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Carver HS - Field of dreams scandal
Posted on 10/2/19 at 8:43 am
Posted on 10/2/19 at 8:43 am
So the Athletic came out with a piece on the corruption surrounding the Carver field of dreams project and how over a million dollars was fleeced from the project with nothing but a field to show for it.
Essentially an outsider from Georgia that was placed at the school through teaching with America came up with the idea. He raised 1.3million plus got commitments for all architectural and engineering work to be basic all pro Bono.
Eventually he felt he needed to create a board to oversee the project and choose successful former Carver alum go put on the board.
The TLDR version is they forced him out and stole the money through mismanagement.
Great insight into the troubles that continue into plague LA but very specifically inner city areas in NOLA and why oversight from outside forces is needed.
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If you read the article, you will come away furious at the Washington lady. For those that don't get to read, essentially she was a former lawyer, Carver alum who was a convicted felon for tax evasion and had been disbarred. She kind of forced her way into the board and pushed the original founder out. Once he was out, she made herself head of the board and starting drawing a 5k/month salary eventually taking 210k in salary and another 40k in reimbursements from the project. When community members were appalled at the announcement of her salary she shot back that she was a woman with 3 degrees and this small salary was nothing for a woman of her credentials. She eventually ran the architect and engineers off and sank the project. At one time she threw a 20k fundraiser while only collecting 5k in donations during the whole year.
Typical NOLA, get local "prominent" voices heard and elected to the board and force out anyone who wants to do good. Then spend years fleecing all of the money you can. In the end when the money is gone, move onto the next board like a locust.
Essentially an outsider from Georgia that was placed at the school through teaching with America came up with the idea. He raised 1.3million plus got commitments for all architectural and engineering work to be basic all pro Bono.
Eventually he felt he needed to create a board to oversee the project and choose successful former Carver alum go put on the board.
The TLDR version is they forced him out and stole the money through mismanagement.
Great insight into the troubles that continue into plague LA but very specifically inner city areas in NOLA and why oversight from outside forces is needed.
Pay link- you can sign up for free trial, the Athletic has amazing LSU coverage
LINK
free fox8live video
If you read the article, you will come away furious at the Washington lady. For those that don't get to read, essentially she was a former lawyer, Carver alum who was a convicted felon for tax evasion and had been disbarred. She kind of forced her way into the board and pushed the original founder out. Once he was out, she made herself head of the board and starting drawing a 5k/month salary eventually taking 210k in salary and another 40k in reimbursements from the project. When community members were appalled at the announcement of her salary she shot back that she was a woman with 3 degrees and this small salary was nothing for a woman of her credentials. She eventually ran the architect and engineers off and sank the project. At one time she threw a 20k fundraiser while only collecting 5k in donations during the whole year.
Typical NOLA, get local "prominent" voices heard and elected to the board and force out anyone who wants to do good. Then spend years fleecing all of the money you can. In the end when the money is gone, move onto the next board like a locust.
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Posted on 10/2/19 at 8:44 am to lsu777
Is this the same scandal the other thread talks about?
Posted on 10/2/19 at 8:48 am to lsu777
Did she play the race card yet?
Posted on 10/2/19 at 8:52 am to dagrippa
Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!
Posted on 10/2/19 at 8:55 am to Splackavellie
Yea my bad.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 8:56 am to lsu777
Gary be like...
Posted on 10/2/19 at 9:48 am to lsu777
quote:
through teaching with America
FYI, it's Teach For America
It is a wonderful group. Have a lot of friends that were a part of that after college.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 9:50 am to TheCaterpillar
put their crooked asses in jail.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 9:51 am to lsu777
And that’s why I don’t donate to dick. No accountability and I don’t know where the frick my money is going
This post was edited on 10/2/19 at 9:52 am
Posted on 10/2/19 at 9:52 am to lsu777
My favorite part about this was when Lee reached out to Washington for an interview and she responded with a statement that basically said "you should do a human interest piece on this project because I think it would be a great idea to build something like this for the school and community."
So she basically thinks the project is a great idea and someone should take steps to make it happen. Yeah that's what the money you stole was for you dumbass.
