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I think Barras's summary of what happened is good:

""Thompson's alleged cash dump likely was a business calculation: His company, DC Chartered Health Plan, had a contract with an annual value of $350 million. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's administration accused it of overbilling the city and filed a lawsuit. The settlement cost Thompson $12 million. By 2010, Fenty was scouting around for another contractor. Interestingly, soon after being sworn in, Gray asked the Council to increase Chartered's rate of reimbursement; that meant $32 million more for Thompson.""

http://washingtonexaminer.com/barras-resignation-or-impeachment-choose-one/article/2502020

The unfortunate thing is this is just biz as usual for DC. It's how we work and make decisions. There's nothing that will be charged as criminal in the buying of contracts and payment increases. The criminality will be any lying, cover-ups and obstruction conspiracies relating to a shadow campaign.

by Tom Coumaris on Jul 15, 2012 11:52 pm • link • report

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