Recently, after reading an article in the local paper, a concerned citizen had questions about a new administrative building being named for the Wilson Housing Authority executive, Edward Jagnandan.
Edward Jagnandan, aka Dr. J needs to address the community about issues surrounding past projects, terminations and failures to comply with HUD guidelines and regulations that are surfacing. Broken promises, overzealous expectation and misappropriation of government funds does not warrant this man to have a building named for him in Wilson NC. Especially when he has a track record that shows otherwise. Is the City of Wilson, the County of Wilson, local elected officials and the Wilson Housing Authority Board members that gullible and ignorant....REALLY?
101 comments:
GOOD JOB Mr.Barber!
This man is a crook. And because he talked funny with a foreign accent, looked black and acted liked he knew what he was doing Wilson ding-dongs downtown welcomed him with open arms and figured they had met their quota for minority representation. Hope it comes back to bite cha.
I have known this man professionally for over 16 years and during that time I have not witnessed any wrongdoing. The man has worked hard for the public and has produced some amazing projects. The housing industry is a difficult business with funding cuts and bureaucratic red tape at every turn. It can be difficult to navigate and ultimately some will not make the grade. Edward has proven to be able to make difficult business decisions that have not always pleased everyone. A Directors job is to find the best candidates and allow them room to complete their tasks. If they fail the Director must step in and remedy the situation. Edward has proven that he can make these decisions quickly with some individuals getting left behind. All this discussion regarding Edward feels like hostility from some that have been left behind. Keep doing your good work and remember you will never please everyone, as hard as you may try.
have you followed his trail of waste fraude and corruption for the last 16 years from city to city he has been fired from or let go under questionable circumstances> this man is bad news everywhere he has been and accepts no responsiblity for any wrongdoing or accountability for his actions. he always blames everything on subordinate3s, thet he ultimately is reponsible for . or HUD out to get him ( they know his track record better than anyone) or the "man" has a political vendetta gainst him. as a concerned taxpayer and citizen i choose to provide newspaper archives to public officials surrounding this shyster and con mans past. if it were an isolated one or two or even three or four incidents , i would have given him the benefit of the doubt.but this cat has been bad news to every municipality he has ever been associated with and the scathing HUD audits of waste and incompetence and unaccountability have already reared their ugly head here. and this questionable character , who is a close friend and associate of mayor Rose and whom Rose defends vehemntly, was alsp a close friend of the Indianapolis IN mayor , whom hud found , me Jagnandan was awarding multimillion dollar"no bid"contracts to political patronage cronies of that cities mayor in clear violation of HUD regulations. our city council , who appoint WHA board members and cosponsor grants and bonds with the WHA, depite the denial of no connections to WHA by the city by Mayor Rose. as usual like both our city and county governm,ent no one semms to want to accept accountability or responsibility for anything. especially the leaders whom should say the buck stops here. the only buck that stops ther is if it is in their back pockets.
Many of you here try to smear Mr. Jagnandan and don't have facts to back up your claims. Jagnandan has had a terrific record of 35 years in the housing
business and some of you want to pull snipets of articles in his past that shows no wrongdoing or anything illegal. Jagnandan was hired via a national search and thorough background checks were made on him before the job offer. That's the facts. If you feel that you have something relevant that shows he had done something wrong or illegal, then you should take that right away to the District Attorney and have him charged and procecuted immediately.In fact if what is being said like he left a trail of waste, fraud, and corruption for the last 16 years from city to city and that he has been fired from or let go under questionable circumstances is true, this man would have been barred from working in the housing industry by HUD. Please research HUD rules on that. Why not talk to this man or folks that know him or even go in to the agency(WHA) and ask questions and get facts. Do not shoot from the hip of something you know absolutely nothing about.So either you continue to smear this man with nothing thats relevant and things that has no bearing on his job performance in Wilson or have a life.
The facts is important and you need to know them. Do not show your ignorance and hide behind this computer.
THE WHA BOARD MEETING IS THE SECOND THURSDAY WHICH IS FEB 10TH IN THE WHA BOARDROOM AT THE TASMAN TOWERS WHA COMPLEX AT THE C BRUCE ROSE ,PLAZA AT 8:00 AM THE BOARD WILL BE PRESENTED WITH DOCUMENTATION OF NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES DETAILING THIS MANS QUESTIONABLE HISTORY WHERE HE HAS BEEN FIRED OR FORCED OUT AT EVERY JOB HE HAS EVER HAD. THEY ALREADY6 HAVE THE CURRENT HUD AUDIT FINDINGS AND IF THESE IDIOTS DONT CONSIDER ALL THESE IRREGULARITIES AND MISMANGEMENT AND INCOMPETEANCE REASON ENOUGH TO FIRE THIS GUY THEN WE NEED TO ELECT SOME NEW CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO APPOINT THESE INCOMPETENT WHA BOARD MEMBERS. NO ONE IS HIDING BEHIND THE COMPUTER.i GAVE CITY COUNCIL 8 NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES DETAILING THIS MANS PAST TRACK RECORD FOR SOME REASON HIS DEFENDERS DONT SEE A PROBLEM WITH THE 19 DEFICIENTCIES AS NOTED IN THE RECENTLY COMPLETED HUD AUDIT . THAT ALONE IS MORE THAN JUSTIFICATION TO LET THIS SHYSTER GO.IFV IT WAS AN ISOLLATED INCIDENT OR TWO I WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, BUT UNLESS THE PIITSBUGH CAZETTE HAS TOTALLY LIED ABOUT THIS AMNS BACKGROUNGD AND WORK HISTORY AND hUD IS LYING ABOUT ALL THE ERRORS AND PROBLEMS IN THEIR JUST COMPLETED AUDIT NO ONE IS TELLING ANYHTIING BUT THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS MAN
Darell Barber
Show that you have the guts. Take this man to court for all the illegal activites you are claiming he has committed.You know if he had committed the things you and others are talking about, he would have been barred from working in housing.He is in Wilson to stay so get over it. Have the district attorney file charges on him.Be a man...do it
I checked out those articles that you were talking about...first of all, there are a LOT more positive ones out there than those few that you're talking about. And those that you're talking about are VERY old - over 10 years ago, and refer to little things, such as taking a trip in a company car and considering getting a closer parking place...things that most reporters would have found to be un-newsworthy. I could not find ANY record of his being charged with any crime, such as a no-bid contract or any kind of fraud at all. Nevertheless, you have accused him of all of these things. These old articles certainly do not reflect on his performance today. He has so many good things planned for Wilson - especially East Wilson, which desperately needs some help. We all really need his leadership and he just doesn't deserve the kind of abuse that you are dealing out. Please - check out your facts before you speak.
i have checked out my facts. i have 8 newspaper articles by the pittsburgh gazette. 8 by the indianapolis star and three by the biloxi miss newspaper. none of them good. i had to apay to archive these articles from municipalities all ofver the country detailing his misdddeeds. if they are not true then every newspaper in every municipalit5y he has ever worked in a liars and out to get him as he claims everyone is and accpts no responsibility or accountability for any of the numerous questioanble practices . i cant beleive HU*D lets this hsyster be incgaRGE OF ANY FED DOLLARS AND FUNDS AND HAVE ERESCINBED OR FINED MANY DOOLARS BACK IN HIS CURRENT AND PAST LOCALES. I DONT HAVE AN AX TO GRIND WITH THIS AMN OTHER THAN I THINK AND ACCORDING TO NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HE IS A TAXDOLLAR SUCKING PARASITE. I CANT BELEIVE THESE NATIONALLY KNOWN AND RESPECTED NEWSPAPERS WOULD FICTIOUSLY ATTACK THIS MAN FOR NO REASON NOR WOULD I OTHER THAN I HATE WASTE , FRAUD, AND MISUSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AS CAN BE DETECTED BY MY QUESTIONING OF CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL COUNTY COMMISIONERS AND THIS QUESTIONABLE CHARACTER.I GAVE CITY COUNCIL AND THE WILSON TIMES THE DOSIER I HAD ON JAGNADAN AND I HAVE ALOT MORE NOW. I DOUBT IT WILL DO ANY GOOD THOUGHAS LIKE MOST TAXPAYER ISSUES OF WASTE AND MISMANGEMENT THEY WILL GET SWPT UNDER THE RUG. MOST MUNICIPALITIES THIS FELLOW HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH , I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE JUST GLAD TO GET RID OF HIM AT ANY COST AND TERMINATION PENALIES. AND AS QUIETLY AND LOW KEY AS POSSIBLE AND LET HIM GO ON TO HIS NEXT VICTOM . AND WHO IS HIDING BEHIND A COMPUTER SCREEN .NOT I . I DONT MAKE BASELESS ACCUSATIONS AND I HAVE THE BACKBONE TO STAND UP AND CHALLENGE INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Daryl Barber:
Lets expose your lies and ignorance. First of all you can talk about all the articles out there and none will show that Mr. Jagnandan has committed any crime or done anything illegal. If that was the case, he would not have passed the background check upon hiring. Additionally, HUD would have banned him from managing a housing authority. So dont continue to spread your lies. Also, you mentioned misdeeds yet have no evedence to take him to court with charges...in other words..no guts because you know its not true.You talked about federal funds taken back..yet you know that the $440,000 that was taken back was done due to an error in clicking the wrong city on the computer. You know this,yet you choose to lie to the public and continue to smear this good man.This man as conservative as he is has never been involved in waste, fraud or mismanagement because he would have been prosecuted already.
Yes you choose to continue to lie on this man furthering slandering him here.
You do make baseless accusations. Have you also pulled up the hundreds of articles
that give him excellent coverage for what he has been doing over 35 yrs. Yes you have lied and if it was true that he did something illegal or was involved in any of the accusations that you have accused him of, he would not be this position and he would have already been prosecuted.
Gods bless and forgiveness is still wished upon you and me as fellow tea party people.
I've been following the discourse here on the Daryl Barber put down of the WHA Exec. Director. Regardless of whatever newspaper articles you managed to find from years ago, the important thing is what's going on NOW. I would say that anyone who manages to come through an Inspector General audit lasting a whole year, with only a few minor findings is doing pretty well. Most certainly, if there were any trace of any funny business, they would have found it.
So, why not just lay off the man and let him do his work? He has done a fine job at WHA, from what I've seen.
