[accmemberdiscussion] Fwd: Frank Losey HSUS...the HOME STRETCH

From: Djsdosido@xxxxxxx
To: accmemberdiscussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:39:41 EDT
I urge each and every one of you to please send this letter.  It's the  
best opportunity dog people will ever have to hold HSUS's feet to the fire and  
make them accountable.
 
Donna  & the Dosido Gang
Remlap, Alabama
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Canine Coalition by 
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Every year of  dog love is worth seven years of the human stuff. (Michael 
Rosen)


  
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 From: boxers@xxxxxxxxxx
To: boxers@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 8/14/2010 12:12:22  P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: Frank Losey HSUS...the HOME  STRETCH


Just in case this hasn't come across another of your  lists...

If you don't have time to draft your own letter, just type  your name and
address at the bottom, print it out, sign and mail.   


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Department of the Treasury
Office of the Inspector General for Tax  Administration
ATTN:  Scott Sanders, Complaint Management Team
1125  15th Street, NW
Washington DC 20005


RE:  The Excessive  Lobbying Activities of the Humane Society of the  U.S.
(EIN: 53 - -  0225390)
IG Complaint Number  55-1005-0025-C



Dear Mr. Sanders:

I respectfully ask that  the Office of the Inspector General of the  
Department of the  Treasury ensure that the Internal Revenue Service  
(IRS) conducts a  timely and thorough audit of the excessive lobbying  
activities of  the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which  
apparently has  been allowed to ignore the IRS limitations on "TOO  
MUCH LOBBYING" by  a tax-exempt, public charity.  The following are  
but a few  reasons why I am making this request:

.       Earlier this year the IRS received over 6,000 letters from   
concerned citizens who live in all 50 States.  These letters   
requested that the IRS audit the excessive lobbying activities of  the  
HSUS.
.         At least nine  Members of Congress from seven different  
States have asked the IRS,  on behalf of their constituents, to  
address their concerns about the  excessive lobbying activities of the  
HSUS.
.       One Member of Congress has sent at least two letters to the   
IRS, and in his last letter he stated:  "The attached  information  
unquestionably demonstrates that HSUS invests a  substantial amount of  
time and money in political campaigns and  attempts to influence  
specific legislation, a clear and direct  violation of section 501 (c)  
(3) of the Internal Revenue  Code."
.         The IRS has received over 1,200  pages of incriminating  
documents that detail the more than 200  different types of lobbying  
activities conducted by the HSUS.   Illustrative examples include:
o   Claiming credit for the  enactment of more than 525 Federal and  
State Statutes and the  passage of more than 25 State Ballot Initiatives.
o   Federal  Election Commission documents that reference over 2,300  
pages of  lobbying activities of an HSUS affiliate that is managed by  
the two  most senior HSUS Officers.
o   Missouri Ethics Commission  documents that show that the HSUS has  
contributed over $700,000, to  date, in support of a Ballot  
Initiative.  These documents also  raise an issue as to whether the  
HSUS has "laundered" other  financial support of lobbying activities  
through surrogate  organizations to conceal the magnitude of its  
lobbying  activities.
Extracts from the HSUS 2008 Tax Return ("the HSUS assisted in  sending  
constituent EMAILS and FAXES to lawmakers through a  functionality on  
the Society's website."), and supporting examples  of E-Mails that,  
when considered in their entirety, will establish  that just this one  
example of lobbying activity has generated over  1.6 Billion "TAKE  
ACTION" lobbying-related E-Mails.   Significantly, a stack of 1.6  
Billion E-Mails would be over 100  Miles High!   

Is not that, by  itself, "TOO MUCH  LOBBYING"?

Respectfully submitted,

(Signature)

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