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I received this in the mail the other day. Now we have an idea where Fran Mentch and her cronies have been spending the money they’ve been soliciting.
Here’s what got my attention in this mailer. Note the menacing smiley-face graphic. This is obviously meant to give people the Wal-Mart scare. Nowhere is it mentioned that Mitchell Schneider bought this land fair & square. Nowhere is it mentioned that members have been trying to sell the Oakwood
Club on & off since 1994. I almost overlooked the small print at the bottom: A project of Severance Neighorhood Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
What’s a 501(c)(3)? It’s a tax exempt organization, usually a charity. 501 (c)(3) exemptions apply to corporations, and any community chest, fund, cooperating association or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, to foster national or international amateur sports competition, to promote the arts, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals. (Description from Wikipedia) Not only are they tax-exempt, if you donate to them you can deduct your contribution from your taxes.
But SNO is not a charity, and Citizens for Oakwood is certainly not one. They are activist, political groups. The tone of this mailer is political, an attempt by an outside group to exert pressure on South Euclid’s elected
leadership with the threat a referendum. And if there is a referendum, you can bet that money from the SNO will go into financing banners for their side. That’s political advertising, and that’s in violation of federal
law. See, while some in and out of South Euclid are calling for scrutiny of our elected leadership, no one is looking deeper into these fringe political groups.
Fran Mentch and her cronies have tried to paint this as some kind of spontaneous “people-power” movement. But CfO is no more spontaneous than the phony TEA party that was started by ex-Congressman Dick Armey and the Koch brothers. This is a group that includes professional activists, disgruntled South Euclid taxpayers, bordering property owners who are only thinking about the value of their homes, entrenched Heights business interests, and naive greenies.
Someone needs to investigate these people. Fran Mentch is on the same moral plane with televangelists who bilk elderly shut-ins for cash with promises of prayer. Where is this money going?
By the way, with all the talk about the trees, the environment, the animals at Oakwood, I have a question. Is this mailer even printed on recycled paper?
Here’s what got my attention in this mailer. Note the menacing smiley-face graphic. This is obviously meant to give people the Wal-Mart scare. Nowhere is it mentioned that Mitchell Schneider bought this land fair & square. Nowhere is it mentioned that members have been trying to sell the Oakwood
Club on & off since 1994. I almost overlooked the small print at the bottom: A project of Severance Neighorhood Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
What’s a 501(c)(3)? It’s a tax exempt organization, usually a charity. 501 (c)(3) exemptions apply to corporations, and any community chest, fund, cooperating association or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, to foster national or international amateur sports competition, to promote the arts, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals. (Description from Wikipedia) Not only are they tax-exempt, if you donate to them you can deduct your contribution from your taxes.
But SNO is not a charity, and Citizens for Oakwood is certainly not one. They are activist, political groups. The tone of this mailer is political, an attempt by an outside group to exert pressure on South Euclid’s elected
leadership with the threat a referendum. And if there is a referendum, you can bet that money from the SNO will go into financing banners for their side. That’s political advertising, and that’s in violation of federal
law. See, while some in and out of South Euclid are calling for scrutiny of our elected leadership, no one is looking deeper into these fringe political groups.
Fran Mentch and her cronies have tried to paint this as some kind of spontaneous “people-power” movement. But CfO is no more spontaneous than the phony TEA party that was started by ex-Congressman Dick Armey and the Koch brothers. This is a group that includes professional activists, disgruntled South Euclid taxpayers, bordering property owners who are only thinking about the value of their homes, entrenched Heights business interests, and naive greenies.
Someone needs to investigate these people. Fran Mentch is on the same moral plane with televangelists who bilk elderly shut-ins for cash with promises of prayer. Where is this money going?
By the way, with all the talk about the trees, the environment, the animals at Oakwood, I have a question. Is this mailer even printed on recycled paper?
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