misterhighwasted
misterhighwasted's JournalSloan Gibson..USO..Did he take from the poor & cut himsellf a fat check?
seemd upstanding until I read this from Nov 2013:
(snip)The $559,401 that United Service Organizations President and CEO Sloan Gibson is listed for earning on the nonprofits 2012 tax form is more than Obamas $400,000 base salary. But Gibsons figure, which includes a $125,000 bonus and incentive compensation, $18,477 in other compensation, $25,050 in deferred compensation, and $23,035 in nontaxable benefits in addition to his $367,839 base pay, is about on par with what Obama receives.
That includes Obamas $150,000 expense account and $100,000 nontaxable travel account. In all, Obamas compensation package comes to about $569,000 per year.
With Gibson pegged to become the No. 2 administrator at the Department of Veterans Affairs next year, the next in line to succeed him at the USO is John Pray. Last year, Prays compensation package came to $365,323. Prays compensation, along with the next five key USO employees compensation, totaled $1.85 million for an average of $308,000 in 2012.
(snip)Ross said he is also not pleased that the USO constantly urges its volunteers to make cash donations in addition to the work they donate to run the lounges and clubs for the USO.
Its very annoying when you get an email from the current CEO, Sloan Gibson, and it says, We have a program and its goal is to raise $250,000. Then you read the tax return and see hes getting a bonus of $125,000. Its like, What? Why dont you come out and say, Hey, as the CEO of the USO Im going to challenge you. I will match all your donations up to, lets say, $100,000, something along those lines. Thats real leadership.
In her email, Fishel wrote that the USO does not solicit its volunteers for donations. The email he received has nothing to do with volunteers and has no correlation with his volunteer status.
The USO, like many other nonprofits, regularly communicates to our many donors and supporters via email and direct mail, and Mr. Ross may have received one of these, Fishel wrote.
Ross said the congressionally chartered USO should have executives who are paid a fair market wage that is between $200,000 and $250,000 per year, not twice that amount.
Why cant we get top-notch retired military personnel who could be doing this work and pay them a fair market wage to supplement the pension theyre already getting? he asked
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas-uso-volunteer-complains-about-nonprofit-leaders-pay
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Reminded me of how Brinker managed the Pink Ribbon non-profit.
Hope I am wrong to doubt Sloan Gibson, and the VA is repaired to peak performance for our Veterans.
And I hope Mr Gibson is not readying the dept for a move to privatize. Our tax dollars we pay to care for our veteran programs were never intended to line the pockets of private corporations.
We will see.
Benghazi investigation & now CNN dredges up Monica Lewinsky..
CNN just now talking about Lewinsky, her book & asking the burning question: "What does this now mean for Hillary Clinton's Presidential run?"
Painting Monica as a young victim of the forces of power around her at the time of the affair.
I would say that the same forces that brought Lewinsky to President Bill Clinton's Oval Office are still out there playing the same game, chipping away at Hillary's higher-than-Jeb's poll numbers with all they can dredge from the past.
Benghazi & Lewinsky.
I am sickened by their more than obvious attempts at smear, in hanging it around Hillary Clinton's neck.
I may not survive the elections of 2014 & 2016.
The Kochligarchy has already chosen Jeb Bush as our next President.
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We may as well continue on from yesterday's thread and add Lewinsky as this weeks media darling of the GOP News.
Its a mental sickness.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024913805
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