Scandal!
There has been this huge scandal, if you would, in the non-profit circles here in Fairbanks today. An organization was served with three warrants by thirty different federal agents yesterday in hopes of busting them for misused grant money.
The worst part about this is that the organization's name is eerily similar to the name of the organization where I work, and even a few stations have reported that it was our organization in hot water instead of this other organization.
A coworker glimpsed a bit of the news coverage on TV last night and hurriedly messaged me about it, but I didn't see anything until the front page spread in the paper this morning.
Since then we have been super busy and stressed at the office attempting to distance the name of our organization from the name of theirs. There have been calls to radio stations, television stations, and the newspaper. Press releases sent and ad space bought for this weekend. Retractions and apologies have been made on air.
It paints other social service organizations, not to mention the entire Christianity religion, in a bad light. And it has created a lot more work for me today. This whole thing has be unbelievably stressed. I'm just glad it is Friday.
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For the record, you did a tremendous, or should I say phenominal (haha) job.
Valette, you are incredible!
Exhale, rest, and breathe easy this weekend.
I am going to rest now too.. dont sleep well w/o my lady (note timestamp.
Oh my.
So what we have here is Valette attempting to establish plausible deniability. When they come down and arrest her bosses, Valette can claim that she was told it was another group in trouble with a similar name.
The former mayor, despite his status as pastor, has been rumored to have been part of multiple corruption scandals since I arrived in town back during his days as mayor. Nothing ever seems to stick.
The smart money says that he will skate this time, too. Might be interesting to watch, though.
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