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Title: Head of Energy Department loan program steps down amid Solyndra controversy
Post by: Hazcat on October 06, 2011, 05:08:52 PM

Thursday, October 6, 4:07 PM

The head of the Energy Department’s controversial loan guarantee program has decided to step down, department officials confirmed to The Washington Post on Thursday.

Jonathan Silver, who was named executive director of DOE’s Loan Programs Office in November 2009, has come under fire from congressional Republicans since the solar manufacturer Solyndra declared bankruptcy Aug. 31 after receiving a $535 million federal loan guarantee. While DOE made the initial loan to Solyndra before Silver took the program’s helm — a point he made repeatedly during his congressional testimony last month — he remained the administration’s point person for the embattled initiative.

more at link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/jonathan-silver-head-of-doe-loan-guarantee-program-to-step-down/2011/10/06/gIQAzQmlQL_story.html

Another one 'under the bus' for Ovomit.

Title: Re: Head of Energy Department loan program steps down amid Solyndra controversy
Post by: Pathfinder on October 06, 2011, 06:25:40 PM

Here all along we've been worrying about having enough rope. We should have been worried about having enough buses. Ya know, for bho to throw his cronies under? ? ? ?

Title: Re: Head of Energy Department loan program steps down amid Solyndra controversy
Post by: Hazcat on October 06, 2011, 06:47:57 PM

Quote from: Pathfinder on October 06, 2011, 06:25:40 PM

Here all along we've been worrying about having enough rope. We should have been worried about having enough buses. Ya know, for bho to throw his cronies under? ? ? ?

Yep!  The MSM will NOT follow this so with a few sacrificial goats Ovomit is home free.

Title: Re: Head of Energy Department loan program steps down amid Solyndra controversy
Post by: rojawe on October 06, 2011, 08:57:59 PM

I guess he fell on the sword for obama and I wonder who will go down with the other scandals and I hope one is AG Holder

Title: Re: Head of Energy Department loan program steps down amid Solyndra controversy
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 06, 2011, 09:10:33 PM

Quote from: rojawe on October 06, 2011, 08:57:59 PM

I guess he fell on the sword for obama and I wonder who will go down with the other scandals and I hope one is AG Holder

It's a real shame they did away with drawing and quartering.    :-[

Title: Re: Head of Energy Department loan program steps down amid Solyndra controversy
Post by: blackwolfe on October 08, 2011, 02:26:54 AM

There was a big document dump on this scandal late Friday as usual, so it won't get covered over the weekend and be "old news" by Monday.

Title: Re: Head of Energy Department loan program steps down amid Solyndra controversy
Post by: Majer on October 08, 2011, 09:28:44 AM

Fox news covered it this a.m.