William Barber
Liberal protesters at the General Assembly have been
claiming they are acting in the name of morality, but a new Civitas study shows
the role played by money. William Barber, NC NAACP President, has said that the
seeds of the recent protests were first sown when he and others formed a
coalition of liberal groups called Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ).
In 2013, HKonJ became the coordinating umbrella organization for the groups
protesting on Mondays. But a new Civitas study shows that HKonJ affiliated
groups have received more than $100 million in direct state grants in recent
years.
Liberal protesters at the General Assembly have been
claiming they are acting in the name of morality, but a new Civitas study shows
the role played by money – more than $100 million in state funds.
A casual observer might say these organizations seem to be
upstanding social institutions. The Community Development Initiative, for
example, promises on its web site to “[drive] innovation, investment and action to
create prosperous, sustainable communities.” Who could argue with that? The
liberal-left has a talent for innocuous names and benevolent mission statements
that mislead the public as to an organization’s true mission.
Here’s what the money tells us about these organizations:
They’re not all about compassion and social work. Let’s take the Community
Development Initiative. Its CEO, Abdul Rasheed, made $222,629 in base
compensation in 2011, along with $42,819 in deferred compensation and benefits.
That’s $265,448 for one year of work at a nonprofit!
At the Support Center, CEO Lenwood Long made $106,080 in
2011. In 2009, Lenwood’s organization shuffled $845,000 to the Latino Community
Credit Union and $847,290 to the First Legacy Community Credit Union. The
center also gave $676,000 to Generations Community Credit Union. In its IRS tax
filing, the Support Center reported that all of those transactions were made
with “interested persons” – that is to say, people who are connected
sufficiently to the organization to pose a potential conflict of interest.
When you follow the money, you see that this isn’t about
morality at all. It isn’t about the high-minded virtues of justice, or
equality. It’s about politics: liberal organizers have depended for years on
the largess of an insolvent and bloated state bureaucracy. And as state
legislators move to address rampant waste and debt in state government –
something the people of North Carolina elected them to do – liberal groups fear
that they are about to lose their spot at the public trough.
It’s all about the money.
See the Study & Follow the Money:
Resources &
Links
Moral Mondays are
Really Money Mondays – Here is a link – Just follow the money
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