Girls gone wild (Black Soro version)
on July 30th, 2009 at 7:34 amFrom suntimes.com
Members of a prominent Chicago-based sorority are suing to oust their national president — former Chicago Housing Authority comptroller Barbara McKinzie — saying she misappropriated funds and commissioned a $900,000 wax figure of herself.
She also is accused of taking nearly $400,000 for personal expenses and arranging for a $4,000 monthly stipend to be paid to herself after she leaves office.
McKinzie, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and its current and some former board of directors members are targeted in a lawsuit filed by eight sorority members last month.
Among the allegations:
•AKA directors violated the group’s rules when they approved a four-year “pension stipend” for a total of nearly $192,000. They also purchased a $1 million life insurance policy for McKinzie.
•McKinzie used the group’s American Express card to buy designer clothing, lingerie and jewelry, then redeemed points racked up on the card to get a 46-inch HDTV, gym equipment and other items for personal use.
•The president started a campaign to raise $100 million for an endowment fund to be run by her management firm — BMC Associates.
McKinzie denied any wrongdoing Tuesday, saying the lawsuit was backlash to “enforced stringent financial standards as part of a professionalization of our organization.”
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The group has offices at 5656 S. Stony Island Ave., and is incorporated in D.C. Its educational foundation, also being sued, is incorporated in Illinois.
Just wondering why the writer of this piece (Cheryl V. Jackson) chose only to focus on the president of this organization when others played a key role.
Just a passing thought worth sharing~
Are Black folks the only ones that PLEDGE to embrace the practices of another culture (Greek)?
