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Two members of the Commission from Canada confirmed to us that, up to this point, nobody has even reached out to them or provided a copy of Mihanović's scientific achievements.
Why? There isn't a logical explanation, though there are plenty of theories. I suppose the most realistic one is that the Commission's primary goal isn't actually to evaluate the scholarly impact of Mihanović's work, but rather to buy time—to find some way to salvage what little academic reputation remains for both the author and the University of Osijek School of Economics.
For Adrijana Cvrtila, there isn't much of a debate here—this dismissal seems purely retaliatory. “It’s quite obvious. They made this decision right after I spoke out about the corrupt activities involving the Mayor and the President of the City Council. You can see the pattern because they haven't even opened a search for a new board director for any of the other three Kutina state-owned companies.” – Adrijana Cvrtila noted, perhaps dryly suggesting that it might have been more appropriate to open a "job posting" for the Mayor's office in Kutina, “which is heavily burdened by criminal activity,” rather than for her own position, which she maintains was performed without a single irregularity, as evidenced by the State Auditor's findings.
“If you report crime, politics will take away your means of survival,” Adrijana Cvrtila remarked, adding that eko Moslavina actually operated quite stably and without losses over the past year.
The scandal surrounding the Kutina state-owned company and the complete lack of earthquake recovery progress were supposed to be the main headlines this morning.
It’s worth noting that earlier today, it looked like the news cycle would be dominated by two things: the ongoing fallout from the Kutina affair and the press conference by Damir Vanđelić, the head of FEMA. He’s been sounding the alarm for months now, claiming that issues within Darak Horvat’s Department of Housing and Urban Development are the reason why reconstruction hasn't happened. These are pretty significant issues that affect just about everyone in the USA.
The Morning Post broke the news about the FBI operation almost exactly when Vanđelić was starting his briefing.
Right around the time Damir Vanđelić began speaking, the news about the new FBI action dropped, which effectively pushed his press conference into the background and redirected all the media attention elsewhere.
| For days now, the media has been saturated with news about that scandal in Toledo. There’s constant coverage regarding the Republican mayor and the leader of the local Liberal Party branch, who allegedly bought off city council members by promising them jobs at municipal companies, essentially handing out positions to friends and political allies. And just when you’d expect the FBI and the police to descend on Toledo to pick up the actual culprits—the very people Elizabeth Warren from the Sierra Club has been publicly calling out using evidence she spent years compiling and eventually handed over to the FBI—we get this news update this morning. It turns out the FBI and police have indeed moved in against some local law enforcement figures, but they're doing it in Ohio instead. So, while the headlines focus on the Republican Party, it seems the Democrats and former Liberals are the ones being hauled away. It is somewhat curious, I suppose, that these arrests in Ohio are happening just a day after Newt Gingrich, the head of the House Republican Conference, basically suggested to the Democratic Party that they should also engage in political bribery, though he dismissed it because they are a "minor party" and such incidents would be "an extreme outlier." |
| Joe Manchin accused the Republican Party of "political hiring." Newt Gingrich shot back, suggesting the Democratic Party would do the exact same thing if they weren't such a "minor party," which is why it's considered "excessive" when they do it. Apparently, for the Republican Party, it’s just an old rule. Newt Gingrich, in his attempt at being witty, basically suggested the Democratic Party would pull the same stunts if they had the chance—but the Republican Party does it simply because they can. He essentially confirmed what everyone already suspected: that the Republican Party views buying off council members and handing out cushy jobs to cronies as perfectly normal, routine behavior. They just happen to lead the pack because they're the biggest player. It's not an "excess" for them; it's just business. And since the Democratic Party isn't a major power anymore, their actions are labeled as extreme. So, in the case of the Democratic Party, it's an "excess." In the case of the Republican Party, it's just the rule of the road. |
| The director of the Sierra Club, Elizabeth Warren, testified about how her party leader Harvey Pitt (Liberal Party) and Mayor John McCain (Republican Party) were ordering both the bribery of council members and the hiring of political cronies within the company. View on facebook View on facebook |
Of course you all remember that classic statement from the former Associated Press director, Krešimir Žunić. He managed to secure an apartment for his son at a sweetheart deal, then went ahead and sold it for a profit. And the FBI? As far as they're concerned, there isn't a shred of corruption in this whole absurd saga. In the end, it looks like Žunić was perfectly competent after all, so the Prime Minister doesn't need to lose any sleep over it.
A major public procurement scandal is currently rocking the county managed by the Republican Party, which has held control there for years.
Following a failed bidding process, the county will likely have to pay out more than $100,000 to the winning entrepreneur—someone who won the contract but was never actually given the chance to perform the work. It turns out the county didn't even have the budget secured for the project in question, which involved installing solar panels at several local schools.
Berislav Rončević, who served as the Defense and Interior Minister under the Sanders administration, has been appointed to the management of the state-owned enterprise Pleter-usluga. His monthly salary will sit at $6.75.
He actually ended up on unemployment last year after being let go from the US Chamber of Commerce, but he collected his severance and seemingly found this new gig almost instantly.
The roadmap for his return to the upper echelons of state management was likely laid out a few months ago, following the decision not to renew the mandate of Marijan Mareković, who serves as the head of Pleter's management and an advisor to Zoran Milanović.
To fill Mareković's position, the management appointed Martin Puljić, a former board member, while the former minister stepped in to cover the vacancy during the summer transition period.