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BR Corruption: Record Request Results for City Contracts
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:07 pm
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The data portion of the BRAVE program was provided by LSU, at a cost of $125,000 per year. When Broome took office in January she canceled that contract. Since that time Baton Rouge has lost the federal funding for the BRAVE program and by all indications it appears dead – which is a bad sign given the sizable spike in violent crime in the Capitol City this year compared to 2016.
Yesterday, Broome was put on the spot regarding her relationship with Reed, given his outrageous statements at Wednesday’s Metro Council meeting, essentially calling the white community in Baton Rouge a “confederacy” and characterizing the mass murder of Baton Rouge law enforcement officers by domestic terrorist Gavin Long as “justice.” TV station WAFB sent in a public records request asking for any records of contracts Broome might have had with Reed; that led to her announcing she had disassociated herself with Reed, who had served on a citizen’s advisory board regarding police practices earlier this year, and that she had canceled a contract awarded to Reed under the BRAVE program as a “street counselor” – something nobody seems to have a definition for.
"THE SERVICE PROVIDER WILL PROVIDE ON-DEMAND LOGISTICAL AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR THE BRAVE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AS NEEDED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COURT APPEARANCES, MEDICAL, SOCIAL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF”
Dunn has a courier service. He got hired to turn it into a taxi service to take BRAVE participants around town, for $17,500. Naw, that’s not a political payoff.
“PROVIDER WILL RECRUIT A MINIMUM OF 30 YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE (YES) YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOLUTIONS PROGRAM. PROVIDE GROUP LEADERS AND ASSISTANT GROUP LEADERS. IMPLEMENT THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOLUTIONS CURRICULUM FROM THE”
The Youth Empowerment Solutions Program must be a big deal. Because the Louisiana Center For Health Equity picked up $16,000 for their 30 kids, as did the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Baptist Builders International got $12,000 for their 30 kids – they need better negotiating skills, it appears – and Assisi House, Inc. is on the list for $16,000 as well, though no minimum number of recruits is specified.
“SERVICE PROVIDER WILL SERVE AS A FACILITATOR/ CONSULTANT TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE A NETWORK OF TEAMS/PLAYERS TO HOST TWO COMMUNITY SPORTING EVENTS FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS TARGETING THOSE ZIP CODES 70805 AND 70802”
He got $9,500 to host a couple of basketball tournaments. Oh, and wait – Marshall wasn’t the only one getting paid for that. The same description appears on a line item for $9,500 for one Zuri Sanchez, who our research indicates is a wide receiver at Madison Prep Academy in Baton Rouge who will graduate from high school next spring.
And theres way more.
The data portion of the BRAVE program was provided by LSU, at a cost of $125,000 per year. When Broome took office in January she canceled that contract. Since that time Baton Rouge has lost the federal funding for the BRAVE program and by all indications it appears dead – which is a bad sign given the sizable spike in violent crime in the Capitol City this year compared to 2016.
Yesterday, Broome was put on the spot regarding her relationship with Reed, given his outrageous statements at Wednesday’s Metro Council meeting, essentially calling the white community in Baton Rouge a “confederacy” and characterizing the mass murder of Baton Rouge law enforcement officers by domestic terrorist Gavin Long as “justice.” TV station WAFB sent in a public records request asking for any records of contracts Broome might have had with Reed; that led to her announcing she had disassociated herself with Reed, who had served on a citizen’s advisory board regarding police practices earlier this year, and that she had canceled a contract awarded to Reed under the BRAVE program as a “street counselor” – something nobody seems to have a definition for.
"THE SERVICE PROVIDER WILL PROVIDE ON-DEMAND LOGISTICAL AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR THE BRAVE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AS NEEDED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COURT APPEARANCES, MEDICAL, SOCIAL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF”
Dunn has a courier service. He got hired to turn it into a taxi service to take BRAVE participants around town, for $17,500. Naw, that’s not a political payoff.
