"Wyndham Worldwide donated $100,000 to [Mike Barber's] First Tee [of the Triad, whose Board Member is Mark Brazil]"

Aug. 31, 2011

"The votes are in, and the winner of the inaugural Charity of Choice program at the recent Wyndham Championship is [Mike Barber's] The First Tee of the Triad. The program was created by tournament title sponsor Wyndham Worldwide, one of the world's largest hospitality companies.

Throughout the tournament, spectators voted at computer kiosks in the "Key to Wyn" tent for their "charity of choice" from almost 50 local and national not-for-profit children's organizations. The donation came through Wishes by Wyndham, the philanthropic foundation of Wyndham Worldwide and official charity of the Wyndham Championship.

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR, Mark Brazil,

who serves on First Tee of the Triad's Board.

After Wyndham winner Webb Simpson [Sam Simpson's brother] received the Sam Snead Cup for winning the 72nd annual Wyndham Championship, he presented a $100,000 check to The First Tee of the Triad on behalf of Wishes by Wyndham.

Mark Brazil gives $100,000 of Wyndham's money

to Mike Barber's First Tee of the Triad

while serving on Barber's Board.

What are the odds?

"We were so grateful to the Wyndham for giving us this opportunity and thankful to all the fans who believed in us enough to vote for us," The First Tee of the Triad president Jeff Howard said.

Jeff Howard is Mike Barber's boss

and a personal buddy of First Tee board member Mark Brazil.

"We're in our fourth year, and we've touched over 16,000 kids already...

Thanks again to Wishes by Wyndham for this generous donation."

Following the Charity of Choice donation, The First Tee of the Triad donated $5,000 to each of the other top-five finishers in the Charity of Choice listed alphabetically: Autism Society of North Carolina, Greensboro Children's Museum, United Way and Victory Junction.

http://www.jamestownnews.com/sports/article_78830917-b66b-5563-b6ff-57e5608377fc.html

Did the other charities get paid off

after they objected to Brazil, Barber and Howard's

blatant nepotism via a rigged vote? 

Were the extra donations included in the original prize list?

First Tee of the Triad Board Members;

Brazil, Mark Board Member
Bruce, Carole W. Board Member
Clark, Jeff Board Member
Clopton, George Board Member
Cummings, Candace S. Board Member
Dailey, Dianne Board Member
Faidley, John Board Member
Goodson, Leesa Board Member
Hough, Michael R. Board Member
Howard, Jeffrey C. Board Member
Kluttz, James Board Member
McCaskill, T. Gray Board Member
McQuery, Dr. Charles E. "Chuck" Board Member
McSwain, Judge Lawrence Board Member
Pearce, John "Buck" Board Member
Twilley, Michael Board Member
Watkins, Thomas C. Board Member
White, III, Dunlop Board Member
Zifchak, Pete Board Member

http://www.thefirstteetriad.org/club/scripts/clubpers/view_clubpers_list.asp?GRP=20829&NS=GAU&APP=61&FLAGCODE=BOARD

Mike Barber is very close with Mark Brazil.

The board was made up 

of many of Mike and Mark's friends and business associates.  

Mark Brazil is BFFs with Joe Louis Barrow Jr.,

CEO of The First Tee.

http://www.thefirsttee.org/club/scripts/clubpers/view_clubpers.asp?SRC=L&PID=36616&GRP=17356&NS=CU

Joe Louis Barrow Jr. is close with Carole W. Bruce, whose name along with fellow First Tee of the Triad's George Clopton were knee deep with the Civil Rights Museum. 

Robert E. Long, Jr., Owner of Greensboro's Granville Capital, Inc., is on the national First Tee Board of Directors and, along with Mark Brazil, is angling to get $22.5 million from the City of Greensboro for water and sewer down 421, which Mike Barber already voted for an RFP for;

http://www.thefirsttee.org/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?NS=PUBLIC&DN=LEADERSHIP
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Who would be stupid enough to spend $22.5 million to get water and sewer to a Megasite, about 10 miles away from another that already has it?

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/02/who-would-be-stupid-enough-to-spend-225.html

WTF Jim Melvin, Jon Bell, Mark Brazil, Kevin Carter, Pat Danahey, Don Flow, Kelly King, Nido Qubein, Tim Rice, Kelly Stanhope and Robert Long?

