Scott Pruitt enlisted an EPA aide to help his wife find a job -- with Chick-fil-A

[Gothmog]

Source: Washington Post

Three months after Scott Pruitt was sworn in as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, his executive scheduler emailed Dan Cathy, chairman and president of the fast food company Chick-fil-A, with an unusual request: Would Cathy meet with Pruitt to discuss “a potential business opportunity”?

A call was arranged, then canceled, and Pruitt eventually spoke with someone from the company’s legal department. Only then did he reveal the “opportunity” on his mind was a job for his wife, Marlyn.

“The subject of that phone call was an expression of interest in his wife becoming a Chick-fil-A franchisee,” company representative Carrie Kurlander told The Washington Post via email.

Marlyn Pruitt never opened a restaurant. “Administrator Pruitt’s wife started, but did not complete, the Chick-fil-A franchisee application,” Kurlander said. But the revelation that Pruitt used his official position and EPA staff to try to line up work for his wife appears to open a new chapter in the ongoing saga of his questionable spending and management decisions, which so far have spawned a dozen federal probes.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/scott-pruitt-enlisted-an-epa-aide-to-help-his-wife-find-a-job--at-chick-fil-a/2018/06/05/b798e4e4-5eac-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html?utm_term=.04f2b505ff6d

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The caption on the video in the article is "Does Pruitt have an ethics problem?"

Ya think?

He's not the biggest 'gator in the swamp; he's more like one of those gigantic pythons that have taken over the Everglades and are eating everything.

[Gothmog]

3. Water is also wet

[slumcamper]

2. GET HIM OUTTA THERE!!! n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Chick-fil-A: Selling Chicken With a Side of God

Chick-fil-A: Selling Chicken With a Side of God

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/09/chick-fil-a-selling-chicken-with-a-side-of-god/379776/

In visiting Chick-fil-A's headquarters, which are tucked among the trees on a large plot of wooded land outside of Atlanta, the first thing you'll probably notice, as I did when I visited in the fall of 2011, is the Jesus statue. It's probably three or four feet tall and depicts Jesus washing the feet of a disciple—"a symbol of servant leadership," said a spokesperson. Other religious artwork is on display in the large atrium at the entrance of the building, including Bible quotes and crosses. There is also a fleet of pristine, extremely expensive-looking cars, with a row of model T's and a reproduction of the Batmobile.

This combination of Christian symbolism and display of extreme wealth is a fitting metaphor for the way S. Truett Cathy, the company's late founder, ran his company. Since he opened his first chicken-sandwich stand in an Atlanta mall in 1967, Cathy openly incorporated Christianity into his business, from putting Bible quotes on the styrofoam sweet-tea cups to closing the entire chain on Sundays. He has also made billions of dollars, which explains the decorative sports cars.

On Monday, Cathy died at the age of 93. He was involved in the day-to-day operations of the company well into his 80s; his son Dan is now the president and chairman. Before he died, he created a contract with his children stating that the company should never go public; theoretically, transferring ownership out of the family could jeopardize the business's overtly religious mission statement "to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us" and "to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A."

In 2012, the company was involved in a controversy over its donations to organizations that opposed gay marriage and advocated the passage of Proposition 8 in California, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. At the time, Cathy's son, Dan, told the Baptist Press that Chick-fil-A was unashamed of its opposition to same-sex marriage and support of "traditional family values": "We are very much supportive of the family—the biblical definition of the family unit. ... We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives."

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. Whatcha wanna bet?

Pruitt wanted Cathy to GIVE her a franchise?

Keep her home where she belongs. Not mining his business.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. "he attended the University of Tulsa College of Law and earned a Juris Doctor in 1993"

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pruitt )

Sucks to be the University of Tulsa College of Law and know your reputation is now shit, thanks to your inability to teach the basics of the law.

[Gothmog]

9. This law school is in tier III at 101 according US News

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+5

[montanacowboy]

7. Why does she need a job?

they can steal everything they want from the American People

What degrading people they are, I have no words that I can ascribe to them that is low enough
Those words have not been invented yet but they will be soon
We will need a lot of debasing vocabulary to describe the filth & slime crawling out of this swamp

[Gothmog]

8. I think that she wants to open a franchise store

[Gothmog]

10. No wonder Scott Pruitt wanted a Chick-fil-A franchise:

Link to tweet

[jmowreader]

11. Working for Donald Trump is not the most secure career path one could take

Maybe he's preparing for the eventuality that he's going to prison for corruption.