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Occupy Portland fears it has lost up to $20,000 in donations
Oregon Live ^ | Oct 26, 2011 | Anne Saker

Posted on 10/27/2011 7:51:13 AM PDT by bkopto

Organizers of Occupy Portland say they fear as much as $20,000 donated to the group through a PayPal account has disappeared.

They also say the group's finance committee has hijacked the demonstration's Internet domain name and filed for incorporation against the wishes of the group's decision-making body.

The demonstrator who filed the papers with the state said Wednesday she did so to protect the protest, and she has received death threats as a result.

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LeDoux said Occupy Portland's organizers believe that "between $10,000 and $20,000" has disappeared from the protest's control. LeDoux said a finance committee member linked his PayPal account to occupypdx.org for donations.

LeDoux said the General Assembly had repeatedly asked the finance committee, of eight to 10 members, to provide an accounting of the money coming it, but the finance committee never did so.

(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: occupyportland; occupywallstreet; ows
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To: AngelesCrestHighway; All

Just more proof that socialism is a failure
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Very good point!!!


21 posted on 10/27/2011 8:12:36 AM PDT by no dems (Gingrich/Cain: The Dream Ticket in 2012 !)
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To: bkopto

>> ...the group’s finance committee has hijacked the demonstration’s Internet domain name and filed for incorporation against the wishes of the group’s decision-making body.

ROFL! A new eeevil corporation is born!

I swear, with these clowns, the jokes practically write themselves.


22 posted on 10/27/2011 8:13:25 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
You're absolutely right - socialism is a failure. Well, for the 99% that socialism tramples on. The people that have scammed/skimmed the tens of thousands of dollars off these ignorant rubes would say it has worked out great for them.

So, occupiers...how's that anarchy thing working out for you? ;-/

23 posted on 10/27/2011 8:14:23 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: bkopto

“LeDoux said the General Assembly had repeatedly asked the finance committee, of eight to 10 members, to provide an accounting of the money coming it, but the finance committee never did so.”

Can someone tell me why media outlets keep referring to these “committees” and “assemblies” like they are some sore of official part of some legitimate government.


24 posted on 10/27/2011 8:15:48 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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To: bkopto
LeDoux said the General Assembly had repeatedly asked the finance committee, of eight to 10 members, to provide an accounting of the money coming it, but the finance committee never did so.

Don't worry, they'll form a Committee for Public Safety and sort this out old school.

25 posted on 10/27/2011 8:18:30 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: bkopto

too bad they didn’t use a bank to safeguard their funds :)


26 posted on 10/27/2011 8:20:34 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
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To: cripplecreek; Cowboy Bob
LeDoux said the General Assembly had repeatedly asked the finance committee, of eight to 10 members, to provide an accounting of the money coming it, but the finance committee never did so.

I'd say that if they aren't even sure of the exact number of people on the finance committee, then asking the finance committee to actually account for the money is a bit hypocritical.

27 posted on 10/27/2011 8:23:29 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
That’s just awful!....(sarc.)

It makes me feel better all over than anyplace else.

28 posted on 10/27/2011 8:24:32 AM PDT by dearolddad
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To: bkopto

Unexpected redistribution.
Excellent.


29 posted on 10/27/2011 8:25:23 AM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: bkopto

Pretty clear what happened here:

ACORN agents working behind the scenes correctly analysed that OCP was at its peak and wearing out it welcome...

...and transferred out the money to undisclosed accounts while they were ahead.

Becha you’ll see similar reports out of other locales as has already been discovered back east.

ACORN is behind all this...

=8-)


30 posted on 10/27/2011 8:25:25 AM PDT by =8 mrrabbit 8=
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To: bkopto

One commenter there mentions a “trench latrine”. In a city park? The city government is REALLY nuts.


31 posted on 10/27/2011 8:28:24 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: bkopto

Commies gone wild!


32 posted on 10/27/2011 8:46:58 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: All

Hope and Change!


33 posted on 10/27/2011 8:51:09 AM PDT by imchris
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To: bkopto

Liberals are thieves. Any time they get involved money and property gets stolen.


34 posted on 10/27/2011 9:15:07 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: bkopto
Heh. Protesting greed, fraud, and corruption in Corporations ... while forming a Corporation and, wait ...

Down twinkles to the Flea Baggers!

35 posted on 10/27/2011 10:52:40 AM PDT by superloser
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To: bkopto

They would have paid taxes on this income, but....


36 posted on 10/27/2011 1:08:40 PM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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