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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Mon Nov 26, 2018, 07:35 PM Nov 2018

Inspectors Find Violations At Iowa Daycare Under Whitaker's Ownership

Source: TPM

Inspectors found some violations at a large Iowa daycare center when it was owned by acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, including deficiencies in 2007 that prompted a downgrade in its license status, according to records released Monday.

Whitaker and his wife owned Little Endeavors in his hometown of Ankeny, Iowa, a center with a capacity for 204 children from newborn to school-age, from 2003 until 2015. He has said that owning the center and other businesses has given him valuable experience.

The Associated Press obtained 49 pages of complaints and inspection records covering Whitaker’s ownership under the Iowa open records law. They paint a mostly positive picture of Little Endeavors but also show persistent concerns about a shortage of toys and supplies in some rooms and occasionally serious safety incidents.

Whitaker’s ownership of the daycare is part of the unorthodox background he brings to the nation’s top law enforcement position and is one of many aspects of his past that has come under scrutiny since his appointment by President Donald Trump.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/whitaker-former-iowa-daycare-inspections-violations

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Inspectors Find Violations At Iowa Daycare Under Whitaker's Ownership (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Nov 2018 OP
republicans are a disgrace Achilleaze Nov 2018 #1
Indeed. I would be interested in the wage he paid his carers/teachers. I imagine r/o BlueInRedHell Nov 2018 #2
This guy Whitaker is a piece of work Perseus Nov 2018 #3
His experience in babysitting makes him a good employee for Trump. marylandblue Nov 2018 #4
too true lol steventh Nov 2018 #5
Just the guy to continue putting babies in cages. keithbvadu2 Nov 2018 #6
Why doesn' Associated Press just publish the 49 pages? Izzy Blue Nov 2018 #7

BlueInRedHell

(100 posts)
2. Indeed. I would be interested in the wage he paid his carers/teachers. I imagine r/o
Mon Nov 26, 2018, 07:50 PM
Nov 2018

they were underpaid and the parents overcharged.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
3. This guy Whitaker is a piece of work
Mon Nov 26, 2018, 07:58 PM
Nov 2018

Or a piece of sh^*&...that is why the man-child likes him so much.

What a crook, from selling "time-machines" to daycare and who knows what...with a lousy record as a lawyer, and he is there...

 

Izzy Blue

(282 posts)
7. Why doesn' Associated Press just publish the 49 pages?
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 03:00 AM
Nov 2018

Shitty reporting which leaves more questions then answers.
AP's twitter has the same article and couldn't find a link anywhere to the State's report of violations.

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