perform various customer service functions. Ryan Festerling, Kohl’s executive vice president of human resources, says in a company statement: “The holidays are an exciting time to join the Kohl’s team. Whether you’re looking to start a career in retail or make extra money for the holidays, Kohl’s is a great place to work with a culture of appreciation and opportunity.” Kohl’s announcement does not specify whether the holiday positions are full-time or part-time. Reuters reports that the company’s expectation of hiring more than 69,000 employees for this holiday season is on par with Kohl’s holiday hiring last year. [Source: MoneyTalksNews | Karla Bowsher | September 20, 2016 ++] ***************************** Obit: Leo Gray ► 23 SEP 2016 Retired Lt. Col. Leo Gray, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen who fought in the skies over Europe during World War II, died 23 SEP in his Coconut Creek home. He was 92. Gray, a Boston native, enlisted after high school — when the U.S. military was segregated — and began training in 1942 at Tuskegee Army Airfield. He became an active-duty pilot the following year. He was then stationed in Italy, where he flew 15 combat missions as a pilot with the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, which protected Allied bombers. He flew the P-51 Mustang, also referred to as a “Red Tail,” logging 750 flight hours. “He said he never got a chance to shoot down any Germans, but he was ready to,” said Gray’s friend, Maj. Nate Osgood of the Broward Sheriff’s Office. “[The Tuskegee Airmen] were true pioneers of the civil rights movement.” In 2013, the Broward Sheriff’s Office recognized Gray, along with Col. Eldridge Williams and Judge Richard Rutledge, for serving their country while battling racism and bigotry. 
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