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The Northwestern Adventure: Park President Scandal?!
Do I continue posting this here? :?
This is a bit of a shorter update with quite a lot of reading, but it's super important to the story of the park.
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May 15th, 1989. Michelle Baker, Park CFO. CEO Scandal?!
Hello everyone! It's Michelle BAKER here! Me and Gary had a wonderful wedding and Honeymoon at St. Thomas. But while I was gone, some shady things have been going on at the park. Well, not at the actual park, but rather in upper management. You see, I was supposed to get the final draft for the park's 5 Year Expenditure Plan in the days before me and Gary went on our Honeymoon. I didn't get it by the time we left, so I just assumed that I'd get it when we got back. When we finally came back, the Plan was still missing. I contacted numerous other Upper Management members, all of which never got back to me. Nothing new was added for 1989. Nothing. No new rides, shows, food, not even new trash bins. When it finally came time, I met with other Upper Management members and asked where the Plan was. Some said they didn't know, some said that they thought I had it, and a few said they had it, when in reality they had an early draft. It was seriously annoying. Some time passed, and we're here in May. When I looked at the bi-monthly financial report, I noticed two things that I did not know about: 1) A loan of $2,000 was taken out. We payed our last loan off in 1986 after Tierco gained control of the park. And 2) $12,000 was mysteriously spent on an unidentified investment. Here's the report from this year(ignore the first two months. A downside to having a Sandbox park is that you don't have any Financial reports. Had to make another park with finances turned on) :
As you can see, we have a $2,000 loan out, and spent $12,000 on "Other". It was at this time when I realized that something was wrong. I went straight to Greg Davies(Park President)' office. He clocked out 10 minutes before I got there. :roll: I peeked in his office anyway, and noticed that there were a LOT of files and documents on his desk. It was too late for Pre-Season stuff like inventory, staffing, and maintenance, and it was far too early for Post-Season stuff like inventory(again), financial reports, and future development. This was extremely suspicious. If he were there, I'd probably be fired. However, I looked through the files, only to find them all involving drug and narcotic trade and sales. I was in awe, but in a bad way. Greg Davies, the Park President, spent the park's money on drugs. I immediately called the police. They found him in his home along with dozens of crates full of meth, marijuana, cocaine, LSD, and a bunch of other narcotics. The police are currently investigating to see if anyone else was involved. I don't think anyone else in Management would be involved. Or at least I hope not. Here's the story that the Missoulian did:
If you read the entire thing, you'd notice that at the end, Tierco may be in the process of selling the park. This is unfortunately true. We've gotten quite a few offers already, including Cedar Fair, Six Flags, and Kennywood Entertainment. If we don't strike a deal soon, we might be in trouble again. And on top of our current financial predicament, a new amusement park opened 3 hours west of here in Iowa, meaning that we have some competition now.
Until next time,
-Michelle Baker
Do I continue posting this here? :?
This is a bit of a shorter update with quite a lot of reading, but it's super important to the story of the park.
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May 15th, 1989. Michelle Baker, Park CFO. CEO Scandal?!
Hello everyone! It's Michelle BAKER here! Me and Gary had a wonderful wedding and Honeymoon at St. Thomas. But while I was gone, some shady things have been going on at the park. Well, not at the actual park, but rather in upper management. You see, I was supposed to get the final draft for the park's 5 Year Expenditure Plan in the days before me and Gary went on our Honeymoon. I didn't get it by the time we left, so I just assumed that I'd get it when we got back. When we finally came back, the Plan was still missing. I contacted numerous other Upper Management members, all of which never got back to me. Nothing new was added for 1989. Nothing. No new rides, shows, food, not even new trash bins. When it finally came time, I met with other Upper Management members and asked where the Plan was. Some said they didn't know, some said that they thought I had it, and a few said they had it, when in reality they had an early draft. It was seriously annoying. Some time passed, and we're here in May. When I looked at the bi-monthly financial report, I noticed two things that I did not know about: 1) A loan of $2,000 was taken out. We payed our last loan off in 1986 after Tierco gained control of the park. And 2) $12,000 was mysteriously spent on an unidentified investment. Here's the report from this year(ignore the first two months. A downside to having a Sandbox park is that you don't have any Financial reports. Had to make another park with finances turned on) :
As you can see, we have a $2,000 loan out, and spent $12,000 on "Other". It was at this time when I realized that something was wrong. I went straight to Greg Davies(Park President)' office. He clocked out 10 minutes before I got there. :roll: I peeked in his office anyway, and noticed that there were a LOT of files and documents on his desk. It was too late for Pre-Season stuff like inventory, staffing, and maintenance, and it was far too early for Post-Season stuff like inventory(again), financial reports, and future development. This was extremely suspicious. If he were there, I'd probably be fired. However, I looked through the files, only to find them all involving drug and narcotic trade and sales. I was in awe, but in a bad way. Greg Davies, the Park President, spent the park's money on drugs. I immediately called the police. They found him in his home along with dozens of crates full of meth, marijuana, cocaine, LSD, and a bunch of other narcotics. The police are currently investigating to see if anyone else was involved. I don't think anyone else in Management would be involved. Or at least I hope not. Here's the story that the Missoulian did:
If you read the entire thing, you'd notice that at the end, Tierco may be in the process of selling the park. This is unfortunately true. We've gotten quite a few offers already, including Cedar Fair, Six Flags, and Kennywood Entertainment. If we don't strike a deal soon, we might be in trouble again. And on top of our current financial predicament, a new amusement park opened 3 hours west of here in Iowa, meaning that we have some competition now.
Until next time,
-Michelle Baker
