Muskegon County Sheriff Dean Roesler facing criminal investigation for alleged misuse of charity funds | MLive.com:Lance 7 hours ago
@Fruitport1 Live questions, Fruitport1.
If it wasn't a 501(c)(3), then what the heck was it?
Were the people who spent on/donated to the golf outing deducting those donation(s) on their taxes, under the impression that it was a legit charity?
Was it an official Muskegon County entity/function/department?
If it was the latter, I suppose that explains why somebody with the records went ahead and responded to a FOIA request.
(If it wasn't a "county" account, then it wouldn't ordinarily fall under state FOIA laws).
But if this thing didn't have the 501 paperwork/trimmings, and if it wasn't an official county department/fund/function, then it has all the earmarks of a common "slush fund."
What wipes me out is this: Muskegon County has legal counsel, whose job it (presumably) would be to do the 501 paperwork if the county wanted to administer a charitable fund.
Who decided it was cool to let this go un-filed for years?
From the story it looks like they were advised to have counsel square things up -- who decided "no?"
The guy using the money for his kids' college and gas money?"
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