In the wake of this Housecalls post on Wednesday, I felt like sharing some idle thoughts.
Buzz Armfield-of-the-Asheboro-Armfields-who-gave-one-million-dollars-to-get-their-family-name-modestly-displayed-beside-the-front-door-of-Randolph-Hospital's-cancer-center and I were chatting by phone last night. The Courier's incomprehensible contortions to pry more money out of a woefully-uninformed public to get only-the-news-the-right-people-want-you-to-know quickly shifted to Bob Morrison's even more incomprehensible compensation package as CEO of "non-profit" Randolph Hospital.
"How much did you say Bob's deferred compensation/benefits jumped in 2008?", Buzz asked me.
The answer to that question (which can be found in the IRS 990's that Bob likes to withhold from prying eyes - even to the point of lying repeatedly under Oath) is over tenfold . . . from $29,133 in 2007 to $333,482 in 2008 (and that doesn't include $48,643 in "bonus" compensation or $30,432 in "nontaxable benefits" ).
Friends back home have told me that some of Asheboro right-honorable hot-shots have made the offhand comment in casual-conversations-for-no-one-in-particular-to-hear that poor disgruntled ex-employee, Dr. Mary, obviously don't understand what "deferred benefits" are.
Bob's not getting that money right now, you see.
Those people are MORONS. I understand very well that it's money underwritten by the long kept-in-the-dark-by-Bob's-good-friends-at-the-Courier masses . . . money that Morrison is going to wrap in his parachute when he retires . . . with every tax-advantage-under-the-sun-he-can-employ attached.
What I don't UNDERSTAND is HOW any local businessman with a conscience or a brain can just look at those numbers and just shrug them off . . . and not say ANYTHING against them!?!
I mean, what the HELL is going on in Asheboro?
(Of course, we ARE talking about prominent honorables like FNB "steward"-turned-University-President, Mike Miller, and "public servant" Keith Crisco. We-The-People can eat cake.)
My cryptic comment to Buzz was that if Morrison's retirement accounts did lose anything in the 2008 market meltdown, it's all most likely been replaced in just one year by our "non-profit" hospital board's largess.
And nobody - especially not our truth-seeking (NOT), now pay-per-view newspaper, is asking any questions.
And I'm wondering, if the Feds can chase down $150,000 embezzled from a Charlotte "non-profit" by its CEO . . .
. . . WHY IN GOD'S NAME AREN'T THEY LOOKING AT WHAT IS GOING ON AT RANDOLPH HOSPITAL?
Because it smells like a festering sore on fat/murderous Henry the 8th's leg.
It stinks . . . it smells ya? You understand?
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3 comments:
But Doctor Johnson....I DO know what deferred compensation is....and while Bobby Morrison GETS it, I only UNDERSTAND it...still makes you wonder doesn't it?
No, Buzz. I don't wonder what's going on. I KNOW.
What I really don't understand is why someone somewhere in a position of institutional oversight has not done something to reign this crowd of liars-and-thieves-disguised-as-community-servants in.
Buzz of the Armfield's, I'm wondering too? Provide some details. I've read Dr. Johnson's blog as have, many others, beyond those, you believe capable of containing the facts. There's a lot of money being identified here that's scheduled to benefit someone, I believe from what I've read, merits a thorough investigation for intentionally concealing facts from a court proceeding. By the way, isn't that considered in the criminal justice circles as “obstruction of justice?” So, yes, this post is directed at you, Buzz, for your reply. I truly believe it's time to bring in the silent audience of Dr. Johnson's blog and have a real discussion with those who don't want things revealed in Randolph County!
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