Posted on 09/08/2017 11:12:53 AM PDT by DFG
A Houston councilman discouraged residents from donating to the Red Cross in the wake of Hurricane Harvey at a council meeting Wednesday, the Houston Chronicle reports. Council member Dave Martin, who represents the Kingwood area of Houston, begged residents "not to give a penny" to the Red Cross, but to give money instead to "another cause." "They are the most inept, unorganized organization I've ever experienced," Martin said.
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Inept? How about corrupt? I’d never give money to Red Cross.
My response to the title: Duh.
I’ve known this for decades. It’s been a VERY long time since I’ve given those posers a dime.
Concur, it has been that way for some time, donate to other charities.
Exactly correct. Give to Salvation Army or Samaritans Purse
The administrative costs are huge. The bureaucracy delays things that need to be done. Their handling of blood products is atrocious
Especially for large cities south of the North Pole ...
During Katrina I would say the churches did the most good.
Food, water, clothe and social support.
Was honestly a beautiful thing to behold.
The red cross is all about salaries and administrative expenses. Try to give them anything need but money. Try to give them much needed shoes and clothing. “Here is some water”— naw!! give me your credit card.
I’m not defending the RC, especially since I no longer give them money, but I don’t see any specifics in the article other than a couple of things that might have a reasonable explanation.
FWIW, I’d check to see if Houston politicos are trying to extort the RC, or co-opt it in some way.
Trust, but verify.
Red Cross needs new office furniture?
Donate to Baptist Men of Texas. They are ready to go
Good on the councilman. It is about time someone spoke up.
Have you seen the Internet photos of the skimpy meals being given by the Red Cross to those in Houston shelters? Surely they could do better than that with so many grocery chains donating tens of thousands of dollars worth of food to them. Sad that the former presidents’ fund is being given exclusively to the Red Cross, instead of dividing it to go to different charities, as the Trumps have wisely done with their million dollar gift.
Red Cross has been taking a beating from a number of different directions in recent years.
So tell me, on balance, are the organizations like Red Cross the Good Guys, or not?
I speak in terms of whether their response is timely, the number of resources they devote is commensurate with the crisis at hand, and that their comparative costs in relation to benefits actually distributed are legitimate.
Altruism is perhaps from the very best of motives, but if called upon, should be able to deliver a high ratio of positive results per dollar spent. Not to be Ebenezer Scrooge or anything, but money spent poorly is money tossed to the winds.
Thanks.
Also, wanted to add that individuals were amazing.
I saw some people losing it.
Can you blame them?
But overall people were amazing!
It’s possibly the single thing that restored my faith in humanity.
Isn’t this the same guy who refused to evacuate Huston in spite of Core of Eng. recommendation? Who is he to call anyone incompetent!
“Have you seen the Internet photos of the skimpy meals being given by the Red Cross to those in Houston shelters? Surely they could do better than that with so many grocery chains donating tens of thousands of dollars worth of food to them.”
Knowing the Red Cross they’re probably reselling the groceries to North Korea.
More complaints. One, they put warm burgers in a cooler after a pilot had flown them in. Crazy.
Mr. b has spoken badly against them since they charged for every service during Alicia.
Glad to see people are starting to wake up to the Red Cross.
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