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I DONT THINK I HAVE ALLEGED ANY ILLEGALITY. JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS NOT ILLEGAL DONT MAKE IT RIGHT. CASE IN POOINT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AS FOR THIS LAST SCATHING AUDIT RIGHT HERE IN WILSON. WE MUST NOT HAVE READ THE SAME ACCOUNT OF THE AUDIT AS WAS REPORTED IN THE wILSON TIMES. I COUNTED OVER 20 SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF MISMANGEMENT, UNACCOUNTED FOR FUNDS, UNBALANCED BANK ACCOUNTS, UNINSPECTED AND UNSAFE LIVING CONDITIONS, MONNIES PAID OUT TO PLAN PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE NOT EVEN SIGNRED UP YET FOR A PROGRAM , PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN ON WAITING LISTS FOR YEARS AND PEOPLE WHO HAD RECNTLY GOT ON A LIST AHEAD OF THEM AND THE LAUNDRY LISTS GOES ON.; WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY WOULD THIS MAN HAVE TO DO FOR WHOEVER YOU ARE TO ADMIT HE IS AS INCOMPETENT AND UNACOUNTABLE AND ACCEPETS NO RESPONSIBILIT FOR ALL THE RULES VIOLATIONS AND SHORTCOMINGS THAT SEEM TO FOLLOW TGHIS AMN WHEREEVER HE GOES. HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF REALITY AT ALL. FORGET ABOUT ALL HIS IISUES AT THE OTHER FOUR MUNICIPALITIES HE WAS FIRED FROM OR LET GO. THIS LAST AUDIT AS REPORTED BY STEPHANIE CREECH OF THE TIMES LAST WEEK WOULD HAVE ANY CEO ESCORTED OUT THE DOOR BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER FROM ANY PRIVATE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION. ALL MY DOSIER ON THIS MAN HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE WILSON TIMES AND THE INSPECTOR GENERALS OFFICE OF HUD. I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING ALOT MORE ABOUT THIS MAN FROM THEM IN DUE TIME. I AM NOT TRYING TO SMEAR THIS MAN. I DONT EVEN KNOW THE MAN. I DONT THINK 6 NEWSPAPERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE OR WERE TRYING TO SMEAR HIM.I AM TRYING TO GET THE TRUTH ABOUT HIM WHICH JUST A FEW DO NOT WANT TO ACCEPT REALITY APPARENTLY.
NO ONE IS TRYING TO SLANDER THIS GUY. THE NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES OF HIS PAST DEALINGS ARE A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD. THIS CAT KNOWS WHAT THE TRUTH IS AND WHAT HIS RECORD IS. IF HE THINKS I AM SLANDERING HIM LET HIM SUE ME. HE WOULD HAVE TO SUE ABOUT 4 NATIONALLY KNOWN NEWSPAPERS AND IF WHO EVER IS DOING THIS COMMENTING ABOUT THIS AUDIT HERE IN WILSON JUST COMPLETED AND REPORTED BY STEPHANIE CREECH OF THE TIMES THINKS IT ONLY INCLUDES A FEW MINOR INDISCREPENTCIES NEEDS THEIR HEAD EXAMINED. I COUNTED OVER 20 INSTANCES OF UNACCOUNTED FOR FUNDS, MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS, UNBALANCED ACCOUNTS. MONEY DISTRIBUTED TO PARTIPANTS OF PROGRAMS THAT HAD NOT EVEN BEEN APPROVED OR SIGNED UP YET, MISPLACING TENANTS UNECESSARILY,SECTION EIGHT MONEY PAID TO INELEGIBLE LANDLORDS, UNISPECTED AND UNSAFE AND UNSANITARY HOUSING CONDITIONS AND THE LAUNDRY LIST GOES ON. AND NONE OF IT IS HIS FAULT OR DOES HE ACCEPT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY OR REPONSIBILITY AS USUAL. THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF HUD AND THE WILSON TIMEES HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. MY GUESS IS OTHER INFORMATION AND ARTICLES WILL BE FORTH COMING.
Housing director ousted
Legality of action may be questioned
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis, Ind.
Author: GERRY LANOSGA
Date: Nov 26, 1996
Start Page: A.1
Section: NEWS
Text Word Count: 627
Document Text
GERRY LANOSGA
Edward Jagnandan's brief and sometimes rocky ride as head of
the Indianapolis Public Housing Authority apparently is at an end.
Members of the authority's board of commissioners asked for his
resignation Monday morning. Shortly after, Jagnandan was escorted
from the agency's offices.
Jagnandan had tried unsuccessfully to secure Robertson/Smoot as
construction manager on the housing authority's latest project -
the $30 million HOPE VI low-income housing project on the Near
Westside. The move was blocked by HUD, which ordered the contract
be opened to competitive bidding.
Board members said they lost confidence in Jagnandan because he
often kept them uninformed about key housing projects.
His fate underscores the ongoing problems at an agency that
only last year was removed from the federal list of troubled
housing authorities.
Sun Herald - November 6, 2003 - A9 LOCAL-FRONT
HOUSING PROBLEMS BREWING FOR TWO YEARS, HUD THREATENS BILOXI'S $35M GRANT
BILOXI --- Biloxi Housing Authority officials were blindsided by HUD when the federal agency announced Tuesday that it could lose a $35 million federal grant for being behind schedule on a residential development. They received no notice that the Department of Housing and Urban Development might put their project on default status, but the problems have been brewing for the past two years. The Housing Authority board went against the recommendation of John Helm, its project manage
BILOXI HOUSING AUTHORITY LETS CEO JAGNANDAN GO: PROBLEMS HAVE PLAGUED AGENCY IN PAST YEAR
BILOXI --- Commissioners for the Biloxi Housing Authority told Edward R. Jagnandan, the agency's chief executive officer, on Tuesday that his services were no longer needed. Commissioners said in a press release that they expect Jagnandan to resign within the next few days.
Incoming housing official fired from previous job
By Eric Heyl
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
The Allegheny County Housing Authority's incoming executive director was fired last year from the public housing agency in Indianapolis after only 11 months at its helm.
Edward R. Jagnandan was ousted when the Indianapolis Public Housing Authority board lost confidence in him, according to reports in the Indianapolis News and Indianapolis Star.
Jagnandan could not be reached for comment. But his attorney, Rick Skiles, said from his Indianapolis office, "There was absolutely no wrongdoing on his part, none whatsoever."
Jagnandan's termination came after an attempt to award authority business to a company with political connections to Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith was thwarted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
New housing boss clarifies work history
Jagnandan explains departure from Indianapolis
By Eric Heyl
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
New Allegheny County Housing Authority Executive Director Edward R. Jagnandan Wednesday denied any malfeasance or mismanagement at his previous job as head of the Indianapolis Public Housing Authority.
Jagnandan said he did not directly attempt to steer housing authority business toward a favorite contractor of Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, one reason for his departure cited by the city's newspapers.
Board members also complained Jagnandan had not kept them abreast of authority projects.
But Jagnandan said he was forced out last November after only 11 months when he was caught in a power struggle between the Republican Goldsmith and the Democratic faction of the Indianapolis housing authority board.
"It was a no-win position for me," Jagnandan said at a news conference at the authority's Downtown offices. "Possibly one of the happiest things that ever happened to me was to leave and get out of there."
Jagnandan, 45, a native of Guyana, South America, assumed control of the authority yesterday. He has more than two decades of public housing experience, including stints heading public housing in Birmingham, Ala., and Port Arthur, Texas.
Jagnandan takes over an authority that was on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's troubled list as recently as 18 months ago. The authority continues to be troubled by high vacancy rates and low employee morale.
Jagnandan said his first priority is to boost morale at the agency, which has operated without a permanent director since George Arendas stepped down in January.
Jagnandan will earn $85,000 annually - $12,000 per year more than Arendas, who resigned to take a private sector job. Jagnandan also will get a $15,000 relocation and temporary housing allowance.
Jagnandan's departure from Indianapolis was connected to Oscar Robertson/Smoot, a contracting firm closely connected to Goldsmith, who appointed him to the housing authority's top job.
Jagnandan acknowledged he initially suggested hiring the firm for a new $30 million housing project, based on recommendations by Goldsmith and others.
"I was fairly new and did not know the politics of the city," he said. "I took (the advice) to mean this was a good company, and suggested to my board we should probably go that route."
Jagnandan also denied published newspaper reports the authority was ordered by HUD to competitively bid the project rather than awarding it outright to Robertson/Smoot.
Jagnandan said, "HUD suggested and I concurred" other bidders should be permitted.
Authority board members already were upset with Robertson/Smoot over its work overseeing a $35 million renovation of various Indianapolis public housing communities. Jagnandan said he was unaware of the board's dissatisfaction with the firm when he first advised retaining it.
"After I found out more and more about this company, that they probably did some shoddy work in the area, I immediately changed my mind about making a recommendation and retracted that recommendation," Jagnandan said.
Jagnandan said he experienced no significant problems in Port Arthur, where he ran the city's housing authority from 1991 to 1996.
But he acknowledged he abruptly left his job in Birmingham in 1990 after 21 months after a fatal shooting in one of the city's housing projects.
"The city council and the mayor were trying to find someone to blame for the death," Jagnandan said.
"They said the executive director should have provided more security and it wasn't done. But even the (project) residents themselves said that's not true."
Jagnandan said he voluntarily resigned about two weeks after the homicide "out of principle and frustration."
Housing Authority director resigns
Departure attributed to poor health; board appoints new head, fails to dispel `rumors'
By Christopher Davis
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
There was a meeting in Edward Jagnandan's office Monday afternoon, but the former Allegheny County Housing Authority executive director wasn't invited.
In fewer than 60 seconds, the housing authority's board of directors accepted the controversial Jagnandan's resignation and appointed a new acting director without any public explanation.
Board members then barricaded themselves in Jagnandan's empty office to avoid talking with reporters.
Contract shows Jagnandan fired or forced out
`Liquidated damages' will cost housing board $46,910
By Christopher Davis
STAFF WRITER
Tribune-Review
After his resignation was accepted Monday, former Executive Director Edward Jagnandan painted an upbeat picture of his departure from the Allegheny County Housing Authority and of his relationship with the authority's board.
But according to the terms of Jagnandan's employment contract - obtained Wednesday by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - he would have to have either been fired or forced to resign to receive the $46,910 in "liquidated damages" the board agreed to award him.
Authority board members have been conspicuously silent about Jagnandan's exit after a special meeting to accept his resignation and name Deputy Director Frank Aggazio as acting executive director.
In his letter of resignation dated July 3, Jagnandan said his departure would entitle him to "liquidated damages. The "damages" were determined to be half of his $85,000 annual salary, plus any unused vacation and personal time accrued during his time with the Housing Authority, his contract stated.
Board members would not say whether Jagnandan had been forced out, but Jagnandan's contract specifically states that he would be entitled to the liquidated damages only "upon the occurrence of the executive director's employment being terminated, either through forced resignation or dismissal..."
Board Chairwoman Deborah Booker, who did not return phone calls yesterday for comment on the contract terms, had previously said board members were advised by their general counsel, John Joyce, not to comment on the nature of Jagnandan's resignation.
