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May 2007 Issue

We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and the Coto de Caza Board of directors and report the facts!

OCR Paraphrasing in Laguna Woods Village

April 29, 2007

The CotoBuzz Journal previously reported on a brewing scandal related to alleged misuse of credit card by property management company employees in an article titled Laguna Woods Residents Outraged by Use of Credit Cards Issued to Property Manager Employees! Concerned Residents Speak Up About Fiscal Mismanagement – A representative for Milt Jones and the Golden Rain Foundation board of directors informed CotoBuzz that the board was aware of the charges and would provide us with a response - We have yet to hear from the Golden Rain Foundation, From PCM, the property Manager or from Milt Jones.

However, the Orange County Register on April 23, 2007 published an article titled Card usage shows 'no malfeasance,' say Golden Rain, PCM Credit card statements under scrutiny by Laguna Woods residents cover about $114,000 in 2005 through 2007 expenses. However, the same article also reports that “ In the Golden Rain Foundation statement issued Monday afternoon, the board pointed out that the three board members appointed were not forensic accountants, "therefore, an in depth investigation could not be done."

On Monday April 23, 2007, a letter in response to Mr. Portlock’s statements as published by the OCR, was hand carried to the LWV Globe. The editor assured the author that the letter would appear in the April 26, 2007 edition of the Globe paper. The letter was not printed as promised. Cheryl Walker (LWV Reporter) was asked why the letter was not published and her response what that they lost it!

So, the investigation has not been started, it will not be in-depth, the residents voice is “lost”, but the OCR already has a conclusion that there is “no malfeasance”? How is that for a Jones’ “paraphrase of the facts”?

Various angry residents have been stationed at the Laguna Woods Village post office every Monday and Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. handing out a list of charges previously described and additional handouts, including letters to all the members of the GRF board of directors and a letter to GRF president George Portlock. In total they have handed out more than twenty five hundred packets. There has been a reported “absolute groundswell of interest and anger”, according to movement leaders.

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