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/01/wtf-jim-melvin.html

Barber doesn't have any morality problems get in his way;

Goodbye Mike Barber and Zack Matheny; "Greensboro group pressured to hire new CEO"

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/04/goodbye-mike-barber-and-zack-matheny.html

"Melvin said [Megasite] funding, for now, is coming by way of the Bryan Foundation and private monies."

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/03/melvin-said-megasite-funding-for-now-is.html

Zack Matheny and Mike Barber need to recuse themselves from the Megasite Water and Sewer vote

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/03/zack-matheny-and-mike-barber-need-to.html

All the finest people.

I just received a phone call from City of Greensboro Councilman Mike Barber on First Tee of the Triad

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/05/i-just-received-phone-call-from-city-of.html

Charitable Compensation and Mike Barber's First Tee of the Triad

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/04/charitable-compensation-and-mike.html

Carole Bruce serves on Mike Barber's and Bryan's Foundations, and was an owner of the Civil Rights Museum

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/04/carole-bruce-serves-on-mike-barbers-and.html

Mike Barber's First Tee of the Triad/Golf Fore Fun Math, Info and FAQ

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/04/mike-barbers-first-tee-of-triadgolf.html

Wyndham Championship 2013 Federal Form 990: Part 1

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2014/05/wyndham-championship-2013-federal-form.html

Wyndham Championship 2013 Federal Form 990: Part 2

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2014/05/wyndham-championship-2013-federal-form_16.html

From Mike Barber's City Council Economic Interest Disclosure signed on February 24, 2014

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/04/from-mike-barbers-city-council-economic.html

Greensboro City Council members argue about nonprofit info

http://www.news-record.com/multimedia/youtube_dff66ee6-ba89-11e3-9825-0017a43b2370.html

Beginning at 0.46, Barber said he received emails that day; Emails from a public records request show none.

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/05/beginning-at-046-barber-said-he.html

Mike Barber Tees Off

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2014/05/mike-barber-tees-off.html

Mike Barber Could Have Said

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2014/05/mike-barber-could-have-said.html

Why Did The City Not Send Me Mike Barber's E-mails?

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2014/04/why-did-city-not-send-send-me-mike.html

Jeff Sykes on Mike Barber; "RECORDS SHOW COUNCILMAN’S NON-PROFIT SALARY"

"Expenses for camps and clinics, the rationale for the organization, amount to $23,193, or six percent of total revenue."

http://yescurrent.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/records-show-councilmans-non-profit-salary/

Councilman Mike Barber Takes City Funding, Refuses Transparency

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2014/04/councilman-mike-barber-takes-city.html

Mike Barber Lied On First Tee Federal Form 990s

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2014/04/mike-barber-lied-on-first-tee-federal.html

Mike Barber Shows City Subsidies First Tee

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2014/04/mike-barber-shows-city-subsidies-first.html

Grimsley alum’s foundation donates to First Tee of Triad

http://www.news-record.com/sports/recreation/article_75ebe950-19ff-5ffe-ab3c-ec2f7fffffb4.html?mode=story

Wyndham Championship offers scholarships to First Tee

http://www.jamestownnews.com/sports/article_070abfb2-a94d-11e3-9589-0019bb2963f4.html

Have The Greensboro Jaycees Been Dirty All Along?

I've long believed the Jaycees to be a training ground for corrupt local politicans and an incubator for the pervasive good old boy network that has long choked Greensboro economicly but in this comment by former Jaycee member, Karl Brustmeyer we learn:

"There is a rumor that Mr. Donnell J. Hardy found evidence where the 2012 Jaycees President had secretly transferred $70,000 dollars of Jaycees monies to the Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation and its affiliates (Wyndam Golf Tournament, etc.). There is also a rumor he uncovered a plot to subvert the autonomy of the Jaycees that was led by 2012 Jaycees President. At the January meeting it was circulated that the amount in question was $2100 but yet they paid an outside Attorney over $12,000. That’s when I knew there was something more to this and when I inquired about the matter I was kicked out the organization. I am not certain of the validity of these rumors but maybe the Greensboro News and Record could do some investigative work and find out for themselves."

The News & Record doing investigative journalism? Sorry Mr Brustmeyer, that ended when my friend, Lex Alexander busted Greensboro's Red Light Camera scam years ago with a tiny bit of help from yours truly.

And finally, have you ever seen a photograph of a con man who wasn't clean cut, handsome and well dressed? And if you ever met a con man, wasn't he just the nicest guy you could ever want to know?