Keeping the trust is the first order (Minutemen-Simcox)

Jewish World Review ^ | July 28, 2006 | Wesley Pruden

[Anti-Bubba182]

The first thing a Minuteman has to learn is to keep his powder dry. The bigger the powder magazine, the bigger the risk of getting it all wet.

This is the lesson that Chris Simcox, the president of the volunteers on the border, who have almost single-handedly aroused the nation's conscience about the tide of illegal immigration, seems to have missed in basic training.

The "powder" is the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Americans have contributed to the Minutemen, who have been exceedingly helpful to the U.S. Border Patrol. The careful, rigorous reporting of Jerry Seper in The Washington Times reveals that the Minutemen management has not made its records of fundraising and finances public in more than a year, raising the hackles and suspicions of several top Simcox aides. Some of them have resigned, protesting the loose management of the money...."[snip]

"... All the more reason that Chris Simcox and his lieutenants must account for the money and explain what the Declaration Alliance, the grandly named political public-relations firm in Herndon, has done with the money it has collected and disbursed in the name of the Minutemen. The Declaration Alliance is the creation of Alan Keyes, the smooth-talking conservative activist and sometime pol, and is meant to provide mass mailings, public relations and "a fully accredited and independent audit." So far no one in the Minutemen management has said how much has been paid to the Declaration Alliance, and what the Minutemen got for the money...."

[nopardons]

:-)

[nopardons]

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh....just look at that!

[Texasforever]

Let's see, 1.2 mil in postage and printing and 3k in supplies. That must be the cheapest paper on the planet.

[nopardons]

Remember when Klayman started enclosing a dollar bill with every fund raising letter?

I wonder what his form looked like. LOL

[Texasforever]

TWO three-month extensions of the filing deadline is the most they can get, eh?

I just thought of something. The 990 they have promised is from 2005 in November. That means they will have another year plus extensions to account for the bulk of donations collected to date.

[Texasforever]

Remember when Klayman started enclosing a dollar bill with every fund raising letter?

Knowing Klayman the bills were probably counterfeit.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Who is the printer?

[Texasforever]

LOL. I don't know. I wish I had that gig. I have looked on the DA site and the only "product" they have is an Internet newsletter. I see nothing about a monthly or weekly print publication that one can subscribe to.

[Texasforever]

Maybe EV can tell us exactly what hard copy "educational material" DA sends out.

[1035rep]

Who is the printer?

A very rich man?

[Texasforever]

This is interesting this is a link from RenewAmerica

http://www.weneedafence.com/

[Howlin]

I have looked on the DA site and the only "product" they have is an Internet newsletter.

At least Klayman sold watches.

[Texasforever]

And badges, don't forget the badges.

[Howlin]

Geez, how many of those sites are there?

And how many of them is Keyes et al. running?

[Howlin]

Refresh my memory: when we first started talking about this a few months ago, did we know then that Keyes' group was running the fundraising -- or did that just come out recently?

[Texasforever]

This is getting interesting. That site is not listed on Guidestar nor does it even mention the Minutemen. They show the Minutemen fence but that is it.

[Texasforever]

The first time, that I remember, Keyes came into the picture was at the Memorial Day photo op on the border.

[Howlin]

Oh, yes. The Cleavon Little picture.

[Texasforever]

Ok Let freedom ring, a 501c4, is the fundraiser for "Weeneedafence.com. LFR has no 990 on file at all.

[TheLion]

"This is preposterous! All of the sudden, the fact that our borders are wide open to anyone with willpower and the legs to walk - is deemed superfluous to how a few thousand dollars was spend by a volunteer organization? What about the federal government's legal obligation to secure the borders and enforce the laws - which is apparently too much for the federal government!

The only way those with no ideas can fight back....rather shameful.