Wednesday, October 21, 2009
News Lamar Willis: Council candidate and cautionary tale
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Councilman Lamar Willis has achieved national recognition — as an example of how not to run a charitable foundation.
The current issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy cites Willis' many, many legal and tax woes in a short piece that warns philanthropic organizations of the perils of not following the rules.
This month, for instance, a foundation operated by H. Lamar Willis, an Atlanta city-council member, was fined $25,000 by Georgia regulators because it was not registered in that state, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
This is one example where it's probably better not to have one's efforts acknowledged.
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Shouldn't the article been about how to catch a criminal trying to launder money through a fake charitable organization?
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Has the City Ethics Commission taken action involving Lamar? Hasn't it been years since the allegations against him surfaced? Is there a functioning Ethics Commission in Atlanta? Is Lamar running for citywide office? Do public officials in Atlanta still get away with anything they choose to do?
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