I don't know. Donald Trump has done just fine against THIS former Marine.
Posted on 04/27/2019 6:41:21 AM PDT by billorites
Longtime National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre has told the group’s board he is being extorted and pressured to resign by the organization’s president, Oliver North, over allegations of financial improprieties, in a battle stirring up one of the nation’s most powerful nonprofit political groups.
In a letter sent to NRA board members late Thursday afternoon, Mr. LaPierre, the group’s CEO and executive vice president, said he refused the demand. Instead he called on board members to “see this for what it is: a threat meant to intimidate and divide us.”
Mr. North sent his own letter to the board late Thursday evening, in which he said his actions were for the good of the NRA and that he was forming a crisis committee to examine financial matters inside the organization, according to people familiar with its contents.
Mr. North previously had sent a longer letter to the board’s executive committee detailing new allegations of financial improprieties involving more than $200,000 of wardrobe purchases by Mr. LaPierre that were charged to a vendor, according to the people. One of those people described Mr. LaPierre’s letter as an “angry reaction” to Mr. North’s longer letter.
The behind-the-scenes brawl is taking place amid the gun-rights group’s big annual meeting, at which President Trump spoke Friday.
Insiders say matters will come to a head by Monday, when the NRA’s full 76-member board is set to meet.
The fight stems in part from a dispute between the NRA and its longtime advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen Inc., which resulted in a lawsuit filed by the NRA earlier this month. In the suit, the group claimed Ackerman McQueen had refused to provide records justifying its billings. Ackerman McQueen has called the lawsuit “frivolous” and “inaccurate.”
One of the NRA’s claims was that for months...
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If Wayne doesn't want the NRA dragged thru the mud, he'll resign quietly.
With hundreds of emails a month, and fund-raising/survey calls at dinner and into the evening, I let me 6yr membership lapse, and joined GOA as a Lifetime Member.
If the get rid of LaPew and change some tactics, maybe I’ll rejoin.
Its sounding like ‘le Pierre has grown fond of the lifestyle he has become accustomed to.
Not a good career choice to go head to head with a Marine, let alone a decorated line officer.
Insiders say matters will come to a head by Monday, when the NRA’s full 76-member board is set to meet.
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That’s 70 more board members than they need.
Wayne has been there way too long.
I think he’s become a bit too comfortable.
Maybe his next gig can be with The United Way...
That’s what it sounds like to me too. I’ll wait and see for now though... more information is always good, and it’s never good to make a personnel decision without having the whole story...
I don’t know what the structure of an association is supposed to be, but the only other type of association that allows one person to run it for their entire life after taking over is a Home Owners Association...
I would trust Col.Oliver North over the other guy.
Serious fiscal questions.
Issue advocacy is very lucrative if you pick a good one and you control the board......
Daylight is the best disinfectant - put it out there and allow the membership to judge for themselves.
I let my NRA membership lapse and joined a group in my state, Georgia Gun Owners.
Tired of financing Wayne’s lifestyle, tired of the calls and junk mail pleading for me to help them defend gun rights while they support bump stock bans and red flag seizure laws. Our “ other “ gun group in Georgia Georgia Carry has been caught red-handed helping the NRA kill constitutional carry here in Georgia, so I passed on them, too.
My money’s always on Oli.
I don't know. Donald Trump has done just fine against THIS former Marine.
Lots of strong arguments for keeping all of your political contributions local.
> Tired of financing Wayne’s lifestyle... <
I’m with you on that. According to Wikipedia (yeah, I know) LaPierre made $5,051,249 in 2015 and $1,422,339 in 2016. The 2015 salary was higher because it included an employee funded deferred compensation plan.
I dunno. Maybe the guy is worth it. But making over a million dollars a year to run a nonprofit...that doesn’t sit right with me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_LaPierre
Get the popcorn.
Maybe his next gig can be with The United Way...
Part of the problem is the fact that anyone taking a leadership position with the NRA is basically signing up to be a pariah for the rest of their lives, so the organization tends to be generous in terms of salary and pension. Asking someone to wear a "Kick Me" sign on their back in perpetuity is a tough sell for the board members when seeking new candidates.
I'm not defending mismanagement or unethical behavior, just pointing out that the NRA is constantly in the crucible. It shouldn't be, but logic and reason do not hold lease in Washington, D.C., nor in any media newsroom.
They both apparently enjoy coups too.
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