Energy Magnate Koch Funds New Anti-Cape Wind Group
Alliance forms a new Anti-Wind Farm lobbying arm
Advocates for Nantucket Sound, Inc. to be IRS-501-c-4 non-tax-deductible
By Dick Farley, Cape Cod Today Washington Correspondent
Washington, DC -- The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, a tax-exempt, nonprofit, charitable organization established in 2001 to block development of the Cape Wind offshore power generating project six to eleven miles off Cape Cod, has created a new lobbying arm. The fledgling organization, Advocates for Nantucket Sound, Inc., was registered with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 28 of this year. The address listed for Advocates for Nantucket Sound, Inc. is the same as the Alliance To Protect Nantucket Sound, at 4 Barnstable Road, Hyannis.
Additionally, the Articles of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office list only one "member" in the new organization: "The sole member of the Corporation (sic) shall be the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Inc., a Massachusetts charitable organization."
...A local observer said, "Nobody goes to the trouble of setting up an entire, new corporation with the same 'members' without a strong reason, and past stories indicate that The Alliance has probably exceeded the 17% allowed for lobbying by a non-profit."
Advocates for Nantucket Sound, Inc., has three founding board members, two of whom also serve as its officers.
Charles Vinick, currently president and CEO of the Alliance, is listed as a director and president of "Advocates." Cape Wind foe Wayne Kurker, operator of Hyannis Marina and a current director of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, is also named as treasurer and "clerk" of the new organization, as well as being a director...
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