[net-gold] UNITED STATES: CITIES: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN : ORGANIZATIONS: NONPROFIT: FUNDING : LAW: CASES: Murphys Law: Bob Donovans Shadowy Charity
- From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Net-Gold -- Educator Gold <Educator-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Educator Gold <Educator-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Net-Gold <Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, NetGold <netgold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Gold <net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, K-12ADMINLIFE <K12ADMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, K12AdminLIFE <K12AdminLIFE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, MediaMentor <mediamentor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, NetGold <netgold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Platinum <net-platinum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sean Grigsby <myarchives1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Gold <NetGold_general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Temple Gold Discussion Group <TEMPLE-GOLD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Temple University Net-Gold Archive <net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Health Lists -- Health Diet Fitness Recreation Sports Tourism <healthrecsport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Health Diet Fitness Recreation Sports <healthrecsport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, HEALTH-RECREATION-SPORTS-TOURISM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 16:48:13 -0400 (EDT)
.
.
UNITED STATES: CITIES: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN :
ORGANIZATIONS: NONPROFIT: FUNDING :
LAW: CASES:
Murphys Law: Bob Donovans Shadowy Charity
.
.
Murphys Law: Bob Donovans Shadowy Charity
By Bruce Murphy
May 17th, 2012 09:05 am
Urban Milwaukee
http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2012/05/17/
murphy%E2%80%99s-law-bob-donovan%E2%80%99s-shadowy-charity/
.
A shorter URL for the above link:
.
http://tinyurl.com/74l86pf
.
.
Milwaukee Ald. Bob Donovan loves creating non-profit groups, even if it
gets him in hot water.
.
Back in 2005, Donovan was indicted on a federal charge of defrauding the
government through his involvement with the Milwaukee Alliance, a
non-profit he started after his election to the Common Council in 2000.
The indictment charged that Donovan used his aldermanic funds to help pay
the bills of the Milwaukee Alliance, whose employees included his wife
Kathy Donovan and his stepdaughter Stephanie Repich. Donovan also voted to
give the group a federal grant, without disclosing his connections to the
group. The Milwaukee Alliance also did some constituent services for
Donovan and provided him with free space for a district office.
.
In November, 2005, Donovan agreed to a non-criminal resolution to the
indictment whereby he paid a $2,500 fine and agreed not be involved with
any non-profit receiving federal funds for the next two years.
.
Not long after the two years was up, Donovan was back, with a new group
called Operation Impact, created to fight crime in his South Side
district. A 2011 news release by the group announced that over the last
three years, Operation Impact has raised several hundreds of thousands of
dollars from local businesses, foundations and individuals to help pay for
police overtime for beat cops, new lights for alleys and surveillance
cameras for businesses on the South Side.
.
snip
.
Donovan, though, had much bigger plans, and was pushing to fund Operation
Impact with another $700,000 in government funding from the city and
state.
.
Precisely how much money was actually raised or spent by his group is
difficult to say. I cant find any records for it. Operation Impact is not
registered with the State of Wisconsin and no records for it appear at
Guidestar.org, which tracks all non-profits. (By contrast, the Milwaukee
Alliance, which went of business in 2006, could be found both in state
records and at Guidestar.) Mick Daley of the Wisconsin Department of
Regulation and Licensing, says there is no record of any kind for
Operation Impact.
.
snip
.
To further complicate things, Donovan also runs some group called Common
Sense, with its slogan Ideas for a Better Milwaukee. The site promotes
Operation Impact, and lists the phone number of Donovans aldermanic aide
Patricia Doherty.
.
snip
.
Jodi Hazen, finance director for the Milwaukee Christian Center, directed
all questions about Operation Impact to the centers executive director,
Barbara J. Wyatt Sibley, who is out of the office until next week.
.
As for Donovan, when I reached him by phone he asked what I was calling
about. I said Operation Impact. Donovans response: Oh. Okay. Have a good
evening. Then he hung up the phone.
.
.
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
.
.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
http://workface.com/e/daviddillard
Net-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html
Index: http://tinyurl.com/myxb4w
http://groups.google.com/group/net-gold?hl=en
General Internet & Print Resources
http://guides.temple.edu/general-internet
COUNTRIES
http://guides.temple.edu/general-country-info
EMPLOYMENT
http://guides.temple.edu/EMPLOYMENT
TOURISM
http://guides.temple.edu/tourism
DISABILITIES
http://guides.temple.edu/DISABILITIES
INDOOR GARDENING
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/
Educator-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/
K12ADMINLIFE
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/
The Russell Conwell Learning Center Research Guide:
THE COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER
http://tinyurl.com/yae7w79
Information Literacy
http://guides.temple.edu/content.php?pid=22756&sid=2223487
Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold
http://tinyurl.com/36qd2o
and also
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/
Twitter: davidpdillard
Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds),
Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit,
Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books.
Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay
David P. Dillard
http://tinyurl.com/p63whl
http://tinyurl.com/ou53aw
INDOOR GARDENING
Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/
http://groups.google.com/group/indoor-gardening-and-urban-gardening
SPORT-MED
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html
http://groups.google.com/group/sport-med
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html
HEALTH DIET FITNESS RECREATION SPORTS TOURISM
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/
http://groups.google.com/group/healthrecsport
http://healthrecsport.jiglu.com/
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/health-recreation-sports-tourism.html
.
.
Please Ignore All Links to JIGLU
in search results for Net-Gold and related lists.
The Net-Gold relationship with JIGLU has
been terminated by JIGLU and these are dead links.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/30664
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/message/145
.
.
Other related posts:
- » [net-gold] UNITED STATES: CITIES: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN : ORGANIZATIONS: NONPROFIT: FUNDING : LAW: CASES: Murphys Law: Bob Donovans Shadowy Charity - David P. Dillard
