We don't support the boy scouts or girl scouts because they have a policy to BAN anyone who is gay from becoming scout leaders. Just stupid. In fact, I think a gay man could tie better knots then straight guys. :) Anyway, it seems corruption is everywhere. Read this article!! (BTW- finally, I see Reps. doing something GOOD instead of complaining!)
Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO
ASSOCIATED PRESS: WASHINGTON – A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity.
The four senators said they were concerned that the chief executive of a charity that has been closing local clubs for lack of funding was compensated nearly $1 million in 2008. They also questioned why in the same year officials spent $4.3 million on travel, $1.6 million on conferences, conventions and meetings, and $544,000 in lobbying fees.
"The question is whether or not a very top-heavy organization might be siphoning off federal dollars that should be going to help kids," said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. The issues they raise could threaten the reputation of a popular charity that supports 4,300 local Boys & Girls Clubs serving about 4.8 million children. The timing threatens a bill moving through the Senate that would provide up to $425 million in federal money to the national organization over the next five years.
FULL ARTICLE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_charity_expenses
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