Posted on 03/13/2007 6:25:40 PM PDT by KevinDavis
LOS ANGELES -- The Minuteman Project, an anti-illegal-immigrant organization that has monitored the southern border, is embroiled in a nasty legal fight over accusations of financial improprieties that has splintered the group and probably will sideline it during the busiest time of the year for border crossing.
Former leaders of the Minuteman Project accuse founder Jim Gilchrist, 58, of using $300,000 of the group's money to support his pet causes, including promoting a book he co-wrote and funding an unsuccessful run for Congress in a 2005 special election. Last month, saying they are the group's board of directors, they took over the Minuteman Project Web site and bank accounts, and fired Gilchrist as president.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
ping.
The Minutemen: Just concerned citizens looking after their own as*.
and fleecing other peoples money.....
Wonder how much coverage the Washington ComPost will give to Gilchrist's problems vs. the ACLU honcho who was caught with kiddie porn ... remember the media hates anyone who is not on board with their Third Way politics ... this is Ted Haggard, again.
Idiots...messing things up for everyone.
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