Scandalmakers

if it ain’t burke, don’t fix it: get your chubby little fingers out of there

More from Potomac swamp country–Lawrence “I’m really not *that*” Small joins the aforementioned Sheila Burke in the conflict of interest scandal at the Smithsonian. Small and Burke both sat on the board of directors at Chubb Insurance Group during their time at the Smith’, and, what do you know, switched their venerable institution over to Chubb in what must have been an independent and lowest-bid scenario. For Small’s part, he’s collected $4.8 million from Chubb since 2000; Burke also netted over a million and was AWOL from her post at the ‘Sonian over 25% of the time.

The Smithsonian’s stated mission is “the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Small and Burke, you learned us good.

Tags: conflict of interest, smithsonian