the Independent and EDHAT had great coverage of a story on the SB Botanical Gardens... (the News-Press basically copied their story a few days later..ha ha)_ the gist is garden volunteers are protesting the Board of Directors, who seem to be made up of ex-cons and socialites who want to turn the garden into a country club, for cutting the working staff but keeping the directors with their bloated salaries and shady pasts..how did this Santa Barbara gem get infiltated by a bunch of con artists??
more non profit crooks exposed...and the 2007 Chairman of the Board/present vice chair....LOOK at this guy!! he's seen UFOs! he's corrupt! and the Botanic Garden elected him chairman?? and Bubba pardoned him! from the web: Symington splits his time between Phoenix and Santa Barbara, Calif., where wife Ann spends the majority of her time, serving as a deacon in the Episcopal Church and looking after her father, John Pritzlaff. Earlier this year (2007), Symington was elected chairman of the board of the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden. It's not just an honorific post: The garden is starting an expansion sure to create a community backlash. Symington the political consultant and battle-tested pol is up for the task, promising that opponents will be surprised to find the garden is no longer a silent punching bag. "Typical campaign war-room tactics," he said, describing how he plans to steer the board through the expansion.
fifeUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Plaintiff,
V.
JOHN FIFE SYMINGTON, III,
Defendant.
CR 96
I N D I C T M E N T
[18 U.S.C. $ 1014: FalseStatements to FederallyInsured Financial¤ 1343: Wire Fraud; 18 U.S.C.¤ 1951: Attempted Extortion;18 U.S.C. ¤ 152: FalseStatements in BankruptcyProceeding; 18 U.S.C. ¤ 2(a):Aiding and Abetting; 18U.S.C. ¤ 2(b): Causing Act to be Done]
the funny thing is the NewsPurse had a little blurb about his getting elected to the SBBG in 2007, but didn't mention anything about his corrupt past, instead they only printed the flowery stuff and that he was a professional pastry chef!
It is high time this town exposes all these greasy-rat-private-non-profit-but-really-for-profit crooks and their fat salaries..this is a good start! take back the SBBG!!
way to go, volunteers!
Plaintiff,
V.
JOHN FIFE SYMINGTON, III,
Defendant.
CR 96
I N D I C T M E N T
[18 U.S.C. $ 1014: FalseStatements to FederallyInsured Financial¤ 1343: Wire Fraud; 18 U.S.C.¤ 1951: Attempted Extortion;18 U.S.C. ¤ 152: FalseStatements in BankruptcyProceeding; 18 U.S.C. ¤ 2(a):Aiding and Abetting; 18U.S.C. ¤ 2(b): Causing Act to be Done]
the funny thing is the NewsPurse had a little blurb about his getting elected to the SBBG in 2007, but didn't mention anything about his corrupt past, instead they only printed the flowery stuff and that he was a professional pastry chef!It is high time this town exposes all these greasy-rat-private-non-profit-but-really-for-profit crooks and their fat salaries..this is a good start! take back the SBBG!!
way to go, volunteers!
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