Daryl Barber...thanks for sending these articles. After looking them over, I don't see what you're talking about. There is no mention of any fraud. And, that no-bid contract you mentioned, clearly was not carried out, according to the posted article. You need to realize that when you get to the level of Exec. Dir., especially in some cities, the position becomes highly political. It appears that Edward was simply caught in some political situations that caused him to leave. And, you can't really mean that because he left some agencies many years ago, that he should leave now? That doesn't make any sense at all. This is truly a smear campaign against an honest and dedicated person and you would do better than to spend all your (obviously extensive) time trying to tear him down.
DARYL BARBER took snippets of articles to make his case about Jaganandan. Although there are hundreds of article on this good man, Barber did not choose to use any.
Jaganandan has had a terrific record of 35 years in the housing
business and these articles in his past shows no wrongdoing or anything illegal. Jagnandan was hired in Wilson via a national search and thorough background checks were made on him before the job offer. Jagnandan, if I can recall also explained in detail his past workings at various housing authorities and sometimes difficult road at some agencies. That's the facts. If you Barber feel that you have something relevant that shows he had done something wrong or illegal, then you should take that to HUD as you said you did. HUD just finished a year long review of him and WHA and found no fraud, abuse, mismanagement or the things Barber is alluding to. Baarber can also go to the District Attorney and have him charged and procecuted immediately.In fact if what is being said like he left a trail of waste, fraud, and corruption for the last 16 years from city to city and that he has been fired from or let go under questionable circumstances is true, this man would have been barred from working in the housing industry by HUD. Please research HUD rules on that. Why not talk to this man or folks that know him or even go in to the agency(WHA) and ask questions and get facts.I understand, Jaganandan even invited Barber to meet with him twice and he refused. Barber really dont want the truth but want to smear. Look at who has the most credibility..Barber or Jaganandan? The Wilson community knows that. Do not shoot from the hip of something you know absolutely nothing about.So either you continue to smear this man with nothing thats relevant and things that has no bearing on his job performance in Wilson or have a life.
The facts is important and you need to know them. Do not show your ignorance. We will continue to pray for you and ask GODS blessing upon your venture here. Good luck.
DARYL BARBER APPARENTLY DID NOT READ THIS..THE TRUTH IS HERE
PART 1
WHA president responds to audit article
By Edward Jagnandan
In reference to your article of Feb. 4, titled "Audit reveal housing issues," I feel that some clarification is in order and I feel I must respond in ample time to the citizens of our Wilson community. Although the Wilson Housing Authority acknowledges there have been some issues that may seem alarming to some, especially those who are not familiar with the day-to-day operations of the WHA, I feel the article did not totally represent the true picture.
Yes, we had problems but they were miniscule in comparison to the volume of work that was done correctly during that period of time. The WHA has been effectively managed, despite the high volume of turnover in the Section 8 and Finance departments. As a direct result of allegations made by disgruntled employees, the OIG (Office of Inspector General) was deployed to the WHA to search for fraud, misappropriation and malfeasance. Although the OIG conducted an exhaustive yearlong search, absolutely no trace of fraud, misappropriation or malfeasance was found. However, a few procedural errors were found (hence the article) and we do appreciate the OIG making us aware of our weaknesses. We will use that awareness to strengthen our agency and solidify our mission.
In response to the allegations of improper selection of families from the Section 8 waiting list, this matter was attributed to human error and has been acknowledged by both the WHA and the OIG. Furthermore, the human error was made by a temporary employee and when discovered by management, corrections were made prior to OIG's arrival at the agency. Also to clarify, the program has always only utilized one Section 8 waiting list.
As for the matter of improper termination of Section 8 families from the program, high staff turnover in both the Section 8 and Finance departments played a vital role in this issue. Also adding to the severity of this finding was the fact that erroneous financial information was provided by previous employees. It was later discovered that funds had actually been available to retain the Section 8 residents, but had been misreported. After this was discovered, a massive effort ensued to reinstate those families who had been removed from the program.
In our zeal to "fast-track" the reinstatement of the displaced residents, some of the landlord contracts were not signed. This is one of the OIG's main findings.
Currently, the Authority is disputing the OIG's claim that $109,778 should be returned. And as was stated in the WHA's response to the OIG on Dec. 9, 2010, "The WHA acknowledges that the housing assistance payments were made on 86 units even though the Housing Assistance Program (HAP) contract was not executed. It is important to note that these units were occupied by eligible WHA voucher holders, the units were inspected before the families moved into the units, and rent reasonableness determinations were completed. Subsequently, WHA determined that all of the owners were eligible to participate in the program. Unfortunately, manpower shortages during a massive lease-up period resulted in the HAP contract being misplaced or overlooked. When this matter was brought to the WHA's attention, WHA executed all of the HAP contracts to be effective with the term of the assisted lease."
PART 11
Also, documentation has already been provided to OIG that the $7,148 that has already been repaid came from non-federal funding sources, thereby making this issue's inclusion in the original audit irrelevant.
In addressing the allegations that none of the Section 8 units that were inspected by OIG auditors "met minimum housing quality standards," this issue is a matter of interpretation. Our housing inspectors follow Housing Quality Standards (HQS) guidelines and enforcements, are fully qualified and are provided training as necessary. The WHA also disputes the idea that previously reported HQS deficiencies were present during the Agency's previous inspections and had not been addressed. That idea is simply not factual and documentation was provided to substantiate the repairs had been completed.
To say that our families are allowed to "live in substandard housing" is preposterous. Every effort is made every day by our entire agency to ensure all our families have decent, safe and sanitary housing.
I want to assure the Wilson community that this agency is being managed in an effective and efficient manner. The Wilson Housing Authority maintains a financially sound operation. Upon my arrival at WHA, the agency was not financially sound. However, within two years of my leadership, the agency had doubled its reserves by the end of 2009 and we anticipate continued growth. At the end of this fiscal year, our agency will again close its books with a major surplus.
My vision upon my arrival in Wilson was to not only lead the WHA into prosperity, but to guide the Authority to a status of growth without limitations.
Under my leadership the Section 32 Homeownership program has been implemented and will provide low-income families the opportunities to own a home, a dream that most likely would have been unattainable for them without this program. Currently, a former public housing resident is preparing to purchase a home through this program, yet another goal that would not easily have been achieved without the homeownership program.
Another example of the "move forward" approach to leadership is the competitive stimulus grant for the greening of 68 public housing units - the only one granted in N.C. By making these units more energy efficient through the "greening" project, the units will be more cost effective for the residents, bring needed dollars to Wilson, and save resources.
The agency has received additional Section 8 vouchers from HUD, which is a clear and vivid indication of HUD's continued support of our ventures in providing services for our citizens. These vouchers, first and foremost, kept displaced Cherry Hotel tenants from becoming homeless.
In addition, the WHA has applied for the HOPE VI neighborhood revitalization grant and a tax credit application has been submitted, which would provide more rental opportunities for low-income families. The agency is also preparing to issue bonds that would enable WHA to provide additional subsidized units for the elderly.
Our goal is to provide the best housing that we can to those who qualify, help to revitalize East Wilson, bring as many grants to Wilson as possible for job creation, and follow all HUD rules to the best of our abilities.
Edward R. Jagnandan
President/chief executive officer
Wilson Housing Authority
If we want to smear someone, one must look at themself to see if there are any skeletons in their closet first. Thw Wilson community knows Jagnandan and his terrific track record of managing WHA...moving an agency from almost on the verge of financial ruins to massive surplusses each year for the past 4 years. If he was that terrible, why did the OIG report after a year of review and investigations found no fraud, corruption, misappriation, etc..ask yourself those questions Barber.
Barber choose articles and simple cut and paste to make the community thing this man is trash. We know the difference.
Barbers reputation and dealings in wilson are about to be exposed and the truth will be out shortly.
OMG so now Wilson is the place of redeemption for would be crooks and scam artist's to make themselves look good before they suck everything out of this community for all its worth and move on to another one. That's what you call a simpleton in the south. Somebody who thinks everybody's alright don't matter what you've done come on in and steal from us and scam us and cover it up and everything will be alright. We's love you anyway. You also call that kind of person an idiot southern style.
Jagnandan is a crook with years of practice. Those articles are not fake articles reporters in the areas he used to work and make this stuff up.They didn't call one another from all of these states where Jahnandan worked and say hey, fellas let's attack Jagnandan. The articles are facts. They reflect his service to those communities. or lach thereof. And if some of you took the time to research yourself you too would have to ask yourself a few quesrions about this man's track record. Just because some of you people want to sing his praises and talk about how good he's been to this community and cover up his track record doesn't mean the truth is not the truth. Barber has shared the reports from 4 different states about this man and his track record speaks for itself. So if you wanna stay stuck on stupid you stay stuck on stupid some of us want to know the truth - the whole truth not what you wanna cover up. The WHA must be as crooked as he is to back him.
You call someone a "crook", but cannot cite any reason for it. Over many years of service, there have been MANY articles about him, 99% of them positive. But of course, you don't want to hear about that. But even the negative articles do not indicate any crimes. Your name-calling sounds much more like the words of a disgruntled ex-employee than a truly concerned citizen. A citizen wants the whole truth, not just a forum in which she (yes, we know who you are), can trash her ex-boss.
DARYL BARBER LOVES THE SPOTLIGHT WITH HIS SNIPETS OF ARTICLES ON MR.JAGNANDAN.WELL A FRIEND AND I DID SOME RESEARCH ALSO NATIONWIDE AND SAW THESE ARTICLES....IT WAS ALSO SENT TO BARBER AND IF HE CAN READ HE CAN DO SO AT HIS HEARTS CONTENT.
THIS MAN IS ON A MISSION AND SO ARE WE TO CLEAR THIS SMEAR.
SO HERE THEY ARE...JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.
FROM NEWSPAPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
PORT ARTHUR NEWS EDITORIAL-Friday January 12,1996
“OUR OPINION
PA WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO JAGNANDAN
Edward Jagnandan came to Port Arthur about five years ago as director of the Port Arthur Housing Authority. Back then the city’s…projects were infested with drug dealers and crime. But Jagnandan had no fear. What he had was a vision—and the energy to make that vision a reality. The road for Jagnandan was not always smooth for Jagnandan or any housing director, but Jagnandan kept his eye on his vision of making subsidized housing a temporary solution for Port Arthur Residents who need help. While Port Arthur is loosing a quality director for its housing program, the improvements he made and the people he helped, will remain here as a tribute to Edward Jagnandan.
Friday January 12,1996-PORT ARTHUR NEWS.
DEDICATED AND DYNAMIC LEADER
PAHA’S DIRECTOR SAYS GOODBYE TO PA
Jagnandan who served in the top post since 1991,is leaving to take a position as executive director at a (troubled housing agency) in Indianapolis. Colleagues said at the reception he’ll be remembered as a dedicated and dynamic leader who showed great commitment to fulfilling the mission of the housing authority.
