The Stench of Cover-up - Hurts All of us NOW and in the Future

By: Mary Glass When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou ============ The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. George Bernard Shaw

MILWAUKEE - (MPA-PPR), February 20, 2013, Mary Glass, Chair/CEO, Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC conducted an observation study for five years in the city of Milwaukee to trace why for decades African American and Other People of Color were victimized with "poverty". Why so many census tracts had third world poverty. Why hard-working men and women seeking the American way kept going backwards. Why $$$Millions would come every year for those in the census tracts for empowerment but the People, Milwaukeeans, People of Color, became poorer and were more disenfranchised as a "whole". The finished observation is called: Smart Growth Signature Plan (2005-2010) Fraud and Corruption The observation revealed many things, but one repetitive truth centered around injustices and unethical practices related to "power grabbers". Those in power, "by-design" used the tools of discrimination, bias, disparity, outsourcing, false promises of employment, false promises of education attainment, demonizing, incarceration, unauthorized proxy, monopoly and oligopoly to control the masses especially People of Color.

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To ensure reign of power, the power grabbers, used "cover-up" to stay in power.

This included using People of Color to be part of the ruse. This has and is allowing wrong behavior of those we have in elected, appointed, hired, volunteered and donor for hire positions to get away literally with murders. One of the most telling trend/pattern to injustices in the city of Milwaukee was the link to state and federal levels of cronyism - protecting friends, donors, real estate barons, family and associates who may be engaged in conflict of interest, discrimination, segregation, violation of law and violation of Oath of Office. Another damning reality observed is how callous the perpetrators are in sowing their wrongful seeds. In other words, they operate "right in the public" with no visible shame or feeling of wrongdoing. However, the "public" does not mean that everything is easily seen or found. It does not mean that they can easily be requested, i.e., public information requested.

In some circles, "it was seen as business as usual", especially with the very entrenched and cancerous monopoly and oligopoly organizations - the real power grabbers. Clearly African American and Other People of Color are NOT on par with Caucasian. Too often African American and Other People of Color are exploited for mega funding and other federal innovative opportunities; therefore, they are not aware of or privy to opportunities with BUY-in for better use. 2 The Stench of COVER-UP hurts ALL, Now and in the Future|Milwaukee Professionals Association

Milwaukeeans of Color are demonized and pitted against each other. They are also NOT INCLUDED in the blueprint for process and procedures that includes mapping and INFRASTRUCTURE modeling for sustainability. The Oligopoly and Monopoly business model is a business as usual approach that uses the carrot and stick approach to keep the gatekeepers (people running interference) in line and ruse going. The carrots include: funding of projects and programs, land, tax credits, plum positions, appointments, letters of recommendation, an award, cabinet position, procurement, skip-in-the-line, legal favors, etc. The stick includes: legal entanglement, blocked programs, removed from cronies list, bad-mouth, cut funding, NO funding, earned appointments skipped, etc. Outcomes We saw how this behavior cripples/stifles growth in the city of Milwaukee. We saw how African American and Other People of Color were the regular recipients of the violations. We saw how individuals took, "that's government bureaucracy" and the "join them" philosophy. We saw how the un-checked wrongdoing was given a repeated "blind-eye" and therefore, corruption was able to manifest and concentrate year-after-year; and, election-after-election.

In 2008, the Federal Reserve and Brookings Institution completed a poverty study across the U.S.A/ Milwaukee was one of 16 cities in America that was cited as an Enduring Concentrated Poverty city. CLICK Federal Reserve & Brookings Report Every year, several reports are shared (researchers, public policy sites, magazines and special data sheets) annually that puts the city of Milwaukee in a negative and continually negative light. Major internal studies show gross neglect that is racial, i.e., DWilson Disparity Study. CLICK Dwilson Report ====================== 3 The Stench of COVER-UP hurts ALL, Now and in the Future|Milwaukee Professionals Association

Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC subscribes to All Hands on Deck, WE CAN initiative to identify and assist hidden talent and vetted businesses. This is the initiative that was an outgrowth of the 5-year observation by Glass.

To be continued . . .

This is the updated issue. February 22, 2013

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