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According to an article in the May 30, 2009 Huntsville Times, about 20 entrepreneurs will become owner-operators of a new Food market in the Terry Heights area in 2010. (All editorializing is mine to strip out the paper’s biased reporting, and to put the issue in proper perspective)
This new private profit making business gives the owners a chance to build wealth and long-term equity from the profits they will share. Each employee owns a share in the enterprise, have one vote, and decide how the profits are distributed. It is unknown at this time whether the business will be licensed by the city, and if the private profit making business will pay taxes.
Could the Food Bank of North Alabama’s involvement in the private profit making business start-up possibly be illegal? A food bank is a non-profit organization that distributes millions of pounds of donated food and grocery products to human services agencies. Their 501 (c )(3) charter does not include starting up private profit making business. Because the Food Bank is partially funded by the taxpayers through FEMA and USDA, could there also be other conflicts of interest?
The new Food Market will be built by Huntsville Housing Development and leased to the worker-owners for an undetermined amount. It is unknown at this time if the Huntsville Housing Development, which appears to be involved with subsidized housing, is associated with the Huntsville Housing Authority, and the many taxpayers dollars of HUD that they posses.
HUD is also going to possibly pitch in $300,000 of taxpayer money to help buy freezers and startup equipment for the private profit making business owned by the employees. Could this also be illegal by its very nature?
Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network, subsidized by the Department of Agriculture, a government agency operating 100% on taxpayer’s dollars, will also support the startup. Here again, is this a possible violation of federal regulations?
The city council approved $10 a year lease of 1.2 acres of City owned property for this private profit making business. It is unknown at this time what the land is actually worth and how much it is costing Huntsville taxpayers to help these 20 business owners get rich off the taxpayers in their new private profit making business. The new business is expected to generate nearly $1 million dollars during the first two years.
We need do something about this – it is so terribly wrong.
Member, Huntsville Community Rights
Member, South Huntsville Civic Association
Glenn S. Crawley
When will someone investigate the ABC Board and its policies or lack of regarding employee safety and upper management disregarding their own policy and procedure? Last year when Montgomery had flash flooding, ABC Sales Associates were required to report to work after local law enforcement begged people to stay off the streets and one man was swept away by flood waters on McGehee Rd to his death (there is a store on McGehee Rd not 1/2 mile from where this man went to his death.
This past winter when all unessential State offices were to be closed due to snow and ice especially in the southern part of Alabama, threats were made to ABC store employees if they did not show up for work, they would be charged leave without pay. Why are ABC store employees essential personnel?
When the tornado sirens are activated, all ABC stores are wide open even though local law enforcement and ADEM are requesting everyone stay off the streets.
All other Alabama State Employees are allowed to go to a safe place, but not ABC store employees.
Is the State of Alabama so broke that it has to put the highest revenue producers at risk and has such a lack of regard for the safety of its employees?
This is only the tip of the iceberg.
If I can remain confidential and tell you more email me