Recent content by Reggie

You're right! It bothers me that the taxpaying public is being fleeced by a non-profit that reaps the benefits of tax exempt status to say nothing of some unwitting members. There's something very wrong with the picture at R-CALF where only "insiders" really know the financial input and...

Cinch, I'm sure you'll be more than happy to cite the Montana Code that proves your point, correct? Following is a tidbit of Montana code that you should perhaps review. You're so full of inside information that I'm absolutely positive you'll be willing to share plenty. Afterall, what would a...

Exactly what was won here and at what cost? The borders aren't closing and trade won't be restricted. USDA will go back to its rulemaking with the same result. In the meantime, we're getting great cull cow prices and not many cull cows are coming into the U.S. from Canada, despite Bullard's...

Cinch, I'm SO GLAD someone has seen "CPA reviewed" (whatever that means) financial sheets. As long as you have, I'm sure you'll be happy to share them on the site, correct? Because in today's world of Enron-like bookkeeping you realize that we can't just take some anonymous person's word for...

Cinch, You sound like a little guy in a sandbox. "Prove it!" "Stop it" "No...YOU prove it." Because you're in denial doesn't make it misinformation. It's a cold hard fact that board members were required to sign confidentiality agreements. It's a cold hard fact that board and committee...

So what's the difference in tactics, RH? None. If I don't want to be harangued about donating to R-CALF I sell somewhere else - like on video. I donated once and get an unwanted membership that took me years to get rid of which is a story in itself. Join once and you're there forever...

Liberty Belle, Keep politics out of it? Then I suggest you stop bringing politics into it by rehashing Lyndell Petersen's and your own position that trouble started when SDSG associated with R-CALF. If you keep bringing it up we'll go there. The cold hard fact is that a lot of producers...

Cinch, Prove it. I dare you. Can you prove that board members weren't forced to sign confidentiality agreements? Can you prove that board members weren't asked to sign an oath of loyalty? Can you prove that R-CALF's books - not a CEO generated spread sheet - have been audited and can you...

Under SDSG the brand program was being administered by an organization linked at the hip to a non-profit organization (R-CALF). Let's face it - the lion's share of R-CALF's funding comes out of SoDak. For 18 months now that organization has turned its nose up at the laws governing non profits...

So, non-brand areas and states are cheap and lazy? What if that Alabama cow had been discovered in eastern South Dakota? Would your view be the same?

Want to take the steam out of R-CALF's "standing" as a non-profit? Call for an IRS investigation of how it handles the finances. No audits; no general ledger accountability for each and every transaction; no public meeting minutes (unless you live in Billings) and board members who are muzzled...

Maybe you should ask Lyndell Petersen that question because he's the one who brought the matter forward when he told the press that trouble really began when SD Stockgrowers affiliated with R-CALF. Public money has strings attached and one of those strings is accountability. Don't care one...

There you go again. Posting something like an authority when you're not. I thought as much. Have you called Kiker to ask him or discuss it with him? It's a rhetorical question because I already pretty much know the answer. Are you swallowing whole what you're told by those you're comfortable...

You're entitled to feel that way just as others are entitled to want a higher level of accountability from an outfit that considers themselves a national organization - and one that cries for competition and transparency. You have no credibility when you're willing to dismiss the flaws in your...

I think that you are. Everything is secret at R-CALF these days. Board members, if they wanted to be in the loop, had to sign confidentiality agreements and TAKE LOYALTY OATHS. Sounds like a cult to me. One board member resigned after the annual convention this year, but there's been no...