Tag: Festival
Post 69 – The Walter Celley Effect
Attorney General, Corruption, D&W Development, Dawn Sanderson, Festival, Foreclosure, Fred Moor, Gary Britten, Jason, Kristie Koester, Paul Belazis, Perrysburg, PHCA, Real Estate, Walter CelleyAfter these festival was over, a bill from the Perrysburg township was sent to the PHCA for tens of thousands of dollars. This bill included zip ties, extra police charges, and even charges for the fire department being near by. Also all kinds of supplies for the police. This had never happened in the history of the PHCA festival. Continue reading…
Post 31 – Trial – Ashley Clifton (part 2)
Ashley Clifton, Charges, Did not ask about, Douglas Kinder, Festival, Investigation, Jason, KeyBank 1847, KeyBank 2233, KeyBank 2266, Raquel Serda, Stealing, Theft, unable to verify, VerificationOver $50,000 they did not ask about and so did not verify. $50,000 they made no attempt to verify that they charged him with stealing. Continue reading…
Post 16 – Trial – Day 1 Commentary
$238k, $4000, Anita Serda, Board, Chico Martinez, Festival, Finances, Fundraising, Jason, Jesse Spier, Kristie Koester, PHCA, Stephanie Serda, Steve Kramer, TheftSome facts you need to know are that the PHCA had less than a $100,000 annual budget not including the festival. $42,000 of that money alone was Stephanie Serda’s salary. Anita made over $4000 to plan the festival. The accusation of Jason stealing $238,000 over 4 months is insane in and of itself. The PHCA could not raise that in years. How would Anita not believe something was wrong if a quarter of a million just disappeared? Pay close attention to the meeting minutes. They show a lot. Continue reading…
Post 13 – Trial – Anita Serda (part 6)
Anita Serda, Festival, Finances, Fundraising, Gift Cards, PHCA, Toledo Community Foundation, Treasurer, VisalusPg. 236 Anderson “During the time you were there, were they doing pretty consistent draws off the endowment fund to help allay the costs?” Serda “When I was still involved, we did that on an annual basis.” Continue reading…
Post 4 – The Complaints
$238k, Attorney General, D&W Development, Festival, Jason, Judge Reger, Perrysburg, PHCA, Prosecution, Sixth District Court of Appeals, Steve Kramer, Walter CelleyWhen these charges came to light, Steve Kramer, a trustee of the PHCA came forward with a letter urging the prosecution that they had it all wrong and that the PHCA had no money missing. He also stated that the PHCA had never had the amount of money in question to have been stolen in the first place. Here is the letter he wrote to the prosecution. Continue reading…
Post 2 – Before the War
Board, Dawid Smith, eBay, Elisa Rodriguez, Festival, Finances, Jason, Lawn Equipment, PHCA, Real Estate, Stephanie Serda, Visalus, VolunteeringJason had been a volunteer for some time before joining the board of directors. This was his first year with a significant role in the annual festival and the financial operations of the community center. Admittedly, Jason was not aware of how tight the finances of the PHCA were since the departure of several high-level fundraisers from the board due to a prior conflict with the same board members that would cause the new conflict. At the time Jason first joined the board, the PHCA had what one would consider a reasonable overhead. However, with little to no income it… Continue reading…
