Comments on: Quayle claims Moak made millions off charity; Moak says not so

By: John S.

John S. — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:37:14 +0000

Moak is everything that is wrong in Washington. Moak screams unethical. Anyone who can set up a Not For Profit to actually ENHANCE HIS OWN life is a sick minded individual and NOT who we want for Congress. If you are wondering what I am talking about, check out these links- http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/08/did_congressional_candidate_st.php http://azgadsden.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/got-moak-careful-its-sour-moak/

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:06:55 +0000

Hilarious: Quayle condemns another’s ethics/judgment………Ha Ha.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:44:33 +0000

PUHLEASE! The bottom line is that it is NOT a BAD thing to bring people from beyond the nonprofit sector into charity work, even if they ultimately profit by it, IF they are using their expertise/resources solving a problem that would otherwise not get solved! If people would just get past their egos and self-serving interests, they would see that the community value (IRR – tangible and intangible!!) far outweighs the fact that someone MAY have profited. The fact is, his efforts probably effectively deterred many kids from drugs. THAT is all that TRULY matters!

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By: Barbara Espinosa

Barbara Espinosa — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:58:22 +0000

This concerns me. Moak is always talking about knowing how to create jobs. But Where? Moak owns a call center, you know a company that calls at dinner trying to sell you something you don’t want or need in an english dialect you can’t understand.
Steve Moak, a Questionable Candidate
Arizona Republican Congressional candidate Steve Moak, Chairman of the telemarketing company Synergy Solutions.
Steve Moak, a Republican Congressional candidate in the State of Arizona, is running his political campaign from the backs of the employees of Synergy Solutions, a company for which he is the active Chairman. Synergy Solutions, a company that caters to outsourcing call center operations in the United States, has been using their employees to make phone calls on Moak’s behalf, in support of his Congressional run in Arizona.
This issue was brought to my {Matt Rock} attention by an employee of Synergy Solutions, who works in one of their call centers. Worried they might be fired as a result of this article, the employee has asked that I conceal their identity. This person explained that Synergy Solutions’ employees have been making campaign calls for Moak for an undisclosed period of time. Of Synergy Solutions’ eight call centers, only two are in the State of Arizona. The other six facilities, including the one where this employee works, are in different States. These employees aren’t volunteering to make the calls, but are rather being ordered to do so by the managerial staff of the call centers. Some employees have opted to make a stand and not call on Moak’s behalf, and as far as it seems, this has yet to challenge anyone’s job security at the centers.
Prior to being assigned to calling for Moak, employees are instructed to sign a “Political Disclosure Agreement,” which is little more than a non-disclosure agreement. This document, which I’ve been provided a copy of, reads as follows:
I understand that I can never give any of the following information to any customer on a political project:
1. Who our client is
2. Who I work for (or give the Synergy Name)
3. What state or region I am calling from
I understand that if I do give any of the information listed above under any circumstance, I put the company at risk.
Moak’s campaign website claims that Synergy Solutions is a company “which provides customer service focused on healthcare.” This is not true. Synergy Solutions has had a number of clients over the years, including Bank of America, Lifelock (an identity theft protection company), Verizon, and many others. They are best described as a telemarketing organization, and while a small minority of their clients are related to the health care industry, they make no effort to focus on any particular field. The website continues to claim that “Synergy Solutions currently has hundreds of employees in Arizona,” while ignoring the fact that most of their employees work in call centers hundreds of miles from the State, and that the primary role of the company is to outsource customer service jobs from locales where their clients are headquartered.
Approximately one week prior to my writing this article, I attempted to contact Moak’s campaign via the “contact us” form on their website, asking if they would like to comment. They did not respond as of the time I published this article. Should they respond to that message, I will be sure to update this article. Written for Newsvine by: Matt Rock

By: Tired of Govt telling us what to do

Tired of Govt telling us what to do — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:29:18 +0000

You can make money from a non profit. Otherwise one would be out of business. It’s what you do with the money that is key to the organization and their non profit status..

By: Tired of Govt telling us what to do

Tired of Govt telling us what to do — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:28:07 +0000

PAULINA MORRIS BRAGS ABOUT HER FIXING “BROKEN GOVERNMENT”

Unfortunately, her bragging includes taxing your pocketbook and incurring increased debt for the future. Then, she walked away from the job before it was fixed.

FACT: Republican Arizona Congressional District 3 candidate PAULINA MORRIS was a member of the Maricopa County Special Health Care District.

FACT: During her tenure, total liabilities rose and operating losses continued in the millions.

FACT: A property tax was initiated to help PAULINA MORRIS fix “broken government”

FACT: The District began operations on January 1, 2005 and they imposed a secondary
property tax. Paulina Morris was elected to the inaugural board in 11/2004.
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The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix (July 2, 2010 Friday, Pg. 1 Vol. 62 No. 4) reports:
“In 2005, Morris became the chair of the district’s board. By the end of her tenure in 2008, “I had led a financial turnaround of the system by running it as a business,” she said. The health-care system was then $100 million in the black.”
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LET’S EXAMINE THE RECORD:

According to a March 2009 audit by State of Arizona Auditor General, the Health District under Morris’ tenure had:

Total Liabilities
2005 $44,536,760
2008 $121,857,128
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Operating Loss
2006 (31,801,467)
2007 (50,151,251)
2008 (15,838,376)
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Property Tax Revenues
2005 Zero
2006 40,000,000
2007 43,000,000
2008 46,310,880

Source: State of Arizona Auditor General, March • 2009, Maricopa County Special Health Care District,
Report No. 09-03
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Therefore, Morris is saying she fixed government by:
 Raising your property taxes,
 Increasing debt liabilities,
 In addition, as chair of the board authorized and approved budgets with millions of dollars still in operating losses that has to be paid for by the taxpayers,
 Believes Big Government is the answer to our health care needs.
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Sounds like tax and spend Democrat financial policy. Government taxes you and we still have to pay increased debt. Just what we need in Washington, D.C.

Paulina Morris brags, “I’m the only candidate in this race who has fixed broken government”.

Not only did she not fix it, she walked away from the job before it was done.

Too bad, Morris, who has spent most of her career as a government bureaucrat, talks big about accomplishing so little.

Maybe, Big Government taxing us to pay for government run health care is something to brag about for Morris.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:30:18 +0000

Clearly Moak made the money off of the purchase and sale of a for-profit company. You don’t make money off of a non-profit.

I’m tired of hearing all the smut the media and the candidates – also, the candidates friends – can stir up about each other. The election is in less than a week. Can any of the nine candidates go on record about things that really matter aka NOT dirtyscottsdale.com, law suits against the government and accounting mistakes?

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:00:34 +0000

This is amazing, Steve Moak told me he made all of his money before he started NotMykid, obviously he took advantage of a lot of people. This is an ethical question of integrity. Do you think Steve Moak is an ethical man by profiting $25 million from a non-profit organization?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:55:50 +0000

Steve Moak made $25 million off of a non-profit company. This is a serious ethical issue and this doesn’t make me feel that he is quaylified to be a leader. Steve Moak is not what I consider a man of moral integrity to scare parents across the country and promote his drug testing kit. This all comes down to moral issues and how he made his money. He is exactly the type of person we don’t need to represent us.