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re: BRSA & Chris Mitchell.. What's the deal?
Posted on 3/1/11 at 6:43 pm to Stewie Griffin
Posted on 3/1/11 at 6:43 pm to Stewie Griffin
They are not BRSA fields. They are BREC fields, owned by the EBR taxpayers. BRSA is acting on behalf of BREC via the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement. In addition, BRSA is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization required to promote the public health, education, welfare, etc. in order to remain tax-exempt. So, you have 2 issues at play:
(1) The politics of BREC giving BRSA a monopoly on PUBLIC parks. BREC can vote override BRSA's decision on the issue.
(2) Whether BRSA is furthering its tax-exempt purpose by preventing a competing soccer association from using the PUBLIC fields. You could argue BRSA is using its position to benefit only a narrow class of citizens--those who pay membership fees to it--which would be private inurement and jeopardize their tax-exempt status. That would be fine if BRSA were a social club, but it's not.
Not really a crystal clear issue. If BRSA and the fields were privately-owned, then sure BRSA can do as it pleases. However, that is not the case.
(1) The politics of BREC giving BRSA a monopoly on PUBLIC parks. BREC can vote override BRSA's decision on the issue.
(2) Whether BRSA is furthering its tax-exempt purpose by preventing a competing soccer association from using the PUBLIC fields. You could argue BRSA is using its position to benefit only a narrow class of citizens--those who pay membership fees to it--which would be private inurement and jeopardize their tax-exempt status. That would be fine if BRSA were a social club, but it's not.
Not really a crystal clear issue. If BRSA and the fields were privately-owned, then sure BRSA can do as it pleases. However, that is not the case.
This post was edited on 3/1/11 at 6:51 pm
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Posted on 3/1/11 at 6:57 pm to BrandNew
Hey now. Good stuff. I knew I shouldn't trust my lazy journalistic senses. I prefer when stories are handed into my lap.
Posted on 3/2/11 at 7:50 am to BrandNew
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Lafayette-based club
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owned by the EBR taxpayers
Does not compute.
The reply even states that the LAFAYETTE BASED CLUB can use any number of BREC parks.
Just not the ones that BRSA and its PAYING MEMBERS which number in the 1000s of adults, and god knows how many kids paid to build and continue to pay to maintain.
BRSA does many shitty, disorganized things, and I've had issues with the disciplinary council as well...
But I maintain my stance from before. Your ability to use the SOCCER fields should be directly proportional to what you pay in as an EBR tax paying entity.
I imagine that a LAFAYETTE club probably pays somewhere around 0% EBR taxes.
They can STFU and GTFO, in my opinion.
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