Broadcasting Board chair cited for abuses of office

Steve Safran August 30th, 2006

The State Department has released a report that says Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman Kenneth Y. Tomlinson was using his office improperly by making an incorrectly-documented hire and “running a horse racing operation” on the government’s dime. That’s right - a horse racing operation. Tomlinson’s the guy who resigned as the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting cited him for improper hires and political tampering. Tomlinson says the investigation was “inspired by partisan divisions,” and says the horse racing stuff was limited to an email a day out of his office. (WaPo free sub. req.)