tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897044416684274915.post1697848996452406138..comments2024-02-11T11:26:50.883-05:00Comments on Glistening, Quivering Underbelly: THE STUFF THAT UNICORNS ARE MADE FROM: Miss Fortune Responds To Grand Traverse Academy Board Member's CommentsMiss Fortunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755567996925789187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897044416684274915.post-14248132521642314282014-05-06T13:53:50.813-04:002014-05-06T13:53:50.813-04:00To Mr. Daly and Friends,
I am unclear on the issu...To Mr. Daly and Friends,<br /><br />I am unclear on the issues and need enlighting. Meeting Dr. Ingersoll, Mrs. Bush and the Harlem Globe Trotters is exciting. Even if Mr.Daly had met Pope Francis or Mother Theresa, his personal meet and greets have nothing to do with the current situation at Grand Traverse Academy.<br /><br />In taking his words at face value, Mr. Daly accepted a Board position when it was offered to him out of respect for the school. His action is admirable, not a crime. <br /><br />Mr. McFarlane claims Mr. Lynch is guilty of the crime of accepting employment from Dr. Ingersoll. Certainly, taking on a new job is not a crime. <br /><br />The unfortunate sticky point in the GTA mess is Daly's and Lynch's associations with each other or to the GTA Board of Directors.<br /><br />The actions of the GTA Board of Directors (the members in place in February, 2014) are questionable. <br /><br />The facts have not all come out. It is known the Ingersolls has been indicted and GTA funds are associated with the federal charges. According to GTA's records, prepayment of management fees to Smart Schools Management has been going on for years. It is known the Board did not follow its own written procedure for hiring a new management firm when Smart Schools Management recommended the severing of ties between it and the school. It is known the former board president resigned his position, quickly started new management company, and is now managing GTA. It is known Mr. DeYoung resigned his Board position midterm. It is known new members have been sworn in. One of those members is Mr. Daly. <br /><br />Questions remain as to:<br /><br />1. Why the Board ever allowed a contract which provided for prepayment of management fees?<br />2. Why the Board not take immediate action when it realized that Smart Schools Management was being overpaid by thousands of dollars?<br />3. Why the Board did not take action legal action when they learned that Dr. Ingersoll was writing checks to himself out of corporate accounts?<br />4. Why hasn't the Board been open about what school services have been reduced or cut due to Ingersoll's misappropriation of funds? <br />5. Why hasn't the Board been open about how they plan to recoup the misappropriated funds and what school services will be reduced or cut if the funds are not returned?<br />6. Why hasn't the Board been open about how they plan to pay the hefty legal fees associated with this scandal? <br />7. Why did the Board not follow its due diligence practice in searching for a new management firm?<br />8. Why didn't the Board take a pro-active approach to informing GTA families of the Ingersoll scandal instead of having them learn about it from the media?<br />9. Why has the Board stayed silent on the Ingersoll scandal other than having Doug Bishop, the School's attorney, address any questions related to the matter?<br />10. Why didn't the Board take actions to wipe the slate clean and start fresh with all new members who have no affiliation to Dr. Ingersoll?<br />11. Why did the Board choose to not tell its new members of the feds investigation of Dr. Ingersoll before the members took office?<br />12. What else is the Board of Directors covering up?<br /><br />Perception is reality.<br /><br />Top officials step down when faced with corporate scandals. The Target CEO stepped down in light of the credit card fraud. The South Korean Prime Minister stepped down in light of the ferry sinking.<br /><br />The perception is the GTA Board of Directors has not acted in the best interest of the school nor the children they serve. Appearances make the Board look slimy, and possibly corrupt. Staying silent on matters and bringing on members who are at all affiliated with Dr. Ingersoll continue to perpetuate the impression that the Board is slimy. <br /><br />No, Mr. Daly, I don't see where this is about you or your friendship with Mr. Lynch. There is no crime with honest friendships.<br /><br />It's the friendships between dishonest people and the actions they take that lead to speculation and spur controversy. <br /><br />Respectfully, <br />A TC Parent<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897044416684274915.post-44033038623354271352014-05-05T23:19:58.404-04:002014-05-05T23:19:58.404-04:00My word…Invoking Wienergate, tongues & cheeks,...My word…Invoking Wienergate, tongues & cheeks, jacks-in-boxes – I’m afraid you’re Freudian “fugue” has reached a fever pitch.<br /><br />As you are a skillful artist of slinging innuendo – I say we turn it up a notch tonight. I think your readers would like to know EXACTY what it is you think I am guilty of. I know I’m on pins and needles.<br /><br />Please be succinct, so there’s no mistaking your allegations.<br /><br />But….before you do, please consider the following. I met Mr Ingersoll ONE TIME 5 or 6 years ago (for about 45-60 minutes) while playing basketball. Consequently, I have also met Barbara Bush, John Engler, Antonio McDyess, ½ of the Harlem Globetrotters and even shared a high five with Willie Nelson once upon a time.<br /><br />Until being asked about the board position in late March of this year, I was unaware of any investigation associated with Mr Ingersoll or Bay City Academy. <br /><br />So, let’s have it. <br />We’re waiting…….<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16962742365788479365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897044416684274915.post-42852944493174855922014-05-05T20:57:51.847-04:002014-05-05T20:57:51.847-04:00Hello Miss Fortune, Andy McFarlane here.
I want t...Hello Miss Fortune, Andy McFarlane here.<br /><br />I want to say that while I applaud you for your interest in uncovering the truth and your obvious thoroughness, I find your methods and your attack on a man I know to be good and decent to be reprehensible. <br /><br />You wrote that Pat's wife Erica is a teacher at GTA. She is not. You corrected your inaccurate headline, and then you rewrote your entire article without acknowledging your wholesale changes. Investigative Journalism? Far from it - it's not even fair. You cast a web of slander and then waved it away with a digital brush.<br /><br />You wrote that Pat is good friends with Brian Lynch, whose crime appears to be working for a company that was founded by a man under Federal indictment. In addition to the guilt by association with guilt by association Pat is guilty of, he has somehow learned the "secret handshake"?? What is that even?<br /><br />Are you even aware of what you're saying? You slandered a person you didn't care to learn about with no cause, in error and then whitewashed over your error by claiming some higher calling to the Truth.<br /><br />There likely is corruption in this case but when you spew lies and innuendo around with no care for the consequences, you are little better than the National Enquirer or any cheap tabloid.farlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04763970854557205428noreply@blogger.com