EDITORIAL-BILOXI SUN HERALD-November 17,1999
BILOXI HOUSING AUTHORITY RECEIVES HUD’S MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER AWARD
“Through the capable leadership of Edward R. Jagnandan, Executive Director, along with the support of the board and staff, the authority has greatly enhanced the quality of life for public housing residents in Biloxi, Mississippi”
“When Jagnandan took on the position as Executive Director, it was virtually unmanaged. Jagnandan and his staff have achieved a list of accomplishments nearly 10 pages long since he received his appointment in October 1998.”
BILOX SUNHERALD- December 12,1999
HUD SAYS HOUSING AUTHORITY STATE’S MOST IMPROVED
Biloxi has been named the state’s most improved public housing authority. The Biloxi housing authority under the leadership of Edward Jagnandan, received the award for being removed from HUD’s troubled designation list of accomplishments that have exceeded the requirements for removal.
EDITORIAL—BILOXI SUNHERALD-February 9,1999
HOUSING IN BILOXI IS MORE PROMISING THAN IN PAST YEARS
“A PROMISING PERFORMANCE’ a job done that, in HUD’s judgement, was far from getting done. Judging from HUD’s latest audit, that job is being done better than it has been done in years.
EDITORIAL—PORT ARTHUR NEWS-November 7,1993
OUR OPINION
JAGNANDAN DESERVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION
The selection of Edward Jagnandan executive director of the Port Arthur Housing Authority, to a national committee designed to streamline HUD’s programs confirms what Port Arthurans have known for years.
Ed Jagnandan is one of the most innovative and visionary public officials Southeast Texas has been blessed with in a long time. His relentless drive to experiment with new programs and help people lift themselves out of poverty represent the highest ideals of public service. If by chance some Southeast Texans aren’t familiar with Jagnandan’s reputation, we can sum it up in one word: different. While some housing authorities are content to hand out subsidies endlessly and turn a blind eye to drug dealers and criminals, Ed Jagnandan takes a “different approach.
------In short, Ed Jagnandan has never been afraid to dare or dream or do, and thousands of Public housing tenants in Port Arthur are better off for it.
Congratulations, Mr. Jagnandan.
HERE ARE SOME MORE --AGAIN ARTICLES COLLECTED FROM ARCHIVES ON THIS HONORABLE MAN....JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
EDITORIAL— BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE--January, 1996
JAGNANDAN WAS A REAL STANDOUT
PORT ARTHUR WILL BE HARD PUT TO FIND A CAPABLE REPLACEMENT
The City of Port Arthur will be hard put to replace Edward Jagnandan as Executive Director of the housing authority.-----Edward Jagnandan is a real standout in his profession. Unlike most housing directors across America, he isn’t content to dole out aid checks and count the days until his pension kicks in.
No, from start of his tenure in Port Arthur in 1991, Jagnandan was an innovator and a risk taker. …….The list of things Jagnandan did to improve the PAHA is long and varied…..
The wonder of it all isn’t that Jagnandan was lured away from Port Arthur by a big-city housing authority such as Indianapolis. The wonder is that it didn’t happen sooner.
The people of Port Arthur owe Ed Jagnandan their gratitude and best wishes for continued success in Indiana. If all bureaucrats were like him, this country would be a lot better place.
PORT ARTHUR NEWS-March 19,1995
GROUP NAMES PAHA DIRECTOR ‘CITIZEN OF THE YEAR’
Jagnandan was recognized for his many contributions to the community—what excited us is” what he’s done with public housing—his commitment to self-determination, to
promoting self-sufficiency, encouraging people to be the best they can possibly be”
The article continues----Last month, Jagnandan was named a finalist for “Newsmaker of the Year” sponsored by the Press Club of Southeast Texas.
THE BILOXI D’IBERVILLE PRESS- August 2, 2000
BILOXI RECEIVES $35 Million HUD HOPE VI GRANT
Under the leadership of Edward Jagnandan, the Biloxi Housing authority has received this grant. (Although there were several bumps in the road to success, this project was successfully complete)
EDITORIAL-PORT ARTHUR NEWS- June 26,1991
JAGNANDAN BOOSTS PUBLIC HOUSING
There is a breath of fresh air blowing through the Port Arthur Housing Authority.
“Bravo to the housing authority board for finding and hiring Ed Jagnandan”
EDITORIAL-Port Arthur News-January 15,1992
PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS MERIT HOME OWNERSHIP
Once again Port Arthur Housing Authority Director Edward Jagnandan and his innovative reforms are a source of pride for Southeast Texas.
EDITORIAL- BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE- February 8,1992
HOUSING DIRECTOR DESERVES PRAISE
Bouquets goes out this week to Port Arthur Housing Authority Executive Director Edward Jagnandan who has announced a new get-tough policy against criminals in public housing complexes.
EDITORIAL- PORT ARTHUR NEWS- March 26, 1992
PUBLIC HOUSING BREAKTHROUGH
Speaking of praise for a job well done, Port Arthur Housing Authority Executive Director Edward Jagnandan once again deserves a pat on the back for trying to break the cycle of aid dependency. Under Jagnandan’s leadership, the housing authority has opened a child care center….for public housing tenants trying to life themselves up by their bootstraps…
PORT ARTHUS NEWS-June 3, 1992
PAHA SELECTED NATIONAL MODEL
The Port Arthur Housing Authority Home Ownership Program -under the leadership of Edward Jagnandan has been selected as a model for other public housing authorities nationwide…
The real deal about being anonymous is you never really know who you're talking to. How do you know I am an ex-employee with an ax to grind? And how can you so boldly say you know who I am? And Jagnandan is still a crook and I am not an ex-employee. Never worked there in my life and would never consider doing so. Waaay too much drama and fraudulent issues going on.
WOW HERE I WAS SO STUPID READING ALL THIS TRASY STUFF ABOUT WHA DIRECTOR AND NOW SAW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS THATS HE HAS DONE. WHOEVER TOOK THE TIME TO RESEARCH THE OTHER SIDE ARTICLES--GOD BLESS YOU. YOU HAVE DONE WHATS MORALLY RIGHT.
THIS DARYL BARBER GUY IS RUNNING RAMPANT AND DOES NOT EVER WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. IF HE REALLY TOOK THE TIME TO SPEAK TO JAGNANDAN( WHICH I UNDERSTAND HE REFUSED TO DO) HE WILL GET THE REAL TRUTH BEHIND THOSE ARTICLES..
THANKS FOR LETTING THE PUBLIC READ THOSE ARTICLES.SEEKING THE TRUTH IS A TERRIFIC THING.
IF JAGNANDAN IS STILL A CROOK WHY WAS HE NOT BARRED FROM RUNNING A HOUSING AUTHORITY NOW OR IN THE PAST? ALSO, WHY HAS HE NOT BEEN PROSECUTED? ALSO, WHY WAS THE OIG AT WHA FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND DID NOT FIND ANY WRONGDOING--GO FIGURE
SO STOP SHOOTING YOUR MOUTH OFF UNLESS YOU ENGAGE YOUR BRAIN WITH CORRECT FACTS.DONT MISLEAD FOLKS FOR THEY ARE NOT STUPID.
WILSONIANS ARE SMARTER THAN YOU THINK. ALSO JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AND SEE WHO HAS CREDIBILITY. BARBER IS NOT RESPECTED FOR HIS PAST DEEDS AND HE KNOWS HIS SKELETONS OUT THERE.
YES AND FIRED EX-EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE VOWED VENGEANCE ARE BEHIND THIS
DARYL BARBER--HERE ARE MORE ARTICLES OR SHOULD I SAY SNIPETS OF ARTICLES GATHERED FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT AND READING. I KNOW YOU IGNORED THEM WHILE YOU WERE SEARCHING TO SMEAR THIS HONEST AND GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT..COME ON BARBER BRING IT ON.. YOU SEEM TO THINK WITH ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE NOT WORKING YOU CAN SIT BACK AND SMEAR SOMEONE.
WE ARE READY TO PROVE YOUR IGNORANCE. WILSON IS A GOOD PLACE, PLEASE DO NOT POLLUTE IT WITH YOUR POISON.
HERE ARE THE ARTICLES...
-PART 11
FROM NEWSPAPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
PITTSBURGH POST –GAZETTE October 10,1997
COUNTY HOUSING CHIEF LISTENS TO PEOPLE AT MCKEES ROCK PROJECT
“Jagnandan made several sleep over trips to housing projects and used them to look closely at the complexes and to demonstrate to residents that the authority wanted to help them.”
THE DAILY NEWS, MCKEESPORT, PA-October 11,1997
HOUSING CHIEF HEARS CONCERNS
More than 60 residents gathered in the “D” building community room at Homestead apartments this week and received with cheers and warm applause, Executive Director of the Allegheny County Housing Authority, Edward Jagnandan. He was there to listen to their grievances.
BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE-May 28,1991
HOUSING DIRECTOR WON’T JUST STAY SITTING IN OFFICE
“this hands- on approach is part of Jagnandan’s overall goal for the housing authority.”
PORT ARTHUR NEWS-July 11,1991
JAGNANDAN OPERATION IN MOTION
The Executive Director is off to such a fast pace that authority board members jokingly tried to buy running shoes.
PORT ARTHUR NEWS-January 13,1995
PAHA INTRODUCES NEW INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVES FOR RESIDENTS
“The Port Arthur Housing Authority is beginning the New Year with a commitment to ensuring that subsidized housing is not a way of life, but a stepping-stone to a better life”-said Edward Jagnandan, Executive Director.
PORT ARTHUR NEWS-September 5,1992
EDITORIAL
HOUSING OFFICIAL SHOW HOW TO FIGHT DRUG WAR
“The latest coup by Executive Director Edward Jagnandan is an aggressive effort to get drug dealers out of the housing authority sites”
BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE-October 6,1993
HUD APPLAUDS PA INNOVATIONS.
Under the leadership of Executive Director Edward Jagnandan, the Port Arthur Housing Authority sets an example that others in the region should follow, a Houston HUD official said Tuesday.
BILOXI- THE SUN HERALD-July 14,1999
BILOXI, HUD, MAYOR GET MOUNTAIN ON ITS WAY
Its one thing to plan to move a mountain. Another thing entirely to actually make it move. …Jagnandan, his staff, the authority’s board and the city administration should be commended, not for working together to create a strong plan, but for having the determination to get it on track.
some peop0le just have no sense of reality if it hit them right between the eyese .he received some praise intially at most of his former employers but the bottom line is four out of the five, fire or let this man go under questionable circumstances. as far as the no big contract in indianapolis to one of the mayors cronies , it wasnt jagnandans decision not to use the shoddy contractor crony of the mayors. he did award the contract and HUD stepped in and made it be competitive bid out. i dont know who you are for defending this man so vehemently. you must be a cro09ny or higher up housing authority person. the man has done some ggod things in the past but the questions and discreptincies and reasons all thius cities fired him far outweigh the good he done. agin no one ifs trying to smaer jaganadan . we just want the truth know about him and it is there. those snippets are not made up by major newspapers all over the country and them notr i have a axe to grind with this gentleman. we just want the truth kn own. i have dont that and the rest of my information has been given to the office of the inspector general of HUD and the wilson times.this last audir here in wilson is more than enough to terminate this incompetent man. forget about all the other cities he worked where everyone was out to get him.
