Anti-Trump Puerto Rican mayor thick in the midst of corruption

Anyone remember Carmen Yulin Cruz, mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico?

Remember her bleats — because she’s a Leftist after all — that President Trump was discriminating against Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Maria? That because Puerto Rico consists of little brown people it was being robbed of vital assistance from the Trump administration? She knew that Trump had to be the cause due to his racist tendencies.

This just in from FoxNews.com:

Administration of Trump-bashing Puerto Rican mayor reportedly facing FBI corruption probe

by Barnini Chakraborty

The administration of the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, who shot to international fame after criticizing President Trump for not doing enough to help Hurricane Maria victims, is being investigated by the FBI on corruption charges, according a local news outlet. 

Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz and her administration are under fire for allegedly obstructing critical supplies from reaching victims of the category-4 hurricane that leveled much of the tiny U.S. territory nearly nine months ago.

The FBI reportedly launched the investigation following a February lawsuit filed by Yadira Molina, the former director of procurement. Molina claims she was retaliated against for reporting “alleged irregular acts” to the local comptroller.

“On February 21, Molina sued the city council after reporting alleged acts of corruption in the shopping division in the town hall under the administration of Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz Soto,” according to El Vocero de Puerto Rico.

Uh oh. Corruption under Mayor Cruz? A little skimming off the top during a time of terrible crisis, when 64 Puerto Ricans have been killed? Is that not the worst?

The report says Molina claims she was punished for reporting on the allegedly rigged system and that she was blocked from her right “to report wrongdoing in her capacity as a private citizen, not as a public employee.”

Shortly after Cruz became mayor, Molina claims a supply company was granted “preferred supplier” status which paid them more than three times what regular suppliers made. She also alleges that other city officials engaged in a corrupt scheme to steer business the preferred supplier’s way.

Right. The mayor knew nothing of this. The crux of the biscuit?

Concerns about Cruz are not new. There has been a growing backlash from frustrated residents who say they feel forgotten and say the mayor’s personal political ambitions are coming at the expense of the very people she’s supposed to be representing.

For example, at a time when residents needed food, water and shelter, Cruz hired extra photographers to follow her around post-storm.

“She comes out, goes on television and pats herself on the back,” Simon Menendez, a small business owner in San Juan, told Fox News. “It stopped being about us a long time ago.”

Please note this difference: the FBI isn’t investigating the administration of Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rossello. No. The administration of Mayor Carmen Cruz.

Finally, this is all you need to know about Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz of San Juan.

Multiple attempts to reach Cruz were unsuccessful.

Loves the media when it works to her advantage.

Eschews the media when things turn against.

BZ