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Do like Joe does, enjoy the site, and give a few bucks if you want to. It aint no big deal. Keep it simple...
United Way Head Resigns Over Spending HabitsMy advice to Jim & John Rob: Go strictly non-profit, and be completely straightforward with your financials [in particular, the salaries you are paying yourselves] -OR- go strictly for-profit, and, like any for-profit business, charge for the services you are selling.
United Way of America President William Aramony announced his retirement Thursday and apologized during a video teleconference beamed to local United Way officials nationwide for a "lack of sensitivity to perceptions" about his spending and management practices... Aramony, 64, told the audience that he will receive full pension benefits upon his retirement, but no "golden parachutes." He receives a salary of $390,000 a year and $73,000 in other compensation, including contributions to his pension funds...
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V112/N9/united-way.09w.htmlAramony Convicted of Using Charity Money to Support Playboy Lifestyle
William Aramony, who built the United Way into the nation's most successful charity, was convicted Monday in federal court of recklessly using contributors' money to support a playboy lifestyle of luxury travel, fancy restaurants and young girlfriends. Aramony, 67, who headed the United Way of America for 22 years before resigning in disgrace in 1992, stood impassively as jury verdicts were read convicting him of 25 felony counts, including charges of conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and filing false tax returns. He said nothing afterward, continuing a silence he maintained throughout his four-week trial.
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V115/N15/brief1.15w.htmlSupreme Court refuses to rule in school-harassment case
In other rulings the Supreme Court... [l]et stand the seven-year prison sentence that former United Way president William Aramony received for stealing money from the nation's largest charity. The justices, without comment, rejected an appeal in which Aramony argued that his prison term exceeds federal guidelines. Aramony was convicted in 1995 of defrauding the charity out of about $600,000. He was found guilty of fraud, tax and conspiracy charges.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9906/01/scotus.01/JESSE JACKSON'S LOVE CHILD
A SMILING JESSE JACKSON and his mistress Karin Stanford (circled) pose with President Clinton and other Rainbow Coalition staffers on December 3, 1998 -- five months before Jesse's love child was born.
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/news.cfm?instanceid=9053Jackson retreats
The news that the Rev. Jesse Jackson fathered a child out of wedlock with an aide, Karin Stanford, and used money from his nonprofit Rainbow/PUSH Coalition to pay the woman $40,000 in "moving expenses," broke in the National Enquirer and reintroduced the nation to the politics of sex. Jackson responded by issuing a statement saying, in part, "I fully accept responsibility and I am truly sorry for my actions." He also said that he would step away from public life "to revive my spirit and reconnect with my family."
http://dir.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/19/jackson/index.htmlJESSE JACKSON IN NEW SEX & MONEY SCANDAL
The 59-year-old civil rights leader -- who we previously reported had a love child with aide Karin Stanford -- has also been intimately involved with 31-year-old Sherva Jenkins-Smith and regularly slipped her secret cash gifts, charge outraged former Coalition members.
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/feature.cfm?instanceid=9645Red Cross Diverts Donations
The American Red Cross admitted today that some of the $550 million in donations to a special fund established for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be used for other things instead. Philanthropic watchdogs, though noting the Red Cross meets high standards overall, said the group has not clearly publicized its distribution plans for the Liberty Fund, the Associated Press reported today.
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/10/29/165700Red Cross Diverts Donations From Sept. 11 Victims
That explanation doesn’t sit well with Stacy Palmer, editor at the Chronicle of Philanthropy. "One of the biggest mistakes the American Red Cross made was they didn’t move fast enough to say what they’re going to do with all the money," Palmer told the Los Angeles Times. "And so far, there aren’t a lot of explanations coming that the average person who donated money is going to be happy about."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/10/30/171728.shtml
I'd hate to wake up one morning and see a headline like the following:
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IRS Investigates Right-Wing Bulletin Board
ASSOCIATED PRESS - Responding to complaints filed by the People for the American Way's Ralph G. Neas, sources report that the Internal Revenue Service has initiated an investigation of the right-wing internet bulletin board, FreeRepublic.com. Neas's complaint lists allegations of financial impropriety, such as the use of LLC funds to purchase liquor, poker chips, and lap dances at the recent FreeRepublic FRIVA Las Vegas national conference.
http://www.democratunderground.com
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