{"id":30770,"date":"2018-07-05T19:53:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T19:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=30770"},"modified":"2018-07-05T19:53:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T19:53:27","slug":"finally-pruitt-calls-it-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=30770","title":{"rendered":"Finally! Pruitt calls it quits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5aa6f1f684a1c.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30722\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5aa6f1f684a1c.image_-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5aa6f1f684a1c.image_-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5aa6f1f684a1c.image_.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott Pruitt is out.<\/p>\n<p>What in the world took so damn long for the Environmental Protection Agency head to hit the road? He had been buried under a mountain of scandals relating to ethical conduct, excessive spending and conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>It was bad enough that the former Oklahoma attorney general was stripping the EPA of its &#8220;protection&#8221; rules and regulations under the guise of saving jobs. He was fulfilling the charge handed down by Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The other stuff relating to the conflicts of interests, high-end spending, wasteful policies, and a flouting of ethical standards was just too much.<\/p>\n<p>I guess I have to give some credit to the young woman who confronted Pruitt the other day at the D.C. restaurant, challenging him to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps he heeded her more than he let on.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump vowed to &#8220;drain the swamp.&#8221; Pruitt, however, became the administration&#8217;s Swamp Creature. All the questions over his ethical conduct made it impossible for this man to stay in office.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we have some good news to report from the Trump administration. I fear it&#8217;ll be short-lived, given that the president&#8217;s mission to dismantle EPA&#8217;s rules aimed at <em>protecting<\/em> the environment remains intact.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Pruitt is out. What in the world took so damn long for the Environmental Protection Agency head to hit the road? He had been buried under a mountain of scandals relating to ethical conduct, excessive spending and conflict of interest. It was bad enough that the former Oklahoma attorney general was stripping the EPA &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=30770\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Finally! 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