THERE YOU GO ...AGAIN SHOWING YOUR IGNORANCE AND HAVE NOTHING TO GO ON. THE NEGATIVE ARTICLES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE HALF TRUTHS.YOU WANT TO IGNORE THE FACTS AND EVEN REFUSED TO MEET WITH JAGNANDAN ON TWO OCCASIONS. YOUR INTENTION IS TO SMEAR. PASSING INFORMATION TO HUD OIG MEANS NOTHING. THIS MANS AGENCY WAS INVESTIGATED FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND NOTHING IMPROPER OR ILLEGAL WAS FOUND. DONT YOU THINK IF THEY DID THAT THIS MAN WOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND BEEN IN JAIL? SHAME ON YOU FOR CONTINUING THIS SMEAR AND SHOWING YOUR IGNORANCE AND ILLITERACY.
YOU HAVE NOTHING CONCRETE, BUT KEEP HANGING YOUR HAT ON OLD UNTRUE NEWS ARTICLES. KEEP ON..BRING IT ON BRING NEW INFO BARBER...STOP BEING A COWARD
Daryl Barber...
Are you saying that Mr. Jagnandan was fired from Indianapolis because of one contract that he had mentioned to the board? Get real. This is a quote from one of the articles that you just submitted about Jagnandan....
"I was fairly new and did not know the politics of the city," he said. "I took (the advice) to mean this was a good company, and suggested to my board we should probably go that route."
Jagnandan also denied published newspaper reports the authority was ordered by HUD to competitively bid the project rather than awarding it outright to Robertson/Smoot.
Jagnandan said, "HUD suggested and I concurred" other bidders should be permitted.
So...other bidders WERE, in fact, permitted. What you fail to understand is that whenever there is a political "falling out" between someone at a high level and the board, there usually are no details leaked out by either party. That leaves the news media scrambling around, trying to make sense of it. They just plain got it wrong. Sometimes a director leaves because of partisan politics, sometimes for philosophical differences, health reasons, etc. It doesn't mean that he did anything wrong. Rest assured, if Jagnandan had left because he had really done something wrong, he would have been charged and debarred from ever working with HUD programs. HUD is very strict about this. What's more important is not the distant past anyway; it's how he's performing at WHA that counts. And, he has done a wonderful job. The agency was almost bankrupt whenever he started, and he has provided the leadership to make the WHA financially sound. That's a fact. The HUD audit that you mention is really trivial, compared to the average HUD audit of other authorities. And, Jagnandan's responses clear up any confusion about that report. You might want to read it, since you keep repeating the same misinformation.
y6ou are lyinjg about meeting with jagnandan. i went to the wha board meeting . a liitle snow flakes and they said it was postponed. i asked to speak to him and i though he would come down. i wqaited and waited then i asked the young lady at the desk when the meeting was to be rescheduleed. no one knew bu thtne she said jagnandan was in and if i wanted to se him . at that time i said no. i wanteed to ttalk to some board memebers first. i called valerie shells and she avoided me tlike the plaque and couldnt seem to make time for me. i callec mr eatmon at oic and left a message to return my call and havent heard fro him so i sent all my info to the office of theinspector general of hud and to mrs creech at the times who wrother the story on the scathing audit here in wilson just released that you unbeleivimgly dont see any major issues with. are you of sane mind and body. i wonder how many normal cirizens or thboose affected by all these violations and indescrpentcies think about it . if i can i am going to try to run the
wt report on the audit. it is too lontg to do in one comment. i want the average citizen to see how many violations and accounting discrepentcies they can find in this one audit. and i and i doubt most people would consider them minor.
i cant publish creech article on the audit. the times has told zette we cant copy and paste verbatum their articles. zette if you can find a way to post thae major issues in the article, i think any citizen with any common sense at all would agree there is a major problem at wha , forgetting about the four other cities that fired him. as for the articles i got in the mail i think the few ones praising him were from port arthur tx . that may have been the only former city where he worked at that he was not firede. i also noted they cam e in a county government envelope strangely like the one ellis williford sent me his reponse to my questioning abou the miller road taj Mahal purchase. i think i understand. ther will be no further comment from me because some people can handle or want to accept the truth if you hit them square between the eyes with it. the time and hud oig can do what they will with it. and if anyone wants to try to smear me , have at it. i have no further political ambitions and i think i have laid it all out on the line so no one is going to extort me or intimidate me into not exposing corruption and waste as i see it. make what you want to about my ability to work. ill take my doctors and ss doctors expert advice on that .someone stated i dont care about the poor. i greatly care about the poor and consider myself among them. i live off a modest fixed income as compared to most yers in the 75 to 100k range when i was able to work. i can tell you which income level is alot easier to get by on. the times has already told about my previous almost 30 year old dwi charge that was reduced. so unless you have a picture of me and goat geting cozy together, feel free to smear me all you like. i have no further political ambitions and could care less.
DARYL BARBER I DO NOT HAVE A PICTURE OF A GOAT AND YOU BUT SOMETHING MUCH BETTER. AS FOR ARTICLES ON JAGNANDAN--THERE ARE PLENTY MORE FROM ALL THE CITIES JAGNANDAN WORKED IN AND THATS NO JOKE.THEY ALL REFLECT POSITIVE THINGS OF MR. JAGNANDAN'S CAREER. AGAIN, LET US MAKE CLEAR THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE THAT SHOWED MR JAGNANDAN DID ANYTHING UNETHICAL OR ILLEGAL.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOU KNOW NOT WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I ALSO ASK THAT YOU BE FORGIVEN.
It's just a matter of time before Jagnandan is exposed even more. And it's also funny how all these articles some folks keep referring to are not surfacing from the search engines when put in Jagnandans name. Usually employers want at least the last 10 years when they do a background check. So who was on theboard when he was hired and who exactly hired him to come to Wilson with full redemption and pardoned all his fraudulent sins. The man has a track record of abusing the system and he's always just one step ahead. But I've always heard what you do in the dark will come to light. As we watch and wait for that moment in time when its Jagnandans turn.
Well I say, he scoped Wilson out and found out it was a bunch a crooks already here and that he would be able to blend in pretty good. Damn sho' worked too. He done named a building after him and got the city folks all in an uproar about his executive guidance of directing. He and Rose and the rest of the Wilson crooks are destined to be exposed. Wait for it. Rose getting citizens through ElectriCities and Jagnandan through the housing authority. Jag had the WHA TT named after Rose and now Rose approves of the favor by allowing Jag the same of having a building named after him. Ain't that nice. In this case, There is some honor amongst thieves.
WOW WHAT VENOM...YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS NOT TRUE. YOU KEEP COMING UP WITH TRASH. HERE ARE THE FACTS...A THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK WAS DONE ON JAGNANDN BY A PROFESSIONAL FIRM THATS USED BY MANY FIRMS. SORRY NOTHING UNETHICAL OR ILLEGAL WAS FOUND. HE WAS HIRED AND IS PERFORMING EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. EAT YOUR HEART OUT...HE IS HERE AND HE IS HERE TO STAY...SO HAVE A LIFE. AT LEAST YOU JUST FOUND A JOB IN NASHVILLE.ENJOY THAT BEFORE THEY FIND OUT ABOUT YOU AND YOU LOOSE THAT TOO. WISH YOU GUYS CAN MOVE ON. YES WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE...YOU WRITINGS SAY IT ALL.
FOR THE ONES THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND...THE CITY, THE STATE OR HUD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY NAMING OF FACILITIES AT WHA....
AGAIN...READ THAT OVER AND OVER UNTIL IT SINKS IN...
MOVE ON...MOVE ON...WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR EACH OF YOU.
ADDITIONAL NEWPAPER ARTICLES FROM PITTSBURG....
WHY IN YOUR SEARCH ON JAGNANDAN DID YOU NOT USE THESE--I KNOW WHY,BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO SMEAR A GOOD MAN WITHOUT THE FACTS.
HERE THEY ARE....ENJOY READING....I HAVE MORE... MANY MANY MORE
-PART 111
FROM NEWSPAPERS
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE October 2, 1997
HOUSING AUTHORITY HEAD PLEDGES HANDS-ON STYLE
“Edward R. Jagnandan, executive director of the Allegheny County Housing Authority, said that he was not the type to lounge in a downtown office in an expensive suit. ‘I’ll be driving the garbage trucks. I’m going to spend a night or two in one of the worst public housing communities. Don’t be surprised to see me painting apartments or repairing commodes. Whatever it takes.’”
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE October 15, 1997
HUD PLANNING TERRACE RENEWAL
Aging Public Housing plan would be razed, rebuilt
“The Allegheny Housing Authority, under the leadership of it’s new executive director Edward Jagnandan, by late next summer, hopes to start demolition at McKees Rocks Terrace, in an ambitions plan to raze all the dilapidated buildings and replace them with new housing. The federal Department of HUD last week announced it would provide a $15.8 grant to begin the radical makeover of the aging public housing development.”
PITTSBURGH COURIER, Oct. 29, 1997
HOUSING DIRECTOR’S EXPERIENCE READIES HIM TO MEET CHALLENGES
“The largest challenge Jagnandan faces in his new post stems from the Dec. 1994 Sanders Consent Decree, a court mandate to end the discrimination and segregation practices that have plagued county public housing. Jagnandan faced a similar situation while executive director of the Port Arthur Housing Authority. “
PITTSBURGH VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH, October 31, 1997
NEW COUNTY HOUSING BOSS PROMISES IMPROVEMENTS
“I’ve seen what I need to see. You’ll start seeing some things next week….Jagnandan said he would start addressing some of the immediate problems, such as painting, railings, making fence repairs, changing doors, and repairing and replacing playground equipment.” (All promises were kept)
PITTSBURGH VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH, November 6, 1997
HOUSING BOSS RETURNS TO VALLEY
County executive looks into Sheldon Park complaints
“Allegheny County Housing Directory Edward Jagnandan came back to the valley on Wednesday as promised, this time to stay overnight. Edward Jagnandan, who last week, visited the Felix Negley apartments in Tarrentum, came to the Sheldon Park complex, where he met and had dinner with residents, toured apartments, and planned an overnight stay in one of the vacant units. It’s his third overnight visit in about a month in his role.
PITTSBURGH BUSINESS TIMES, November 7, 1997
PEOPLE TO WATCH
“Edward Jagnandan arrived here October the 1st, replacing George Arendas, who left in January. One of Mr. Jagnandan’s first moves was to spend a night in Hayes Manor, a county-run community. ‘I like to get in the field and get dirty’, he said. “
PITTSBURGH VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH, November 17, 1997
UPGRADE UNDER WAY AT NEGLEY APARTMENTS
“New Allegheny Housing Authority director Edward Jagnandan said his word, followed by his actions, establishes a relationship that brings about positive change.”
