Wondi Page 14 The Battalion Monday, August 28,1989 Church group accused of evading rules A PASADENA, Calif. (AP) fundamentalist church group im properly spent $117,000 earmarked for a low-income housing project here and tried to evade government rules to sell the building at an enor mous profit, HUD records and court documents show. The sale of The Concord, a 150- unit high-rise building, was halted through the persistence of tenants who feared they would be evicted or their rents would triple, lawyers fa miliar with the case said. The tenants urged the inspector general at the Department of Hous ing and Urban Development to con duct an audit, which found $ 117,787 in project funds were improperly spent by The Concord’s owner, Community Churches of America. Among other things, HUD found that Concord funds were used to pay church group officers and purchase two vans used for church events. The housing agency eventually reached a settlement with the group on the misspent money. The Glendale-based fundamen talist group first tried to sell the apartment building in 1982 for $5.5 million, after paying off the balance of a $2.05 million HUD loan to the original developer. Congress has since prohibited pre-payment of HUD loans unless the housing secre tary finds that existing tenants are protected from eviction or higher rents. Community Churches tried again in 1985 to sell the building for $5.5 million, under the protection of a bankruptcy reorganization. But the bankruptcy sale was blocked after objections were raised by tenants, Board investigates track investors, relationship with indicted partner MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The State Racing Board has asked two investors in a Kenosha County greyhound track to clarify their relationship with an associate in dicted on criminal charges in Alabama. But Terence M. Dunleavy, the board’s executive di rector, said the board’s letter to Dairyland Greyhound Park investors Herman and Elliot Maisel was “standard operating procedure.” “All we’re doing is investigating the situation to make sure everything is on the up and up because this is a rac ing-related matter,” Dunleavy said. Ellis McDonald, a partner with the Maisels in the Mo bile Greyhound Track, was indicted in Alabama on sev eral criminal charges. The charges include racketeering, mail fraud, intim idating a witness, conspiracy to defraud by obstructing the Internal Revenue Service, aiding in the preparation of false income tax returns and tax evasion. He is accused of receiving more than $1 million in kickbacks and committing other crimes in connection with the construction of a waste water treatment plant in Mobile, Ala., and another contract with the Scott Pa per Co. Dunleavy said he was confident McDonald’s indict ment would affect the Maisels’ Wisconsin track license. church creditors and HUD lawyers, according to court records on file in nearby Los Angeles. Community Churches was headed by the Rev. William S. McBirnie, a charismatic preacher. Community Churches acquired The Concord in 1979 and organized a non-profit foundation to run the building in accordance with HUD regulations. The building was erected in 1966 to provide subsidized housing for the elderly and handicapped. But there were problems from the outset, said Clements Gordon, 81, a former building manager who spearheaded the tenants’ fight. McBirnie planned to use the Con cord to house his own parishioners and the loyal listeners to his anti communist radio broadcasts, “Voice of Americanism,”he said. By 1982, McBirnie decided to sell The Concord because “we were con stantly being frustrated at making improvements in the building and not being able to do the good work that we had intended,” he said in a legal declaration. He did not return calls seeking comment. In August 1982, Gordon and other tenants filed suit to block the sale of The Concord. There was intense pressure to set tle because McBirnie’s groups had obtained a short-term loan at high interest to pay off the HUD loan, McNutt said. Europeans fear repea of U.S. crack flood, work to avoid crisis LONDON (AP) — Crack sei zures in Western Europe amount to a few ounces a year, a tiny haul alongside the U.S. flood. 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