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 ...
They should build a real stone wall, not an evidentiary one.
Oui! Isn't this the same MSM fellow traveler that was attacking the anti-illegal immigration movement before?
Telephone calls to Mr. Simcox in Phoenix, where he reportedly is having cramps"
Telephone calls to Mr. Simcox in Phoenix, where he reportedly is skipping town"
Telephone calls to Mr. Simcox in Phoenix, where he reportedly is in close consultation with his media consultant"
Telephone calls to Mr. Simcox in Phoenix, where he reportedly is attempting to give a leg massage"
Telephone calls to Mr. Simcox in Phoenix, where he reportedly is burried under the fence with the Times retraction.
Because then the anti-Minutemen wouldn't have anything to whine about.
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"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......."
Perhaps if she spoke in Spanish, the anti-borders, anti-"vigilante", anti-deportation, anti-anyone who dares criticizes Bush" crowd, might comprende?
Minuteman group's finances still a secret...
All the BS evasions in the world won't make up for this and repeated Washington Times articles.
Good one! Just the number of entities they use should give rise to suspicion. They have official or benign sounding names and hope nobody looks too hard or asks too many questions.
I can tell you from recent experience that once you do that, your opponents will then use your disclosure to make additional wild accusations based on nothing more than their own feverished perceptions of deceipt and dishonor.
I'm not excusing the Simcox crowd, I'm just stating a fact of life that you may consider at your leisure.
deceipt = deceit.
Learn to spell, Jinx....
I wish the Times would send him to Houston. That might help a lot
Oh my freakin' God...
There are a handful of freepers who have turned this into a nearly clinically obsessive project. Something is definitely up with them.
Yes, I've notice that.
You have a point. I will be paying attention in November.
OMG! LOL!
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