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE/REVIEW, December 24, 1997
PANEL FORMED TO HELP CHOOSE HOMES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS
“An advisory group is being formed by Edward Jagnandan, executive director of the Allegheny County Housing Authority to ease community tension as home are bought to implement a federal court order to desegregate public housing in Allegheny County. The 12-member panel is designed to help select homes for public housing residents.”
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MR. JAGNANDAN'S BACKGROUND CHECK ITS MY UNDERSTANDING WAS DONE ON HIS ENTIRE LIFE, AND FOR THE RECORD IT CAME OUT SQUEAKY CLEAN--AGAIN REPEAT SQUEAKY CLEAN AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE ILLEITERATE OR CANNOT UNDERSTAND THIS IT SIMPLY MEANS THE MAN WAS THOROUGHLY CHECKED OUT....SO MOVE ON AND HAVE A LIFE.
SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY..LIKE WORKING.THE REST NEED TO FIND ONE.
GOD BLESS AND FORGIVE YOU.
MY LAST COMMENT PERIOD. WHEN I WAS ARCHIVING I WAS LOOKING FOR THE REASON JAGNANDAN WAS FIRED BY FOUR OUT OF THE LAST FIVE CITIES HE HAS WORKED IN AND BEEN SO CONTROVERSIAL SINCE HE HAS BEEN IN WILSON. I WOULDNT LOOKING FOR ARTICLES PRAISING HIM. I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY HE HAD BEEN FIRED. YES HE HAS DONE SOME GOOD THINGS BUT IF THE GOOD OUTWEIGHED THE BAD ARE YOU SO NAIVE ABOUT THIS MAN TO THINK ALL THESE CITIES WOULD HAVE FIRED HIM IF HE WAS "MR WONDERFUL" THEY LOVED HIM SO MUCH AND WERE SO IMPRESSED BY HIM THEY ALL FIRED HIM WITHOUT CAUSE.OR DO YOU THINK I FAKED UP ALL THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ARCHIVES SOINCE YOU AND HE ARE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS. MY GUESS IS THE TIMES WILL VALIDATE ALL HIS PREVIOUS TERMINATIONS AND YOU WAONT HAVE TO BELEIVE MY SMEARING AS YOU SAY. USE YOU HEAD FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN A HAT RACK.
Daryl Barber...
There you go again....as usual, ignorant and with no facts. You just don't give up, do you. You can't find anything truly incriminating in the newspapers because nothing happened. As I mentioned before, politics plays a large factor for this position in many cities. The fact remains that Jagnandan has an outstanding record and that appears to bother you. It seems you always rear your ugly head up and love to be controversial. You will be exposed for what you are. The smear campaign will not get you anywhere.
fact/ he does not have an outstanding record
fact /he has been fired from 4 previous jobs before coming to wilson
fact/ the recently completed hud audit is full of mismanagement , incompetence and accounting errors and violations of hud rules
You seem to have no new information; just the same tired old criticism...here are the facts:
FACT: The word "outstanding" may be subjective, but Jagnandan's record of pulling troubled and underperforming housing agencies into high performers is well-documented, with numerous awards.
FACT: In spite of a year-long, thorough investigation, the OIG was unable to find any wrongoing or mismanagement, just procedural and policy errors, which have already been corrected or are being corrected. I'm sure you read Jagnandan's letter in the Wilson Times, but chose to ignore it.
FACT: You are obviously on a vendetta and have no interest in getting at the truth, simply looking for anything that you can to trash your ex-boss for firing you. Did you ever consider that YOUR POOR WORK, not Jagnandan's, was one of the primary reasons that there were findings by the OIG, and that YOUR INCOMPETENCE, not Jagnandan's, was the reason you were fired in the first place? People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Sometimes those stones may be thrown back.....
you seem to have no new information. denying reality. hud found plenty of mismagement violations. mismagement means the boss or manager in charge was not doing his job or the people who are under his supervision , who he is reponsible for are not doing their jobs and i dont know what you term wrongdoing ? is paying money to people who are not eligible wrongdoing? i say yes . is not keeping balanced accounts and unaccounted for funds wrongdoing? i say yes. is allowing tenants to live in substandard or unsafe or unsanitary housing that you are responsible for wrong doing? i say yes. and i could go on and on but whats the point? anyone who has taken a look at his track record and the two hud audits reported since he has been here in wilson can come to the conclussion very easily that this man not only does not deserve to have a public building named in his honor, we should fire him like nearly all his revious employers appear to have unless there is a nationwide newspaper conspiracy to discredit this man
Your bias is showing again. Jagnandan's response in the Wilson Times column covers those issues; most of which have already been corrected But you don't want to acknowledge that, because it might appear positive for WHA - and that's not what you're all about, is it? It's obvious that your mission is to smear, regardless of the facts. There is really nothing that can be said that would prove to you that you are wrong about this because it's not about right or wrong, it's all about revenge. The Public knows who has the credibility and it's certainly not you.
Change in Wilson....
How long will this continue....? No actual facts, no crimianl charges and no debarrment from any other housing authority he worked at. So what are you trying to accomplish Darryl, absolutley nothing! Edward Jagnandan has done so much for the low income residents in Wilson since he has been here and planning to do more. So really is that why you're mad because the low income families can now have a chance to live in your neighborhood.You can't say too much about that because then you may sound racist so you go after the man who is in charge. Since Edward has came to Wilson he has brought hope and happiness to the residents here and in Wilson, and for his staff they are happy to work for a guy who is geniue, sincere and compassionate to help others. These comments and accusations that Mr. Barber is making is not hurting or will stop Edward and his staff but will encourage them to work hard to give you more to talk about. Edward should feel very special to know that he is thought about everyday.
he is thought about alot by the various hud oig offices throughout the country everyday
Daryl Barber/ last comment i am living on a fixed income and i consider myself low income . i have black neighbors beside me and across the street from me and am good friends. stop stereotyping me. anyone who knows me , knows i am not racists and participate in many minority community activist groups and was a big backer and supporter of Calvin Woodard for sheriff. the minority community knows me well and knows what i stand for.
Ok enough let's just grow up a little. Whatever you have or know about Jagnandan, please do whatever you gotta do. He will be alright and so will the agency. I personally enjoy working with Mr. Jagnandan and all the staff here. I support the ideas that he brings to this agency and the vision that he has for the agency. If there is something that you have and would like to share with OIG, HUD, or the WHA Board, please feel free to. I guess my question would be What have you done to help the community? I'm not for smearing anyone's name cause I'm sure we are all equal in GOD's view, but besides digging up dirt and making a person feel bad or look bad what positive action(s) have you done to improve our community. Have you gone to this person (Jagnandan) and talked to him personally about his past jobs and visions that he has had or just wanted to make a big mess out of this? What is your motive for real? It just seems that if you felt there were any wrongdoing you would first try to solve it with him and if that didn't work that you would then take it a step further. This seems to be more of a personal attack. Anyway I hope all of you stay blessed and pray before you write or say something that you know he is not pleased with. I am sure most of you know Him so just do things decent and in order.
no need to discuss anything with jagnadan. he has an excuse for everything. it was all someone elses fault. disgruntled former or current employees, political motives, hud and the man are out to get him. incompetent employees , accounting snafus, you name it it is someone else fault. he never takes responsibility or accountability for anything even though he is the supposed leader and the buck should stop with him. forget about all the jobs he has been fired from. the oig audits and the findings alone should be grounds for his termination for incompetence and mismangement. he makes alot of big promises and puts on a good dog and pony show fro awhile until HUD and accounting catch up with him and then its find the least expensive and lowest keyed way to get rid of this con man. kinda alot like our local elected city and county leaders.
Whoever wrote the last comment smearing Jagnandan again really showed their ignorance and hatred of this man. They are certainly envious of his success and regardless of how much he does, they will not be satisfied. The lies and hatred of him makes THEM look bad and makes Jagnandan even more determined to persevere. They have no inner peace because they will never own up to the poisonous lies they are spreading against a long-term dedicated and loyal public servant. I still ask for God to forgive this misguided individual. Keep this in your mind: Jagnandan is in Wilson to stay. So sit back and enjoy the successes of the Housing Authority. Try to keep up with all the good that's happening at WHA - there's a lot of it. The Public knows who has the credibility and it's certainly not you.
HE IS NOT IN WILSON TO STAYAS WHA DIRECTOR. HE IS WELCOME TO STAY IN WILSON FOR TE REST OF HIS LIFE IF HE SO DESIRES. NO ONE IS SMEARING HIM. THE TWO AUDITS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. ANY 2ND GRADER COULD LOOK AT THEM ANS SEE THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AT THE WHA. EVEN OUR ELECTED AND APPOINTED IDIOTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT ALSO. IF COUNCIL AND THE WHA BOARD DONT GET RID OF HIM , WE WILL GET RID OF THEM, IF HUD DOESNT PROSECUTE HIM OR BAR HIM FROM ANY FUTURE EMPLOYMENT WHERE HE HANDLES ANY GOVERNMENT MONEY BONDS OR GRANTS BEFORE THEN.HE NOT ONLY DOES NOT DESERVE A PUBLIC BUILDING NAMED AFTER HIM HE SHOULD BE FIRED FOR GROSS MISMANGEMENT AND INCOMPETENCE. BUT THEN AGAIN MAYBE NOT. HE SEEMS TO FIT IN WELL WITH THE REST OF OUR CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT. WASTE, FRAUD AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY
IT CLEARLY SHOWS WHAT YOUR INTENT IS AND THAT IS SMEAR AT ANY COST.FACTS REALLY DOES NOT MATTER AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE IT IS CORRECT.WHEN IS THIS GOING TO STOP?
NO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING,NO FRAUD COMMITTED,NO CRIMES COMMITTED, NO CORRUPTION ANYWHERE--YET YOU CONTINUE TO SMEAR THIS GOOD AND DECENT MAN.
YOUR IGNORANCE AND HATRED SHOWS EVERYTIME YOU WRITE..BASELESS ACCUSATIONS AND WHEN CHALLENGED TO TAKE JAGNANDAN TO COURT OR HAVE HIM DEBARRED BY HUD WITH YOUR OLD NEWS ARTICLES YOU SEEM TO FREEZE. IT GOES TO CREDIBILITY AND YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY.
DARYL BARBER
THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER...
ONE MUST BE RESPECTED AND HAVE CREDIBILITY IN ORDER TO POINT FINGERS ON SOMEONE OR ATTACK THEM WITH BASELESS ACCUSATIONS WITHOUT THE ACTUAL FACTS. HAVE YOU EVER TALKED TO MR. JAGANDAN AND GET THE ACTUAL TRUTH? YOU MAY LEARN SOMETHING OR TWO. OF COURSE THAT MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU BECAUSE IT WILL NOT FIT INTO YOUR MISSION.
