United Way’s challenge: Rebuilding a region’s trust

For months, the United Way of Central Carolinas board said Gloria Pace King was worth every penny of her controversial $1.2 million pay package.

Tuesday, 37 of those board members unanimously called on their longtime CEO to resign or be fired. [snip]

King’s attorney, Bill Diehl, listened to Denton’s comments from the back of the room. He contends his client is owed an apology and more – at least $1 million remaining on a retirement contract the board agreed to in 2006. [snip]

The board will pay the 21/3 years remaining on the three-year employment contract King signed in January. It pays her $290,000 annually, but allows that amount to be cut if she gets another job. Denton said he has talked with business leaders about finding King a new post. If nothing pans out, he added, the board will pay off her contract in full – even if it winds up having to pay a permanent replacement simultaneously. (emphasis added) [snip]

Rebuilding a trust? Sounds like rebuilding someones trustfund. This is from the people that call the Boy Scouts homophobes and don’t want to deal with the Salvation Army.

The United Way knows which outfits to give money to, such as, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, ACORN, the well managed Red Cross and PBS/NPR to name a few.

Here in the Northeast a few years back, one of the United Way poobahs was run out of office down in NY for a light touch of misfeasance  and  alleged diddling.

What is it with Americans that they cannot write a check to their own charities and put these lampreys into the real job market. Doing that puts 100% of the money to work in the field, not in some swell’s pocket.