Ken Tomlinson, former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and current head of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (the agency in charge of Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, etc.) just can't keep his nose clean.

He stepped down from the CPB Board when an investigation revealed that he had used partisan litmus tests in to make hires, meddled in programming decisions, and violated the organization's contracting rules.

Apparently the firestorm of negative publicity wasn't enough to put Tomlinson on the straight and narrow. According to the New York Times, a new report from the State Department's Inspector General reveals that Tomlinson:

"improperly hired a friend on the public payroll for nearly $250,000 over two and a half years"

"used his government office for personal business, including running a horse racing operation in which he supervised a stable of thoroughbreds he named after leaders from Afghanistan"

"used government employees to do his personal errands"

"requested and received pay from both the broadcasting board and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the same days worked on 14 occasions"

Tomlinson's term at the BBG is about to expire and he's been nominated to continue serving in that role. In light of these findings, the Senate should take a pass.