Posted on 10/21/2009 8:56:18 PM PDT by brde
The biggest accomplishment so far of U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer's scholarship foundation has been to send the Indiana congressman to play golf with donors at luxury locales such as the Bahamas and Disney World.
The fundraising golf outings have raised more than $880,000 for the Frontier Foundation that Buyer founded in 2003. Almost all the contributions are from 20 companies and trade organizations that have interests before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on which Buyer serves.
(Excerpt) Read more at vawatchdog.org ...
Is Buyer corrupt to the core?
Reading the entire news article, I’d say he’s probably OK for now. Experts said that his foundation was being run according to standard practice, and that it was usual for a foundation to build up to a self-sustaining value before giving out money (so they can give out of the interest).
I also agree with the expert who said he should have independent people on the board, to keep low-lifes from making charges like this against him.
The trips they cite were fundraising trips which were quite successful.
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