TWO, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NEVER THROW STONES.
THREE,WHAT GOES AROUND CERTAINLY COMES AROUND.
FINALLY, EVERYONE WILL BE JUDGED. OUR CHURCH KNOWS THE TYPE OF PERSON WE ARE. PEOPLE WITH SKELETONS IN THEIR CLOSET SHOULD NOT JUDGE OTHERS.KEEP THAT IN MIND.
I AM SURE THE MINORITY COMMUNITY KNOWS YOU BARBER.THEM AND YOUR CHURCH KNOW THE HYPOCRITE YOU ARE AS YOU HAVE ZERO CREDIBILITY. YOU CANNOT DEFEND YOUR SLIMY PAST AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NEVER THROW STONES. YOUR SKELETONS IN YOUR CLOSET WILL BE REVEALED SOON.
OK people, here we are again. Kudoos to Mr Jagnandan for the work he does. Really; what purpose are you serving by smearing this man. If he had corruption in his background to be sure the interview panel, the attorney and the Board of Commissioners would have found it. What would they gain by hiring him if all this was true? " Light Bulb Come On Yet"? There was None! It is a shame for people to be able to lead a smear campaign against a person by flooding the internet with twisted comments and half truths and most of all lies. Stop ignoring the positive things this man has done in his career. Pay attention to the articles that spell it out.
Lets weigh the things you have done for the people against the things Mr. Jagnandan has done; we could really see then who has the best interest of the people at heart. It is sad for adults to feed their ego by doing bad things to others. You should pray nobody does this to you. Try volunteering if you don't thnk getting a job is in your crystal ball. This would surely fill that void in your life and maybe put some pride back as well. Tell us what negative blogging does for you. Certainly the truth has no place in what you are doing. Is your obsession with this smear campaign entertaining? yes, for the weak minded Is it silly? Yes, Is it childish and elementary? most definately yes. In the real world that exists for most of us; if you don't have opposition at sometime during your career, something is wrong or you are possibly a yes person. Also if you make everyone happy you are not doing what you are supposed to be doing. Having a job and leading a company does not mean everyone is going to agree with you. However, if you are fair and just people respect you. Look around and see how much respect people have for you. People who do mean things to others are pathetic. I have an idea, why don't you talk to Mr. J. Maybe then you will learn what is takes to become a real public servant and work on behalf of the people. It much better than you current profession,(entertainment) or should I say a fiction writer. Learn to relish the truth. When you know better you do better. Maybe the problem is you really don't know. Pray for guidance. Mr J. don't stop doing what you are doing what you are doing. Your work speaks louder than any of this nonsense.
Just sitting here reading these articles.
Seems to me this smear campaign is over the top.
Have you ever thought it might be done out of envy.
Some people can't stand the thought the someone else is progressing while they regress.
Keep up the good work Mr. Jagnandan
Don't let this mess sway you.
YES ITS OVER THE TOP AND MOST OF US KNOW WHO IS DOING IT -FOLKS WITHOUT A JOB, AND FOLKS THAT ARE MISERABLE. MOVING ON HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THEM. ONE SUCH PERSON, JUST START WORKING IN NASHVILLE-AND WILL BE FOUND OUT THROUGH THEIR WORK PERFORMANCE AND PAST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THEIR LIVES AS THEY TRY TO MOVE FORWARD. NOTICE HOW LONG IT TOOK TO EVEN FIND A JOB.SOME PROFESS TO BE RELIGIOUS...WHAT A LIE AND SHAME TO THEIR FAITH.
OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM. GOD PLEASE FORGIVE THEM AS THEY GET THEIR LIVES IN ORDER.
" no debarrment from any other housing authority he worked at." where do you get that from he was fired from four out of the last five cities he has worked at? is that debarment enough for you? you people( who ever you are and i am certain it is only one or two insider and pparently brainwashed members of the Jagnandan cult.) have no sense or grip on reality in your defense of this shyster. why dont you have the guts to comment on citizens united sight where you have to disclose your identity and take accountability for your cowardly comments. you are very mucj like mr Jaganadan. he accpets no responsibility for anything and all the issues and violations og HUD regulations are someone elses fault. LOL LOL
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FOR THE ONES THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND...THE CITY, THE STATE OR HUD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY NAMING OF FACILITIES AT WHA....
AGAIN...READ THAT OVER AND OVER UNTIL IT SINKS IN...
MOVE ON...MOVE ON...WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR EACH OF YOU.
we understand that. this shyster decided that on his own , and i am told without a vote of the WHA board, to name a shrine after himself despite his past firing from four of the past five cities he has been employed at and two scathing HUD Office of the Inspector General audits detailing dozens of missuse of funds, unaccounted for funds, unsafe and sanitary conditions of resident housing, paying funds to unauthorized section 8 participants, paying out funds to participants of the home ownership program who had even been approved or signed their paper work yet, duplicious waste of grant funds and so on and so on.the city council does despite Mayor Roses denial have some autonomy over the wha and this Jagnandan charavter. they co sponsor grants including , thankfully the turned down hope VI multimillion dollar grant that has been the center of controversy, at the other municipalities where this Jagnandan charascter has been fired from. i am also told the WHA board is appointed by the city council. the whole bunch seem to take no reponsibility or accountability for any of their actions and relacement of the director, board and the current crop of city council memebers on the upcoming ballot would be highly recommmended.
To the "smear captain"...
Your quote of the "facts" of the OIG report are not just exaggerations - they are in many cases - lies. I took the time to read the report and the responses and found:
1) There was NO "misuse of funds" listed anywhere in the OIG report
2) There NO "unaccounted for" funds - only accounts that had been coded to the wrong account by an incompetent Finance Director (who subsequently was fired). A new, more competent Finance Director was hired, who has corrected all of these issues.
3) The "unsafe and unsanitary" conditions that was referred to in the report was clearly corrected, and was no fault of WHA, but several of the Section 8 landlords. Although the property had been thoroughly inspected by WHA, problems had developed after passing the inspection.
4) There was absolutely NO "duplicious waste of grant funds"...where did that come from? TOTAL FABRICATION!!!
5) All of the rules were followed for the Section 8 tenants. The only thing that didn't happen was that the final signature hadn't been signed by the landlord. Upon discovering this, WHA made sure that all of the contracts were signed. However, the OIG ignored that fact, and put it in their report. It is important to note that these units were occupied by eligible WHA voucher holders.
The HOPE VI grant was given to only 6 of the largest housing authorities in the nation. WHA was not so fortunate; it was very competitive. Your contention that it was a good thing (that WHA did not receive the grant) shows that you have no interest in bettering the economy of Wilson or helping low-income folks; only your hatred of Jagnandan and WHA.
You are most obviously one of the disgruntled ex-employees looking for revenge and hoping to smear anonymously by continuing to throw out misinformation and unfair criticism of a distinguished Executive Director with an excellent national reputation and numerous awards, as well as the WHA, where you used to work before you were fired.
WOW, YOU SMEAR IDIOTS NEVER GIVE UP REGARDLESS OF FACTS. PLEASE REREAD THE OIG REPORTS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AS I HAVE AND THERE IS WHA'S RESPONSE WITH THE FACTS REGARDLESS OF THE OIG'S REPORT.THERE WAS ALSO THE WHA'S DIRECTOR COLUMN IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS--YET YOU FOLKS CHOOSE TO READ IT BUT KEEP ON ATTACKING WITH BASELESS ACCUSATIONS.
I GUESS IGNORANCE IS SOMETHING ELSE. AS FOR THOSE THAT LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES--WELL YOU GO FIGURE THAT.
THE ONE THAT JUST START WORKING IN NASHVILLE, BE MINDFULL OF YOUR PERFORMANCE.SMEARING SOMEONE IS NOT THE WAY TO GO. YOUR INCOMPETENCY WILL EVENTUALLY SHOW.
IF YOU ARE A GOOD CHRISTIAN, YOU WILL NEVER BE DOING THIS STUFF. I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOU.
you better pray for yourself and the poor people in the wha system who have to be subjected to all the unsafe and unsanitary conditions of substandard housing this shyster lets get thru the system and all the repairs and pest infestations that go untreated and unrepaired. how in the name of all that is holy can this con man skip all over the country and get away with his incompetence is beyongd me. maybe finally HUD has caught up with him nd had a bellyful of his waste, mismangement and incompetence and will soon put and end to it. i know the local idiots who are as unaccountable and responsible as he is will not stop it.
Its so strange that some of you can continue to smear a reputable agency and a dynamic leader who at least has not cheated at his church or being on dating sites... etc....like I said before he that lives in a glass house should never throw stones...please at least examine yourselves before you try to smear Mr. Janandan.
REVELATIONS WILL BE FORTHCOMING SO CONTINUE YOUR SMEAR....
As for the one that just started a new job in Nashvill...beware of your poisionous attitude...you day of reconning is coming.
When are you idiots going to stop...
First of all throughout WHA ther is no unsafe and unsanitary conditions that I am aware of...so you are definitely making this up and of course LYING. Secondly, WHA has a professional pest control company that is responsible for all spraying at the agency...again you are LYING.
You seem to throw all sorts of smear out there without merit. Guess what, the public is not buying your snake oil...Keep on trying---you are just grabbing at straws...Again,your ignorance certainly shows.
Keep trying....for you continue to show your stupidity.Of course, by now, WHA has figured out who you idiots are.What goes around certainly comes around.
Why are you terrible people trashing the place I call home. I am a resident of public housingand I know these are lies. our homes are not unsanitary or infested. You are be littling those of us who are low income families. To say our homes are unsantitary or infested insinuates that we have no pride. These people respond to our calls at all times. No they can't always do everthing we want but our homes are certainly not unsanitary. If you lived thee you would know the truth. Stop Spreading Lies. Low income families have just as much pride as the next person. Try looking in your own back yard. If there is a family that has bugs thjey have not called maintenance like they are required to do. I call and my home is just as clean as yours.
Look In Your Own Back Yard.
Amen to that comment- a proud resident of WHA. Those that are trashing WHA and its Director are anti- low income and insensitive to folks that live there. Shame on those folks that continues to throw trash out without any facts to back up their claims...There are absolutely no facts that can produce...thats just cowardly and ignorant. Idiots will always be idiots and we know who they are.
I think you have read this before. The protocol for any maintenance issue is to call the maintenance department. Whether during working hours or after. The maintenance department responds to calls regardless of the nature. If public housing was infested or unsanitary the city inspector would have already been called. You write out of ignorance. There has been no call of any such nature. Thanks to the resident that wrote in. Why don't you visit our property for yourself. Let us give you a tour. Try telling our families they live in unsanitary housing. (You might get your feelings hurt with this insult). Please. If you don't have any facts step back and stop playing the game of "SMEAR THE MAN" . However, if you do know of such and fail to call our office to bring it to our attention, that makes you not much of an advocate the people. Think about it.
