Who says it isn't? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Oct 22, 2015 7:57 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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." >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>
