ALL THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND
..... PLEASE ....
WRITE TO YOUR TEAM SHELBURNE REP!
Just re-reading the Minutes of the March 30, 2009 Team Shelburne meeting held in Yarmouth with Richard Hurlburt ..... guess I hadn't read it closely enough the first time .... or maybe I was just in denial.
FIRST
The purpose of the meeting mentioned in the minutes was to discuss the funds from the sale of the Shelburne Youth Centre - $791,000 it says! Can you believe it!?!
These folks get monthly reports from Mr. Anderson indicating that he has only set aside $716,000.... they've been getting these financial statements for a year!
Warden Halliday, Warden Embree, Mayor Delaney, Mayor Huskilson, Mayor Stoddard should know better..... isn't anyone paying attention?
Soooo..... I gave the system the benefit of the doubt, in hopes that they would catch this obvious lapse and numerical mistake of $75,000...... Nope! Mayor Stoddard moved and Mayor Delaney seconded approval of the minutes of this meeting with the $75,000 mistake at their next meeting on April 14th and it was approved unanimously.
Still shaking my head in disbelief.....
SECOND
Even more galling was the following statement.
"It was also the sentiment of members present that these funds should never have been put in escrow to begin with."
WOW! What do you say to the members present that won't be insulting?
In November 2007, Frank Anderson issued a sworn Affidavit to the parties involved in the litigation (including all of the municipalities) that he "had dissipated" ALL OF THE SHELBURNE BOYS SCHOOL MONEY!
His attorney at trial said ..... it was all gone and that there was nothing left. Mr. Anderson provided a copy of SWSDA's bank account record showing the money was gone and that SWSDA was deeply into the line of credit provided to SWSDA derived from the $500,000 in illegal guarantees provided by all of the municipal members of SWSDA.
Bottom line is..... if OPI had not been successful in getting a consent order to replace and protect the lost Shelburne Boys School money with proceeds from the sale of the Base, there would be nothing left.... anywhere!
Will someone please explain this to the members of Team Shelburne so that we can stop this charade with the public..... Thanks.
BTW..... contrary to the statement in the minutes, the court is not holding these monies in escrow, SWSDA is holding GICs for $716,000 in their own investment account and God only knows where the interest is being recorded and held.......
3 comments:
This is a mixed up messgae, On one hand is this statement, sying there is no money left, no money to put in escrow, QUOTE>> In November 2007, Frank Anderson issued a sworn Affidavit to the parties involved in the litigation (including all of the municipalities) that he "had dissipated" ALL OF THE SHELBURNE BOYS SCHOOL MONEY!
TEAM SHELBURE wake up, where is the money? If you are on the TEAM call the RCMP and complain, SWSDA is cooking the books, can't you see that, are you blind, how did you get elected anyway ?
Team Shelburne is elated to hear it is still above $700 grand, what's another $75 grand thrown down the toilet. They still don't get that this is one of those "on paper only thangs".
Darian Huskilson in a Shelburne County Today article "Going...going...gone...", 22 Nov 07:
"...the positions espoused by Belliveau for SWSDA are not necessarily those of the board or executive. We've never been consulted about any legal strategy on this thing", says Huskilson who serves as Treasurer for the SWSDA board. "I imagine that, in the absence of any consultation, those are the positions of Frank Anderson that were being represented in court."
Here's another from the same article:
"This is unbelievable", Warden Scott told SCT. "Somebody is going to have to be accountable for those funds. I am not going to rest until we get to the bottom of this." (Guess she got to the bottom of it, 'cause it appears she's restin' easy these days...)
What is most amazing about this whole mess is how it has been handled by Frank Anderson.
It all began as a lawsuit against OPI for $450,000. and OPI counter sued "...because the agency had failed to provide the adequate supply of salt water it needed to grow seaweed."
SWSDA's legal expenses (R. Belliveau, Q.C. of McInnes Cooper) amount to more than the $450,000. the agency was suing for. This should have been settled out of court, and OPI would still be in operation today, employing the people of Shelburne Co.
Frank's stonewalling is resulting in his bankrupting SWSDA, and we (the taxpayers of the area) are eventually going to pay for his mistakes.
Instead of rebuilding after the loss of two major employers, the County of Shelburne is stuck in the mid 90's without a major employer for the area. In the meantime our tax rates have increased, unemployment has increased, the fishery is experiencing major problems, and yet Mr. Anderson is still living high on the hog, at the expense of the residents of Shelburne County.
Ms. Halliday and Team Shelburne: I hate to inform you, those funds are gone forever. Richie Rich and Frank are laughing behind your backs - face the facts, and either close shop or move on.
From (swat) Blackfly Country!
Having read more minutes from SWSDA mtgs. than I care to remember, I shake my head when I see the approval of the financial records presented at the end of these mtgs.
What do our Shelburne Co. board members have to gain by being part of the ruse? That's my buggaboo about this whole issue. Truth always rises to the top, so the sooner they cleanse their hands of this filth, the sooner they can concentrate on the attention Shelburne Co. requires. Stop wasting your time and our tax dollar$, as SWSDA is going to prove to be your worst nightmare when the forensic audit is carried out.
You've failed in carrying out any fiduciary oversight - now is the time to stand up and speak your mind. Enough is enough!
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