What do you think those 'massages' were?? On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
> 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" < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wow its suprising that list didn't include ludes and hookers >> On Oct 22, 2015 4:00 PM, "Jason McKemie" < >> j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: >> >>> Emphasis on yourself. I want to go to Tahiti. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> >>> 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 <dmmoff...@gmail.com> 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 <li...@wavedirect.org> 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." >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>
