Brett Favre and the former Governor of Mississippi funelling welfare money to build a volleyball court at their alma mater. I can understand it, Governors and NFL superstars are quite needy.
- Zezel
Some more fun tidbits:
In Oct. 2021, Favre wrote a series of social media posts defending himself from accusations from Shad White, the state auditor who was the first person to discover the state's misspending, according to the outlet. Favre stated that he is doing all that he can to help with the investigation and that White had never offered to meet up with him to discuss the matter.
White claims that as much as $70 million in welfare funds had been misspent by the state. John Davis, who was previously the head of the state welfare agency, has pleaded not guilty to state charges of bribery and conspiracy, according to law enforcement officials.
Among the other people given the misspent welfare funds are Ted DiBiase, a retired professional wrestler given $3 million, Marcus Dupree, a former college football star given $370,000, and Paul LaCoste, who received $300,000 to run a fitness boot camp for politicians, according to the outlet. Davis's nephew, Austin Smith, was also given $400,000 to provide “coding skills,” even though he does not know how to code nor how to teach it, according to White.
Mississippi is ranked as the poorest in the United States, with the median household income set at $45,792, the lowest out of all the 50 states, based on the 2019 median household income. The state's poverty rate was also the highest at 19.6%, according to data from Stewart, a title insurance firm.
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