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......."
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Now if we could just connect them...hm
Are y'all making fun of my dots??
;0)
Oh my goodness *L*
Follow the money ping...
I think we already did. ;)
Howcum ya nevur put no Hadacol in that there wurk uv art???
Hey, does anyone know of a nice fledgling group that might need an organization to help them process donated funds? I know of an organization that's willing to help.
Perhaps you've heard of it, "Sticky Fingers Inc."
Wouldn't "Alan Akbar" work better than "Keyes Akbar?"
Yeah, but there's that name recognition thingy :)
You're not gonna kill this thread. ;-)
It's the only one I expect, and I'll bet they are hoping that people lose interest by the time their 2nd extension runs out and they have to submit those reports to the IRS in November.
This stuff should really give those who are cheering Simcox on, here, a lot of pause.
Okay, here's a new thread. Read it and read the entire article.
I thought that Simcox was divorced. What's with the "paternity leave"?
There are laws on how businesses and charities and everything in between are to be run. He hasn't followed any of them. Neither has he done ANYTHING whatsoever, to keep illegals out of this country. THERE ARE NO RESULTS, from Simcox's group; NONE. He built a CATTLE fence for a rancher who didn't want to spend his own money on a new one.
I guess not.
At the MCDC Forum they say Simcox will on The O'Reilly Factor tonight.
Perhaps if they didn't use a caging company which is NOT in good standing, things would be a whole lot better.
Perhaps, if Connie actually knew what she was doing, she would not constantly be connected to scam artists and have to make silly excuses or decline to answer questions.
Perhaps, if you removed your blinkers, you wouldn't be so easily fooled.
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