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THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS NOT THE EASY THING TO DO
[Received by American Patrol on March 2, 2007]From MMP President Marvin Stewart, Treasurer Deborah Courtney, and Member Barbara Coe
The easy thing to do would have been to walk away and not have to listen to the slander and read the libel. The easy thing to do would have been to do nothing, and not have misrepresentations printed about us in the press.
It,s an old political trick to blame the people who ousted you for the very same indiscretions for which you yourself were ousted. Such is with Jim Gilchrist and cohorts.
However, because we ARE the Board of Directors of The Minuteman Project, a 501C4 non profit organization, we have taken our responsibilities seriously, not like Jim Gilchrist, Sandy Gilchrist, Steve Eichler, and Tim Bueler. Delaware Corporation Law, Title 8, specifically states that when incorporated as a 501C4, "THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S SHALL MANAGE," and that the BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S is held in trust of the publics' funds, as well as oversight of the publics, funds and donations.
We are therefore protecting YOU.
Gilchrist's claim is that there was never a Board of Director's. If that is true, he defrauded the public when he initially incorporated as a 501C4 and solicited the publics' donations. However, numerous public documents and emails, our lawsuit against Columbia University, the lawsuit against Compton College, and our Resolution against the City of Long Beach clearly state that we are members of The Minuteman Project Board of Director's. Yet to be released tape recordings also confirm the fact.
Once we discovered there were financial indiscretions, we queried Gilchrist, who produced the corporate checking accounts that confirmed our suspicions of deception. We were never apprised of the contracts, corporate documents, and other relevant details about off shoot bank accounts, websites, radio stations, and corporations that were set up with Minuteman Project funds, clearly for Personal Benefit,, an IRS term when 501C4 funds are misused, until late in the game, forcing us to take action and terminate other Board Members, and Gilchrist himself..
On January 26th, after ousting Tim Bueler for lack of loyalty because he is also the national media spokesman for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a competitor, we accepted Stephen Eichler's resignation as corporate treasurer and then terminated him for disloyalty and negligent management. We then had to make the painful decision to take away Gilchrist's responsibilities as President for gross mismanagement, and terminate him from The Minuteman Project, Inc., Board of Director,s. We had already taken away Gilchrist,s check writing abilities in late December.
We offered Jim Gilchrist, the original Minuteman, every chance to do what is right, call for a financial audit, step down quietly from daily activity, and continue his chief responsibility as National Spokesman for Minuteman Project. He could have kept his problems quiet, and repaired them behind the scene.
Imagine our disappointment when Gilchrist filed a fraudulent police report and would not and could not step up to the plate and denounce the oversight and come clean. Instead, he took his negligence and incompetence to the courts and press, perhaps damaging the entire movement himself.
The facts are, as a Board of Director's, we relied upon Jim's representation that he has his Master's in Taxation, and Stephen Eichler's claim to hold his Juris Doctorate from Trinity Law School. Therefore, the State of Delaware allows us to rely upon their specific knowledge, which in the end, will prove to have gotten them both into a lot of trouble. What we did not know, was how just much was being hidden from the Board, and the IRS and United States Postal Service penalties and fines that we would be vulnerable to because of being on the Board of Director,s for MMP.
Once we discovered this gross negligence, we were required to report to the proper authorities, before prosecutorial agencies were contact with MMP. We asked Jim to go forward with us, but he refused, so we had to go ahead, with out Gilchrist and the rest of the Board of Director,s.
It truly would have been easier for Jim to be the only Director, so that he and he alone would have been liable for the taxes on the donations and postage liabilities, but we have taken our responsibilities seriously, ousted the incompetent and deceptive management, and wish to return back to normal with your help and support.
We know this is hard for many of you to understand, given that Jim is still not coming clean or being truthful in the media, but we are confident that in the end we will prevail, even if Jim does manage to bring down the whole movement. He would rather change the rules midstream than play according to the Rule of Law.
Minuteman Project, Inc.
www.MinutemanProject.com
P.O. Box 15340
Long Beach, CA 90815
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