So she basically thinks the project is a great idea and someone should take steps to make it happen. Yeah that's what the money you stole was for you dumbass.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 9:54 am to lsu777
Is anyone really surprised? I mean say what you want, but once I saw who they put in charge after the white guy left, it is a complete no-brainer this would happen.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 9:58 am to TheCaterpillar
quote:
It is a wonderful group. Have a lot of friends that were a part of that after college.
There's a lot of people in that group who are very well-meaning, lovely people, with a heart full of hope, who really want to help people.
Most of them are horrible teaches who give up after 2 years and go do something else. Maybe if they stuck with it for more than 2 years... they could be really good teachers. But they tend to get burned out when they realize they can't change the world overnight.
There are a few of them who stay and become great teachers.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 10:00 am to lsu777
quote:
convicted felon for tax evasion and had been disbarred
Qualified candidate if I ever heard of one
Posted on 10/2/19 at 10:01 am to lsu777
quote:Be more specific:
He raised 1.3million plus got commitments for all architectural and engineering work to be basic all pro Bono.
Was it Sonny, Steve or just plain Bono Bono?
Posted on 10/2/19 at 10:04 am to LSUFanHouston
quote:
There's a lot of people in that group who are very well-meaning, lovely people, with a heart full of hope, who really want to help people.
Most of them are horrible teaches who give up after 2 years and go do something else. Maybe if they stuck with it for more than 2 years... they could be really good teachers. But they tend to get burned out when they realize they can't change the world overnight.
There are a few of them who stay and become great teachers.
100% but they still are essentially doing community service to educate low-socio economic children.
I can't blame some of them for getting burned out after a couple years. My good buddy did it in Nashville for a few years then realized he can make more of a difference running a statewide charter school program, so he does that now instead.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 10:09 am to lsu777
From The Atheltica article:
I assume the turf and infill is still being stored in that downtown warehouse
quote:
By 2011, the project had $1.2 million in cash and pledges. It had hundreds of thousands more in in-kind service donations. It also had a field. Bordainick procured a donation of the used field turf playing field from the Superdome after the New Orleans Saints’ 2010 season. He stored the carpet and infill material in a downtown warehouse.
I assume the turf and infill is still being stored in that downtown warehouse
quote:
Ripple and his team designed plans for a $1.8 million stadium project, replete with field turf, lighting, a track and stadium seating for 1,000 fans. The field would be made available to other schools and would allow the track team to stop training along campus breezeways and on the pothole-filled streets that surround the school.
This post was edited on 10/2/19 at 10:10 am
Posted on 10/2/19 at 10:27 am to tgrbaitn08
quote:
I assume the turf and infill is still being stored in that downtown warehouse
From the article, the contractor had taken possession of the turf and infill and after not being paid, sold it off.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 10:32 am to lsu777
yep i see now..
quote:
The field turf playing field was never used and Geo Surfaces eventually sold it for scrap, according to Webb. “In effect, we lost that money,” he said.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 11:01 am to lsu777
I knew/know Brian and gave money to this project.
Very sad story, unfortunately not isolated. Many community-based non-profits did great work after Katrina, but some organizations acted like (donated) money grew on trees and didn't do crap for anyone, and eventually went away after the post-Katrina funds dried up.
Maybe not criminal, but definitely sad.
Very sad story, unfortunately not isolated. Many community-based non-profits did great work after Katrina, but some organizations acted like (donated) money grew on trees and didn't do crap for anyone, and eventually went away after the post-Katrina funds dried up.
Maybe not criminal, but definitely sad.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 11:14 am to NOLALGD
Should be criminal.
For those asking why they designed a stadium that cost more than the funds they had, they were going to do the shaw model of using generated revenue to continue to add on and build facilities as they could....you know the fiscal responsible thing to do and the path that has worked great for shaw.
Washington didn't want that and actually wanted a 3 million dollar facility. Forced Brian out and essentially leached off the money until it was gone.
Then has the audacity to say fox 8 should do a feel good story on the project. DUMB frickING BITCH!!! She should be in jail.
For those asking why they designed a stadium that cost more than the funds they had, they were going to do the shaw model of using generated revenue to continue to add on and build facilities as they could....you know the fiscal responsible thing to do and the path that has worked great for shaw.
Washington didn't want that and actually wanted a 3 million dollar facility. Forced Brian out and essentially leached off the money until it was gone.
Then has the audacity to say fox 8 should do a feel good story on the project. DUMB frickING BITCH!!! She should be in jail.
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