Wow its suprising that list didn't include ludes and hookers On Oct 22, 2015 4:00 PM, "Jason McKemie" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Emphasis on yourself. I want to go to Tahiti. > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> He ought to be on a panel next year. He could give a class in his to >> "leverage" government funds to better serve your customers and yourself >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015, 3:26 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Seems like the government might want to scrutinize the ownership of >>> vendors of funding recipients. It ought to send up a red flag when they're >>> buying lots of things from themselves. >>> >>> >>> On 10/22/2015 4:17 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: >>> >>> Sounds like this guy it for everyone. >>> >>> >>> Since 2002, Sandwich Isles Communications has collected $242,489,940 >>> from the federal >>> Universal Service Fund to serve no more than 3,659 customers. >>> 2 >>> During that same time, Albert Hee, the >>> owner of Sandwich Isles’s parent company Waimana Enterprises and >>> affiliate ClearCom, apparently used >>> the company as his family’s personal piggy bank. For example, the >>> companies apparently paid $96,000 >>> so that Hee could receive two >>> - >>> hour massages twice a we >>> ek; $119,909 for personal expenses, including >>> family trips to Disney World, Tahiti, France, and Switzerland and a four >>> - >>> day family vacation at the >>> Mauna Lani resort; $736,900 for college tuition and housing expenses for >>> Hee’s three children; >>> $1,300,000 for >>> a home in Santa Clara, California for his children’s use as college >>> housing; and >>> $1,676,685 in wages and fringe benefits for his wife and three children. >>> 3 >>> That’s not all. When the FCC last looked at Sandwich Isles’s corporate >>> expenses, our staff found >>> tha >>> t it was spending $5,460,973 more on corporate operations each year than >>> similarly sized companies, >>> with significant management and leasing fees to affiliated companies >>> (like Waimana and ClearCom) that >>> benefited Hee and his family. >>> 4 >>> On top of all that, sev >>> en years ago, Sandwich Isles dropped a $1.9 >>> - >>> million >>> - >>> a >>> - >>> year lease it had with >>> an independent undersea cable network in favor of a $15 >>> - >>> million >>> - >>> a >>> - >>> year lease for a cable network built by >>> ClearCom and owned by Paniolo LLC. >>> 5 >>> Unsurprisingly, Paniolo is itself ow >>> ned by Blue Ivory LLC, >>> which is wholly owned by Blue Ivory Hawaii Corporation, which in turn is >>> owned by private trusts of >>> Hee’s three children. >>> 6 >>> What is worse, Sandwich Isles appears to no longer be paying what it >>> owes to >>> Paniolo >>> — >>> yet is still collecting >>> payments from other rural telephone companies as if it were. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Already trying to control the money. This is why we opted out of >>>> getting involved in any form of Government program. It just allows them to >>>> keep their fingers up your ass and use you as a puppet. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/isps-reminded-to-not-use-government-money-for-alchohol-and-vacations/ >>>> >>>> Internet service providers who accept government funding in exchange >>>> for providing Internet access in rural areas were "reminded" this week that >>>> they're not allowed to use the money for food, alcohol, entertainment, >>>> personal travel, and other expenses unrelated to providing Internet access. >>>> >>>> The Federal Communications Commission issued a public notice with a >>>> "non-exhaustive list of expenditures" that cannot be reimbursed. The list >>>> includes all of the above as well as political contributions, charitable >>>> donations, scholarships, payment of penalties and fines, club membership >>>> fees, sponsorships of conferences and community events, gifts to employees, >>>> and personal expenses of employees and family members "including but not >>>> limited to personal expenses for housing, such as rent or mortgages." >>>> >>> >>> >
