As we ended our conversation, my friend said something odd. "If you are serious about understanding the Question 3 story, look at the people behind it."
Okay. I'm game.
The two names that I hear and read most often are Carey Theil and Christine Dorchak. An article in the Christian Science Monitor reveals why these two names are always popping up together. They live together as a couple. Two other names also appear together frequently as well; GREY2K USA and the Committee to Protect Dogs. A quick search on these two organizations reveals they are both run by the same people! Oh yeah- ONE MORE: The GREY2K USA Education Fund. Yep-- same people. We're going to do our best to get the financial information (regarding salaries in particular) on these organizations in the coming days, as several sources are saying that Theil and Dorchak are making a comfortable living from these organizations.
At least George Carney and Bill O'Donnell are honest about the source of their income from the dog racing industry. It seems to me that no matter if Question 3 passes or not Ms. Dorchak and Mr. Theil come up winner$.
So, who is Christine Dorchak? The person who knows her best, Carey Theil in a news paper interview, describes her as "...stubborn..." Virginia Fuller, past president of the New England Wildlife Center said in the same interview that Christine is atypically impassioned and that animal rescue is the "focus of her being." This is beginning to sound like one of the PETA extremists to me. What next? Will she have us shutting down the New England Aquarium because they keep fish in a tank or serve fish on the menu in the cafeteria?
Ooops! I forgot! She's already done that!
Perhaps this best reveals the character of Ms. Dorchak.
According to the same referenced article in the Christian Science Monitor, George Carney, owner of the Raynham race track, and a trustee of the New England School of Law, was on the stage to award Dorchak her diploma, which she received through a scholarship at least partially provided by Mr. Carney, who earns (at least some of ) his money from greyhound racing!
OUCH! Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!If Ms. Dorchak has such ethical issues with greyhound racing, perhaps she should return the diploma for that law degree, or at the very least, the money from her scholarship.
Source: October 10, 2007 Christian Science Monitor
6 comments:
Wow this is great! Christine is a hero! And you are making the case for her!
You say, “George Carney, owner of the Raynham race track, and a trustee of the New England School of Law, funded a scholarship to educate a brilliant young attorney who then used her education to promote justice and just because he’s on the opposite side of the issue, she doesn’t deserve the scholarship!” That’s classic.
Perhaps all scholarships should come with a caveat that one must support only the causes and the views of the funder.
I love it that the Committee to Protect Dogs and GREY 2K USA are grass roots organizations make up of real people, who by the way are transparent in their accounting, and do have the right to be recompensed for working for the people full time.
I would personally rather see my donation fund real people than be on the side of the track people who are so fork-tongued they have to hire a D.C. Lobbyist PR Person Glenn Totten to spin for them.
What people should consider is the Vote Yes on 3 people have been consistent in their message and facts. Without variation and with credible back-up.
On the flip side, all the pro-dog racers whine about is the loss of jobs but those people can be trained to do lots of things that don’t involve cruelty to dogs who can not speak for themselves.
Throughout history, men and women have done horrible things from genocide to human trafficking and excused their cruelty because they needed the “job.” Bay State voters are better than this.
Please. The real Christine Dorchak is a PETA protester.
http://www.protectdogsandjobs.org/Dorchakprotest.jpg
The real Christine Dorchak "friends" PETA President Ingrid Newkirk.
http://www.protectdogsandjobs.org/ChristineDorchak4.jpg
The real DC Lobbyist is Wayne Pacelle. He is president of Humane Society USA which has paid Dorchak and Theil through their organization $100,000 a year for the last eight years to provide a direct mail fundraising bonanza for HSUSA's coffers.
For this, we throw hundreds of Massachusetts families out on the street in the worst economy in decades.
Don't be fooled.
Dorchak is a certified nut job. The same article quoted reveals that she only came to see the light after being preternaturally connected to her dog.
I am sorry that she was in a train accident, but it really appears that her head injury is what is driving her overly emotional response to dog racing.
Christine and her friends at PETA are extremists who will go to any length to achieve their goals, which are out of sync with mainstream Americans.
Good luck getting financial information on their organizations! That is one of many things they want to stay hidden, like the apartment that was being paid for by their organizations, and the fact that Theil has changed his title in the organization so he does not have to report his income.
Anonymous--
You attempt to "quote" my words, yet you re-write the sentence completely! Theil & Dorchak have trained you well!
MY WORDS:
If Ms. Dorchak has such ethical issues with greyhound racing, perhaps she should return the diploma for that law degree, or at the very least, the money from her scholarship.
YOUR twisted revision:
“George Carney, owner of the Raynham race track, and a trustee of the New England School of Law, funded a scholarship to educate a brilliant young attorney who then used her education to promote justice and just because he’s on the opposite side of the issue, she doesn’t deserve the scholarship!”
According to guidestar in 2004 the grey2k education fund (run by Dorchak) received $32,036 in funding donations.
According to guidestar in 2004 the hsus lists a single contribution to grey2kusa of $32,000
Coincidence ?
Who is funding who ?
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