From: James Sofka 
Subject: Re: Dillon County NFB
Hy Ron and Andy apparently you all have short memories and are not very
active members.
In no way wood i say he had a little ego problem.
He should have bin sent to jail.
Take Harveys advice and reed your momitors and than come back and
intelligently discuss  the matter.
Jim Sofka.
On Thu, 15 May 1997 hheagy@delphi.com wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1997-05-15 NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org said:
>  NF>in my opinion!
>  NF>Bob Acosta did far more good for both the CCB and A-C-B, than he
>  NF>ever did harm!
>  NF>He gave 15 years to the cause, though as a very charismatic person,
>  NF>power kind of went to his head a bit!
> That's the under statement of the year.  If I were living the
> kind of lifestyle he was living for those fifteen years I would
> have "given to the cause," too although it would be more accurate
> to say he took from the cause
> NF>James, I'd sure like to see your documentation in saying Bob Acosta
>  NF>ripped off A-C-B.
> Where have you been?  I refer you to the article in the June 1994
> issue of the Braille Monitor called, "Robert Acosta: a Study in Lavish 
Living
> and Limousines."  You don't remember when John Lopez whom he thought was 
one of
> his lieutenants blew the whistle on him for what he was doing with
> C.C.B. money?  Maybe C.C.B. has hundreds of thousands of dollars to
> spend on Mr. Acosta's personal lavish lifestyle, but I think the money 
ould
> have been better spent helping blind related causes than for
> taking limousines to Dodger games and other such things.  He
> should have been prosecuted by all rights and C.C.B. will
> probably never get that money back.
> And don't forget that he was also forced off the national A.C.B.
> board for his wrong doing just as he was expelled from the N.F.B.
> I don't know whether he was officially expelled from the A.C.B. or not, but 
he
> was certainly brought down and his efforts to form a third national 
organization
> of blind people failed miserably.
> 
> But I would say, just read the article most of which is taken
> directly from C.C.B. board meeting transcripts and see if that's
> how you would want your organization's money spent.
>  NF>Don't forget, NFB spent over one million dollars back in the late
>  NF>1970's trying to get the treasury of California back. And the NFB
>  NF>lost that one badly.
> Wrong, we ultimately won that law suit.
>  NF>Don't forget, both Sharon Gold and Kenneth have had their share of
>  NF>messing things up over the years!
> You do have a partial point.  When Robert Acosta did it, it was
> spread all over the Monitor and on presidential releases, but
> when Sharon Gold misused money and abused her power which
> eventually forced her resignation from both the national board of
> directors and California state president, it was kept relatively quiet
> especially the mess with the Lawrence Marcellino Center for the
> Blind which crashed almost as soon as it began.
> 
> Harvey
> 
> 
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