Quote Originally Posted by Skiploder View Post
Alex, USARK raised $300K last year but these were not specifically earmarked to the lawsuit.

Their bare bones operating expenses were in the neighborhood of $280K - something they neglected to tell us while they were cheerleading their non-wins and the efficacy of the Herp Nation.

In the end, the percentage of USARK's take from individuals is embarrassing. For the last four years, this organization can barely afford one lobbyist and one employee. Considering the amount of support that they claimed to have and the amount of sig banners on the forums, this is downright pathetic.

I have made no bones over the past two years that I thought Wyatt was less than effective. The new board, however, has some people on it that I trust. Since they key to fighting HSUS and PETA is money and clout, I'm giving the new Board a chance and have reinstated my contributions. Hopefully, they will be more forthcoming, less bombastic and more effective.
Thanks Skip. I did not know that I heard the 30000 number in the interview and went from there. As I said I have side and no direct stake at all. It sounds to me like there are far too many pointing fingers rather than moving forward.

The experiences I have had with a very different organization was the CEO left under question every major stakeholder started arguing. Accusations and then the government stepped in and started an inquirery about misuse of funds. The organization that was struggling against the government being investigated by the government basically stomped the opposition and the law being opposed passed and the inquirery is sill under way. It would suck to see USARK shut down by some kind of inquiry/investigation.