Posted on 03/29/2007 6:46:34 AM PDT by Lady J USA 1981
Anti-war group in McLennan County loses it’s corporate status Updated: Mar 28, 2007 7:03pm A nationally known anti-war group in Mclennan County has lost its corporate status with the state, and a former member is calling for an investigation.
Officials in the Texas State Comptroller's office said the Crawford Peace House hasn't handed in required paperwork in nearly a year.
The Crawford Peace House is no longer an organization in the eyes of the state, and why that's happened is coming into question by former members.
Their questions began in the summer of 2005, when the nearly bankrupt Crawford Peace House gained national attention as the rallying point for Cindy Sheehan and other anti-war demonstrators near President Bush's ranch.
According to members, donations to the organization came pouring in at that time.
"There were buckets of money that came in. There were thousands and tens of thousands that came in. In cash and in checks.
[Reporter] You saw this? I was there. I’ve been there. I watched them collect it," former member Sara Oliver said.
Oliver said she and other members were told by directors roughly $700,000 in all was donated.
Several years later, Peace House officials tell NBC 6 News there's now only about $11,000 in the organization's account.
The state needs to see the paperwork, and according to the state Comptroller's office, the Crawford Peace House was delinquent in doing that in May of 2006, and still hasn't done it.
Its corporate charter is now revoked.
“Why? Because we're just not responsible about doing it, I guess. I can't answer that. I would like for someone to come and volunteer for us to do that work for us," Peace House Board Member Kay Lucas said.
Lucas showed NBC 6 News a non-specific budget for August of 2005, of less than $300,000 and another for an Easter event in 2006.
When asked about specific numbers and receipts, Lucas said she didn't have any available.
She also said the delinquent status for filing was in part due to paperwork being sent back.
"The IRS was asking us all these questions that I just did not know how to answer," Lucas said.
The directors at the Crawford Peace House may have yet another problem on their hands.
They may not be able to use the name Crawford Peace House.
In documents obtained by NBC 6 News, it turns out Oliver has also filed for the name.
She said if members want to continue using the organization's name, they must answer her questions about where all the money has gone.
"To get that back; they have to go to court. And if they want to go to court, they can go to court. And my attorney will explain to the judge everything that happened and ask for a full investigation," Oliver said.
Right now that's something that Kay Lucas said she isn't willing to do.
A spokesperson for the Texas Comptroller said if a Texas corporate charter is forfeited, officers or directors can become personally liable for any debts incurred by that entity.
One of the directors of the Peace House is Cindy Sheehan.
They need to hire some lefty to balance their books and rip them off in the process.
Mainstream media is not reporting this. This was the only article I found....
Cindy's goin ta Jay-ail!
Cindy's goin ta Jay-ail!
Cindy's goin ta Jay-ail!
Cindy's goin ta Jay-ail!
:o)
If you wanted to torpedo one of these traitorous left-wing organizations, you could infiltrate them, and undermine them with some very incompetent help.
No, wait a minute: that's not necessary...
They need to throw away the key.
"Hire" some lefty? That reeks of foul capitalism, even when you are responsible for the better part of a million bucks passing through your hands:
"I would like for someone to come and volunteer for us to do that work for us," Peace House Board Member Kay Lucas said.
Certainly a random college student with more face piercings than completed courses will do a fine job for the good of the movement, thank you very much.
Several years later, Peace House officials tell NBC 6 News there's now only about $11,000 in the organization's account.
Not quite "several years later", let's try 18 months or so. You burn through 700 G's pretty fast when airlines don't "volunteer" to fly you to Venezuela and Europe over and over again.
This is fun. Every time you lift up a rock marked "Peace Movement," there's another rock underneath marked "naive", and beneath THAT rock is something entirely different -- something marked "corrupt." A Soros and his money are soon parted...
Heh heh...yeah when the real answer is "we pissed it away on thousand-dollar-a-day love-fests with commies", damn right you "did not know how to answer" in a way that keeps you out of jail.
They need to hire some lefty to balance their books and rip them off in the process.
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Theiving DemoSocialists!
You mean like Like how they stole Air America blind?
Like how the Demokrat Soviet Duma is doing now in
what used to be our congress?..with their ever increasing list of kangaroo communist 'show trials'?
So they frittered away the money without an accountability. Who the Hell do they think they are -- the U.S. government?
I think you'll enjoy this posting, especially the last two sentences!
Perhaps Cindy could disinter her uterus from where she buried it down there, and sell that piece of land she bought surreptitiously, to make the organization solvent again.
Commie is as Commie does.
Commie is as Commie does.
These are the folks that know how to better spend my money than I do.
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