“PROVIDER WILL RECRUIT A MINIMUM OF 30 YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE (YES) YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOLUTIONS PROGRAM. PROVIDE GROUP LEADERS AND ASSISTANT GROUP LEADERS. IMPLEMENT THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOLUTIONS CURRICULUM FROM THE”
The Youth Empowerment Solutions Program must be a big deal. Because the Louisiana Center For Health Equity picked up $16,000 for their 30 kids, as did the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Baptist Builders International got $12,000 for their 30 kids – they need better negotiating skills, it appears – and Assisi House, Inc. is on the list for $16,000 as well, though no minimum number of recruits is specified.
“SERVICE PROVIDER WILL SERVE AS A FACILITATOR/ CONSULTANT TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE A NETWORK OF TEAMS/PLAYERS TO HOST TWO COMMUNITY SPORTING EVENTS FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS TARGETING THOSE ZIP CODES 70805 AND 70802”
He got $9,500 to host a couple of basketball tournaments. Oh, and wait – Marshall wasn’t the only one getting paid for that. The same description appears on a line item for $9,500 for one Zuri Sanchez, who our research indicates is a wide receiver at Madison Prep Academy in Baton Rouge who will graduate from high school next spring.
And theres way more.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:10 pm to ell_13
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to take BRAVE participants around town, for $17,500
EXACTLY the maximum amount for a City-Parish contract that does not require Council approval.
So now we know what Broome has been doing since January...
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:11 pm to ell_13
I just read through all the names listed receiving monies. As bad as this is, its chicken scratch.
This is why they fought so hard for the Council on Aging. It will be a multi-million dollar slush fund, recurring every year with no federal oversight.
This is why they fought so hard for the Council on Aging. It will be a multi-million dollar slush fund, recurring every year with no federal oversight.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:12 pm to ell_13
They gotta spend that $1.4 million before the end of September somehow
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:14 pm to Rouge
I just want nearly $10k to put on some youth basketball tournaments.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:16 pm to Golfer
And they want tax money for roads?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:18 pm to SPEEDY
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They gotta spend that $1.4 million before the end of September somehow
That is some bullshite huh? You telling me they can't find a way to spend $1.4 million before September, in away that would benefit the community to some degree? Hell, give it to the police department, I am sure they can use it to buy equipment or tools that could benefit how they do their job. Upgrade a park or something..
To justify it by saying they have to find away to spend $1.4M before September is bullshite.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:18 pm to Golfer
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So now we know what Broome has been doing since January...
That's a ricredulous acquaisition.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:19 pm to Golfer
I could probably recruit 30 kids for 16K to go to an "empowerment seminar"
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:21 pm to Golfer
She was so committed to BRAVE that she cut out the crime data gathering portion of the program that helped direct law enforcement assets to the true trouble areas of NBR and instead devoted that money to Silky Slim, Cleve Dunn, and art classes....all while bodies are falling in the streets of North Baton Rouge at an alarming rate on a nightly basis.
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:21 pm to LSUSkip
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And they want tax money for roads?
Well, this money in question is from a federal grant for crime prevention.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:21 pm to ell_13
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The same description appears on a line item for $9,500 for one Zuri Sanchez, who our research indicates is a wide receiver at Madison Prep Academy in Baton Rouge who will graduate from high school next spring.
Whoa!
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:21 pm to ell_13
You'll are the dirty work early before it gets into the $10/millions.
I really hate to see what my city has turned into ...
I just don't see the demographic trends changing in my lifetime..
I really hate to see what my city has turned into ...
I just don't see the demographic trends changing in my lifetime..
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:22 pm to Golfer
That grant is gone now. Just to be clear.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:23 pm to LSUSkip
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And they want tax money for roads?
This is why the last one failed. Anyone that agrees to give these crooks a penny more than we already have to is either in on it or ignorant.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:23 pm to SPEEDY
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.all while bodies are falling on the streets of North Baton Rouge at an alarming rate on a nightly basis.
Black lives only matter when the police shoot black criminals.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:23 pm to ell_13
Aren't these payouts from the remaining grant funds that ultimately weren't renewed?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:24 pm to ell_13
frick my every voting in favor of a millage again.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 9:25 pm to Golfer
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Well, this money in question is from a federal grant for crime prevention.
So are they still paying for these contracts with churches and high school students despite the fact that they lost their funding?
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