Posted on 12/05/2006 7:01:06 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
One of the charitable organizations cited by Minuteman Civil Defense Corps boss Chris Simcox on why financial accountability concerns raised by some corps members were unfounded has been fined for failing to keep its own financial records in order, The Washington Times has learned.
The Declaration Foundation, a tax-exempt charity created by conservative activist Alan Keyes, who has vigorously supported the Minuteman movement, was fined $6,500 in August and prohibited by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable Organizations from soliciting donations until it becomes "properly registered."
The Aug. 18 "agreement and order," signed by Declaration Foundation Executive Director Mary Parker Lewis, a top Minuteman adviser, acknowledged that the charity made false statements in seeking to solicit donations, failed to properly administer money it had collected, and withheld documents sought as part of an "investigative subpoena."
According to the bureau, the Declaration Foundation failed over a four-year period to submit audited financial statements, gave false information when it said it did not share revenue with other nonprofit or tax-exempt groups, and misstated the truth when it said none of its officers or employees was tied to any vendor providing services or goods.
The bureau said the Declaration Foundation improperly shared revenue with the Declaration Alliance, another tax-exempt charity founded by Mr. Keyes, which also has been active in overseeing the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC).
The Declaration Foundation is at the center of an intricate weave of conservative organizations founded by Mr. Keyes or tied to longtime Keyes associates now working with MCDC. They have served as mentors for Mr. Simcox and provided consulting and financial services for the group's fundraising and media activities.
According to Internal Revenue Service records, the Declaration Foundation reported more than $600,000 in contributions over the past two years and the....
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But he didn't promise a fence; your boys did.
I'm guessing the fence is DOA.
So where is the fence that you folks promised?
Apparently the only thing that Bush-Cheney did was "failed to include that activity in disclosure reports filed with the Commission."
I don't see anything in there about misleading donors OR making false statements or withholding documents.
But EV says that's what they do. You trust EV and Alan Keyes, right?
Oh, really?
- President George W. Bush
Oh, that. Well, the fence is there, and allegedly funded. Now, of course, a new Congress might pull the funding for the fence, as is well within their authority to spend (or not spend) money.
Where were all those votes that were guaranteed to flow to Republicans and ensure a GOP majority in both houses if he adopted the Secure Fence Act?
The votes were there, for those with the brains to get 'em, and for those who don't talk out of both sides of their mouths.
Doesn't say one word about a fence in there.
That's yet another promise "your people" have made and not delivered on.
Where's the fence?
He signed a bill for a fence proposed by somebody else.
You boys said you were building a fence, where is it?
Bush delivered.
Y'all didn't.
And that means that what Congress and Bush gave you, Congress will take away, and there won't be a damn thing you can do about it. And you can also bet that Bush isn't going to be in a mood to be of any further assistance to you. Bush gave you what you wanted, and you threw it away November 7th.
If the votes were there, and did not show up on November 7th, then y'all decided to throw the troops in Iraq under the bus out of pettiness and spite towards the man who actually gave you what you wanted. Your ilk chose to empower the folks who threw baggies full of fecal material at me when I got home from Vietnam--all in the name of spite for Bush. Your ilk opted to lose the war. I guess the donations you can grift from the perpetually PO'd are far more important than victory.
Go lobby the Democrats for border enforcement and a fence. And don't you dare utter the epithet "RINO" except in reference to you and your buddies.
The only thing I know about Alan Keyes anymore is he's the reason Barack Obama is gonna be POTUS pretty soon now.
That's ironic, coming from people who cared more about attacking Alan Keyes than they did about defeating Barack Hussein Obama.
That post is one of the biggest piles of steaming BS ever published on FR.
Hey, you ran him and kept telling us he could win, remember? That's on you, pal.
No, that award was won by somebody back during Katrina when they published a letter resigning from the GOP.
No, I think that honor goes to the "everybody does it" defense offered at Post #34.
Not everybody does things like misleading donors or refusing to respond to subpoenas. Only the no-kidding criminals do stuff like that.
I didn't "run him." Karl Rove, and the IL GOP, did. (Even though they ultimately broke every promise they gave the man in the process...)
In case you've forgotten, my sister was killed along about that time, leaving two orphaned kids. I didn't have a thing to do with either launching or running that campaign. Too busy.
We warned you and your ilk about how dangerous Obama was and is, but you were too busy indulging your personal petty vendetta against Keyes to care.
For you to now blame him is the height of hypocrisy.
During Katrina? I think your memory continues to slide, Howlin.
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