Sure looks that way. We know how both Nicole ‘No Longer’ Poore and Our PAL Val parlayed elective office into jobs for which they were singularly unqualified, and how they made sure that their new employers were generously funded out of the bowels of Leg Hall.
Without passing judgment on her qualifications, it sure looks like Krista Griffith got a job for the specific purpose of ensuring a windfall both for herself and her employer.
Not coincidentally, she took the job as Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center in 2022. The Children’s Advocacy Center is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit. She got the job after the end of the legislative session that year. Since the Fiscal Year for 2023 runs until June of 2023, she did not receive full annual compensation, earning around $54, 000. The key year is FY 2024. She received annual compensation for that year of $121,641. Here’s what’s important, though. During the legislative year, which runs until June 30, 2024, the Joint Finance Committee worked on the FY ’25 proposed budget and grants-in-aid. A separate Bond Bill Committee, comprised of different legislators, considered the capital budget. While I don’t know if the Children’s Advocacy Center had previously requested funding from the Grants-In-Aid process, it is a fact that, for the FY 2025 grants-in-aid process, the Children’s Advocacy Project received Grants-In-Aid funding for the very first time.
Oh, did I mention that Rep. Griffith was on the JFC Committee that crafted both the Budget Bill and the Grants-In-Aid bill? I have now. Here is the Grants-In-Aid Bill for FY 2025. Please go to page 7 of 31. There it is: Children’s Advocacy Center Of Delaware: $1,136,000. You will note that the organization’s name is underlined. That means it was a first-time grant recipient. So, a not-for profit dating back to May of 1996 receives state grant funding in the very first year that a state legislator becomes its Executive Director. Not just a one-time grant either. Here is the FY 2026 Grants-In-Aid bill. Please go to page 6 of 29. Another $1,136,000 to the Children’s Advocacy Center. Please note that, once again, Rep. Griffith is on the bill as a sponsor.
To respond to the rope-a-dope that Sen. Trey Paradee uttered in the Cris Barrish piece this morning, you know about ‘never being pressured’ by the unethical legislator–kids come right up to your screen–come on, closer, YOU DON’T HAVE TO APPLY PRESSURE BECAUSE THIS IS THE DELAWARE WAY IN ITS CASUALLY CORRUPT MANNER. You think Trey Paradee had to exert pressure to get funding for his bro’s (not yet proven to be) cancer-riddled soccer fields? This is the way it’s always been done and will continue to be done until we vote in more ethical legislators.
Oh, and before Krista ‘Zuckerberg’ Griffith cries crocodile tears about what a wonderful agency this is, THAT’S NOT THE POINT. The point is that she got the job because she could deliver the $$’s. Full stop.
I hear that she’s now left the position b/c she’s running against someone who doesn’t intend to kowtow to the Musks, Zuckerbergs, and the other corporate giants who befoul our laws by throwing money and their weight around. She knows she has a fight on her hands. I hope she loses it. You can help rid the General Assembly of this Corporate Rubber Stamp.. You can start by clicking right here.