Posted on 07/19/2006 7:30:46 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
A growing number of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps leaders and volunteers are questioning the whereabouts of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars in donations collected in the past 15 months, challenging the organization's leadership over financial accountability.
Many of the group's most active members say they have no idea how much money has been collected as part of its effort to stop illegal entry -- primarily along the U.S.-Mexico border, what it has been spent on or why it has been funneled through a Virginia-based charity headed by conservative Alan Keyes.
Several of the group's top lieutenants have either quit or are threatening to do so, saying requests to Minuteman President Chris Simcox for a financial accounting have been ignored....."
"..... The Minuteman organization has not made any financial statements or fundraising records public since its April 2005 creation. It also has sought and received extensions of its federal reporting requirements and has not given the Minuteman leadership, its volunteers or donors any official accounting. A financial statement promised to The Times by Mr. Simcox for May was never delivered....."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
So you and the other posters are stirring the pot so he has to pay for a whole firm full, just to give answers about finances he legally does not have to answer.
Thanks a lot.
I hope you are just as inquisitive of other political volunteer organizations, including all the ones you personally approve of.
I hope they let you keep the gloves on for the proctological examination.
"A financial statement promised to The Times by Mr. Simcox for May was never delivered. "
I didn't know that.
Are audits usually that expensive? I am almost positive that our county government doesn't pay that much.
Looks like he's already collected $1.6 mil, and collecting more every day, so 50k is peanuts.
Last year, the private company I work for paid $75,000 to audit it, a $180 million, multi-national corporation.
So, go figure.
Catholicfreeper found the data & linked the FEC report, and I summed it up. I suggested that others check my math, and no one corrected me, so....
This post also had some information to back up my post above, again based on some information catholicfreeper uncovered.
Well, I don't think anyone has ever accused the Washington TIMES of being a left-wing propaganda rag before, but I guess some people will now...
Thanks.
Actually I agree with the quotes in the article by Gary Cole and Mike Gaddy. It's a very important movement, and it needs to be open and accountable with what it's doing with the money.
It's a shame that Simcox seems to be ruining it. It's not Simcox's money, and he needs to let the donors, the volunteers, and the public know what he's doing with it.
Well, this will sure bring out the amnesty-at-all-costs crowd and open borderbots.
Looks like Jerry found a disgruntled Minuteman.
So which side are you on, the "There's A Sucker Born Every Minute" side?
I can't understand why they want to wait until after the election to make their finances public.
What's behind that?
It would go through a Virginia based charity for the benefits toward a charity in that state.
There should be records though at least regarding donations from credit card and checks.
If there seems to be almost no cash reported from envelopes in the mail, them I would begin to think there was some dipping MAYBE.
He found several.
Why not? He certainly isn't spending it on the promised fence.
Anyone have those pics of Keyes with the black ten-gallon hat on the southern border?
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