Walter Williams: Nonprofits aren’t always servants to the public

Published September 22, 2010 4:00am ET



“Philadelphia Scandal Underscores Pitiful State of Public Housing Oversight,” read Jonathan Berr’s Aug. 28 report in the Daily Finance. It was a story about Carl Greene, the embattled director of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

He was put on paid leave while the board investigates charges that he settled four sexual harassment claims against him without notifying the PHA, doled out work to politically connected law firms and pressured employees to donate to his favorite nonprofit. Greene is also being investigated by the U.S. Attorney General’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and HUD’s Office of Inspector General.

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