Col. "Bud" Day lost any respect still due him when he joined with his merry little propagandists ban, tiny group they were, the 'swiftboaters' in going after Brother In-Country Vietnam Vet. John Kerry when Kerry ran for President. Especially when they fully backed, along with all the rest of the tepubs at that political party convention, all the fun they were having as to their 'purple heart bandages', symbolically spitting on the rest of us who served In-Country and especially Navy but more important the same for all soldiers wounded in our wars and award the Purple Heart! While at the time the country were sending soldiers into two more wars of choice and long destructive occupations, leaving the main mission after 9/11 to fester in one while cheering on the invasion of another! And now investigated for possible political favor leading to scamming the FL state government.
02.03.12 - Florida Gov. Rick Scott has appointed a special prosecutor to help investigate allegations that an 86-year-old Medal of Honor recipient was paid $84,000 a year for a job he didn't do.
Vietnam prisoner of war and retired Air Force Col. George "Bud" Day says the move was prompted by his politically enemies and the allegations against him are an insult to the reputation he has built over more than 50 years of public service.
Day was hired by newly elected Public Defender James Owens in 2009 to supervise eight employees in the district's Shalimar office. But some employees of the office claimed the revered war hero and Republican political activist rarely came to work and didn't do much other than drink coffee and read the newspaper when he did.
Day, a former Vietnam cellmate of U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., campaigned for Owens and appeared with him on billboards.
Day said Owens asked him to do take the job because he is an attorney and an experienced executive who has led both fighter squadrons and legal staffs.
"It is outrageous to say I was always drinking coffee and reading the newspaper," Day said. "I had a supervisor's job. I was superior to everyone in that office and I didn't have to explain to everyone what I did, I did exactly what my boss told me to do. I was there as an executive manager."
An executive order signed by Scott on Monday to appoint the special prosecutor states that Day and Owens are under investigation. read more>>>
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