Posted on 08/15/2006 12:58:22 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
A Texas firm that manages hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps says it has not been authorized to divulge a detailed accounting of the funds, despite assurances by the MCDC's top official that it would do so.
Maureen E. Otis -- president of American Caging Inc. in Stafford, Texas, an agency hired to collect, deposit and disburse donations to the civilian border-patrol group -- told The Washington Times that neither MCDC President Chris Simcox nor the group's board of directors had given her permission to "disclose any numbers."
Mr. Simcox, who has been criticized by current and former MCDC members for a lack of leadership and financial accountability, had referred The Times to Mrs. Otis, saying she could "tell you everything" to clear up the concerns.
Instead, Mrs. Otis issued a statement saying only that all Minuteman donations have been "securely collected, counted and deposited" in MCDC bank accounts.
Telephone calls to Mr. Simcox in Phoenix, where he reportedly is on paternity leave, were routed to Minuteman spokeswoman Connie Hair in Virginia, who said the organization was not going to release "any unaudited numbers." She said that an audit will be completed in November and that any release of figures prior to that "is just not going to happen......."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I don't know. If I was one of the donors, I'd be worried about it.
Most likely.
Again, WHERE IS THE FENCE?
Also, it takes three minutes to poach an egg. How long does it take to cook books?
After an extension.
Given the egregiously false or erroneous reportingas well as some outright malicious lies about the status of MCDC finances that this organization has enduredthe Board has decided that this year and this year only MCDC will emulate publicly-traded company standards and release MCDCs first year audited financial statements, in addition to the normal 990 documentation.
The shiny object... released "this year and this year only" after an extension to shut down critics.
We note that we are releasing our organizational IRS Form 990 and the additional audited financial statements on deadline, as promised, when promised.
I would hope so, after one extension.
Our total income was $418,493.00.
And they needed an extension?
Obviously nothing will satisfy you, not even an independent audit that found zero irregularities and ratios of fundraising/administration/program expenditures that many nonprofits would love to match. Oh well.
Folks get extensions all the time. Not surprising for a startup organization.
You are a liar. Nothing will satisfy me?
Answering the question would do the job perfectly:
WHERE IS THE FENCE?
I realize that, but how long does it take to sit down in front of a computer, fire up Quicken and spit out a financial report that that IRS drools over?
Craftsmanship is an achingly-slow process.
Again, I don't know. I'm not a donor to the fence project, so I haven't followed it that closely. But from what I heard, all of those funds were seperate and set aside for building fence. Do you have information that would say otherwise, or just more malicious speculation of the sort that has been blown out of the water by this independent audit and filing?
True. It takes time for a little bit of sandpaper to smooth out rough edges on the finished product.
You bloviate in the Olympic class, but you cannot answer a simple question:
WHERE IS THE FENCE?
Again, you're simply ignoring my answer.
Some craftsmen use sausage grinders and heavy spices.
You have not answered the most important question:
WHERE IS THE FENCE?
Well, since you obviously don't know how to use Google, go read what they say for themselves:
http://minutemanhq.com/bf/
Let me know when you find that fence.
Where is the fence?
Where is the money as put in this story here???
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060815-125302-8826r_page2.htm
You don't have answers and, as usual, are talking out of your ass.
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