{"id":60775,"date":"2015-07-08T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60775"},"modified":"2015-07-08T10:32:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T14:32:35","slug":"veterans-support-organization-under-scrutiny-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60775","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Support Organization under scrutiny again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us a link to story at WPTV<\/a> in Palm Beach County, Florida in regards to a veteran who confronted a fellow soliciting near a Publix store there. The fellow was soliciting for a group called Veterans Support Organization<\/a>. The veteran who confronted him was Andy Rubenstein, a Desert Storm veteran who asked the beggar some basic questions that he couldn’t answer. So, the beggar called his boss. The boss came and cleared out the booth and took off – not the reaction of a legitimate organization.<\/p>\n

A quick Google of VSO turns up a warning from Charity Navigator<\/a>. They were fined in Tennessee for violating the state’s charitable solicitations law. A report last year by a local Dallas station<\/a> says that they’ve been banned from several states for things like hiring felons and misleading the public. In fact, Florida, where the initial story occurred, has recently fined them.<\/p>\n

According to the article in dallas, VSO takes in $7 million\/year, but most of it goes to soliciting for more money and paying it’s officers. They have been accused of threatening their beggars for not making daily goals. Sounds like a sweet gig.<\/p>\n