Whoever is smearing WHA is either a LIAR or an IDIOT without a life... Your ignorance of the facts and the looseness of your mouth causes you to insert foot into that mouth...please try to engage brains first-especially in that new job you just started in NASHVILL. You have no facts, no new info but baseless accusations that does not hold water.Your incompetency and brainlessness shows...
PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES ESPECIALLY SINCE WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. FOR THE ONE THAT WORK AT THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE IN RALEIGH ITS A SHAME THAT YOU HAVE TO STOOP SO LOW AND CANNOT SEEM TO MOVE ON. FOR THE ONE IN NASHVILLE THE SAME APPLIES. WHAT ARE YOU FOLKS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. DON'T THEY KEEP YOU BUSY THERE OR SHOULD I INTERVENE AND HANDLE THAT FOR YOU.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE TOO MUCH TIME TO SMEAR AND SHOW YOUR IGNORANCE EACH DAY.SHAME ON YOU.
im not lying. i have republished HUD findings. is hud lying. do four major newspapepers all over this country lie? mr jagnandan and his few brainwashed supporters or minnions who are apparently worried about losing their jobs if this shyster is fired have no grip ion reality. read stephanie crecchs hgil;ights of all the violations and deficientcies found in a year long scathing HUD audit that is reason enough to let this incompetent character go, let alone naming a government building in his honor. hundreds of wilson voices and citizens united for change in wilson nc members are outraged and oppose any shrine to this con man and support his dismissal.
DARYL BARBER..HERE YOU GO AGAIN STICKING YOUR UGLY HEAD OUT THERE SHOWING YOUR IGNORANCE AND STUPIDITY. YOU ABOVE ANYONE HAVE THE GALL TO CRITICIZE SOMEONE WITH A TERRIFIC REPUTATION WHEN YOU FAIL TO LOOK AT YOUR BACKGROUND AND DISGRACEFUL ACTS IN THIS COMMUNITY...JUST ASK ANYONE IN YOUR CHURCH AND WE CAN SEE WHO IS CREDIBLE JAGNADAN OR YOU. PLEASE, YOUR IGNORANCE SHOWS. I AM SURE THE WHA CAN FIND SOMETHING TO NAME AFTER YOU AND IT WILL NOT BE A BUILDING....
I am a CPA and have known Edward for 20 years. He has done tremendous good for the City of Wilson, for the housing community, and for the several housing agencies that he has worked for over the years. Being an expert on Affordable Housing I can tell you that the OIG comments and certainly articles in newspapers should be taken with a grain of salt. Give the guy a break
Daryl Barber...TRY TO GET YOUR GED AND LEARN TO SPELL OR MAYBE GET A JOB AND STOP CHEATING THE GOVERNMENT....Maybe you can be more useful than you are now...wasting everyones time with your stupidity and ignorance here.
For the CPA guy that knows Edward for 20 years--your expertise to these dumb ignorant folks does not matter...even if you had said that jagnadan had walked on the moon and you were with him ..they would discount it and continue their trash and smear...but thanks for saying that about this leader and his work. The Wilson community actually feels like you and support this visionary leader.
I know Daryl Barber and the type of person he is. I also know of his questionable past and reputation and for him to smeam someone that is decent and honest and doing some wonderful things for Wilson is a shame and disgrace. Ask Daryl what has he done for wilson other that shooting his big mouth off and cheating the government by pretending that he cannot find a job or even work.
Credibility and reputation is important and Daryl Barber has zero of that.What a hypocrite he is.
to cpa . did you know him when he was fired by the allaeghany pa housing agency? did you know him when he was fired by the indianapolis housing agency? did they fire him becuause he was such a great employee and they loved him so much?
one thing about mr Barber. he has the guts to come out and prove any charges he makes and not hide behind a keyboard like a chicken XXXX threatening to extort him to be quiet about this man.mr barber has been smeared in the past and i assure you smear all you want , he will not relent. he stands up for the citizens to the county commissioners and city council when wrongdoing needs to be exposed.
did you know Barber when he had the affair in his church? what a disgrace. Did you knoew this slime con man when he was in all the dating sites trying to pick up women? He has no morals and does not even want to find a job...
Yes, I am sure he is highly respected for those and more of his dealings.
You folks keep talking about wrongdoing, firings from different cities etc and implying that this man jagnadan had done something wrong years ago...yet none of you ignorant soles have the guts to file any charges against him for those illegal activities you claim. Wonder why he jagnandan is still managing housing authorities and successfully doing so.... HUD policy and please research it....is that if this jagnadan guy was guilty of your smear stuff he would have been banned from running any housing authority or been in jail... So continue to show your stupidity and ignorance...JAGNANDAN WILL NOT BE TERMINATED NOR WILL HE BE DRIVEN OUT OF WILSON BY YOU FOOLS.
So GET OVER IT--AND MOVE ON
OR continue to suffer because of the name Jagnadan.Its very evident you are not geting anywhere with your smear...but of course you keep coming up with the same old arguments.
Maybe show some proof that he went to the moon or that he was caught in a major crime or show that him leaving several agencies under questionable circumstances is grounds for him being debarred by HUD or he should be serving time in jail..... KEEP ON SHOWING YOUR STUPIDITY AND OF COURSE IGNORANCE. IT MAKES YOU LOOK GOOD....
I have known Mr. Jagnandan for approximately 12 years and can’t tell you how proud I am to say, how much of a professional and loyal person Ed is to the housing industry. Mr. Jagnandan has turned around troubled agencies and has won national awards. Ed is a motivated individual who welcomes new challenges.
Everyone is quick to read about the negative press and post a comment but no one wants to read about the good someone has done. Keep up the great work Ed and don’t worry about the haters!
I am so glad you exposed Daryl Barber for who he is...a cheater at his church, also one that gets into the dating sites trying to find women and one that is cheating the government by collecting benefits while playing golf..This con man can work but choose to rip off the government yet falsely without any facts chose to smear Mr. Jagnadan. Wilson knows this man and knows him to be without credibility and certainly dismisses him as an idiot. Get a job Barber--Wal Mart is looking for greeters.Well that is if they hire you with your aweful background.
This is my absolute last comment to the idiot or two who defends this jagnandan shyster. HUD and serveral news organization will be coming out with reports on this man of his past and current problems at the wha . in the meantime Daryl Barber says someone is trying to extort or threaten me to not expose the truth about this Jagnadan character. whoever it is who has now made a charge that i had a n affair with a lady at my previous church is a a lying son of a bitc...h if they say i had an affair in my church. i have been divorced since 2000 and i only dated one divorced woman in my church the whole time i was there. i do particiipate on dating sights when i am not in a steady relationship which i am now and it is none of anyones business. my doctors and social securities doctors determined i was not able to do my occupation anymore and classified me on disability. any of you idiots who have a problems with that ill take my doctors and social securities doctors diagnosis over any of yours. fyi i laid up in pitt memorial in a coma the whole summer of 2005 and almost died after respiratory failure after a 5 bypass , pneumonia comlicated surgery. . i was smeared in the last municpal election and everyone knows about my previous 3o year old DWI charge i was not convicted of. smear me all you want. my political career is over and I will not be extorted into easing up on corruption and violations of open meetings laws and the public trust by our elected and appointed officials. so who ever the hell you are smear away . what is a damn shame is you are too chickenshit to come out of the shadows and make your charges. i think i know who you are and one of these days you are going to say the wrong thing at the wrong time in my presences and i am going to knock you on your ass. so dont be surprised and dont get mad when i do it.
Barber is a lyer and a cheat and he knows it. Most of Wilson know that. What a con and slime bag he is. Shame on you Barber for pretending that you are for the public when you actually are cheating the government while playing golf often. MOST OF THE CITY OF WILSON HAVE ZERO RESPECT FOR YOU..ASK ANYONE..THEY THINK YOU ARE A CRACKPOT THATS UNEDUCATED AND IGNORANT.GET A JOB MAN...BE A MAN--cotribute to society instead of living off society.
Daryl Barber, I know this Jagnadan guy for almost 30 years..and everything that you have is already known so you are really blowing smoke and have nothing revelant to offer in terms of news...so dream on. THERE ARE NO NEWS ARTICLES OR DOCUMENTS THAT INDICATE ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ON THIS MAN...REPEAT NONE.BECAUSE IT NEVER HAPPENED...THIS MAN IS TOTALLY HONEST..
Daryl Barber said..."i am going to knock you on your ass. so dont be surprised and dont get mad when i do it."....
oh REALLY? You? - the one who is totally disabled and only fit to play golf? You're either bilking the government because you're NOT REALLY "disabled"
or
just blowing smoke about knocking anyone "on your ass"....Now, who's the REAL "SHYSTER"?????
Mr Barber, has it ever occurred to you that the Board of Commissioners at the Authorities that forced Mr Jagnandan to resign were the bad guys, and not Mr Jagnadan? I know personally of at least two cases where Mr Jagnandan was let go because he cleaned house and fired people that were politically connected. Mr Jagnandan was doing the right thing but was forced out because he was concerned about improving the organization instead of playing the local politics. And you should also know that the articles you posted do not support your position. For example, why do you think the Allegheny Commissioners were hiding after they forced him out (as stated in the article you posted). Maybe because they did not have a good reason?
Daryl Barber said "i do particiipate on dating sights when i am not in a steady relationship which i am now and it is none of anyones business." What a liar and cheater on his girl friend..this man will continue to lie especially when he contacted someone that i know and wanted to go out...He is scum and would lie to look good. He is really a hypocrite. Barber where is your morals..? Go on dating sites and there is Daryl Barber....
THE TRUTH ABOUT DARYL BARBER IS FINALLY COMING OUT...SHAME ON YOU.BARBER,YOU CANNOT FOOL THE GREAT PEOPLE OF WILSON...THEY KNOW YOU AND DO NOT THINK MUCH OF YOU AT ALL. YOU CAN GET A JOB AND BE USEFUL TO SOCIETY...STOP LIVING OFF OUR GOVERNMENT. ABLE BODY FOLKS GENERALLY WORK......
CON MAN DARYL BARBER 'i think i know who you are and one of these days you are going to say the wrong thing at the wrong time in my presences and i am going to knock you on your ass. so dont be surprised and dont get mad when i do it.'
THE SHYSTER BARBER IS NOW GETTING HOT.AS YOU CAN TELL...HE..CANNOT STAND THE HEAT THAT IS FINALLY CATCHING UP WITH THIS SLIMY SHAMELESS GUY--HE LIKES TO JUDGE OTHERS WITHOUT CHECKING INTO HIS TERRIBLE BACKGROUND...SHAME ON YOU DARYL.
Daryl Barber is a jealous jerk that needs to look in mirror. Sadly he will see himself and there really isn't anything there.
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