8 Comments

Thank you for seeing the web and explaining it so we also can make the connections. The taxpayers are the victims, every time.

Expand full comment

David, Your work is so important. This particular nonprofit model is impacting most communities in the country right now. Few realize it, let alone understand it. We are going to get your work more attention- thank you for it.

Expand full comment

It’s damaging communities through supposed “good.”

Expand full comment

This should be part of an essential civics course! Lots of light bulbs flicking on. You compared the SGF city budget to the CFO's annual budget, but imagine if we eliminated the federal and private grant portion of that budget, and the take from the utility.

Expand full comment

And you’re right. If you took only the City Budget that was only based on city taxes and city income, it would be significantly lower.

Expand full comment

Thanks for the kind words. And for being a foundational subscriber. When I suggested you might like this series, I didn’t realize you would like it so much. I’m grateful.

Expand full comment

I'm grateful too. We arrived at the chamber here in SGF independently in our separate research. I do OSINT and connected the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to the National Council of Churches here in the US. UOC was banned in Ukraine by legislation, and signed into law by Zelenskyy last May. Most of the churches affiliated with the CFO are also NCC (rainbow robes). I think we're on similar beats, but I'm filling in so many blanks reading your posts. I'll dm you with some things our group picked up about SGF.

Expand full comment

Thanks.

Expand full comment