UPDATE: Unruh was investigated and no wrongdoing was found. Thank you to the NICE Abstinence Clearinghouse employee who found this original post. I’m no longer miserable.

July 27, 2006 POST

 CREW, a Washington, DC watchdog group has filed a formal complaint about the National Abstinence Clearinghouse and the Alpha Center to the IRS.  The two ‘supposed’ non-profits in Sioux Falls, SD have been accused of breaking non-profit tax laws because the organization‘s president and founder has been lobbying congress and endorsing political candidates.

Of course none of this surprises me. Leslee pays herself over $150,000 a year to run the organizations.  Women like Leslee who use the abortion issue for financial gain are pathetic and hypocritical. If they are investigated and found guilty a number of things could happen: Non-profit status revoked, heavy fines and penalties and possible jail time for Leslee (I’m pushing for the jail time). Of course, none of this can happen unless the IRS takes action, which could take years. Of course officials from the NAC and Alpha Center called the action from Crew “false and mean-spirited.” I guess we didn’t expect them to admit it was true, but mean-spirited? I guess watchdog groups like CREW are assholes because they expect people like Leslee to uphold the law? Go figure. Of course our conservative local newspaper (the one that has been called a liberal-rag by locals) said that CREW was a ‘liberal-leaning’ organization. Again, what is so liberal or conservative about expecting Leslee to uphold the law. The label ‘liberal’ was unnecessary in the column to describe CREW. Of course this is the same paper that endorsed Bush in the 2004 election and has written many articles that were blatantly anti-union. Yeah, liberal-rag . . . give me a break!
Here is details from CREW’s complaint about how much Leslee got paid in 2003-2004:

According to NAC’s Form 990s, Ms. Unruh received $57,547 in 2003 and $109,920 in 2004 from NAC for an average of 40 hours of work per week. See Exhibit A. According to Alpha Center’s Form 990s, Ms. Unruh received $45,272 in 2003 and $42,456 in 2004 from Alpha Center for an average of 30 hours of work per week. See Exhibit B. It is difficult to believe that Ms. Unruh would have had the opportunity to lobby as an individual when she was being compensated for two full-time jobs, working an average of 70 hours per week. 3 Neither NAC nor Alpha Center has elected to have their lobbying activity measured under IRC ‘ 501(h), therefore their lobbying is measured under the “no substantial part” test. Public charities that operate under this measurement have functionally less legal lobbying capacity that those that operate under the 501(h) expenditure test. See CPE Lobbying Text at 280. In addition, public charities that operate under the “no substantial part” test may not rely on the definitions of lobbying under the 501(h) regulations. See 26 C.F.R. 1.501(h)-2(a). It is worth noting that NAC listed in the Projects and Accomplishments section of its 2003 Form 990, that it “Traveled to Washington, DC to Lobby for Abstinence for Africa in the Global AIDS Initiatives” See Exhibit A. Although this type of activity may not be lobbying under the 501(h) definitions of lobbying, it likely nonetheless counts as lobbying under the “no substantial part” test.