So this is what we're working so hard for.

This is so disturbing. We do so much and work so hard to involve our boys in this great program. This stuff just makes me sick. Something needs to be done to make the OC council responsible for all our hard-earned money...for the BSA, not drinks and private beaches!!!
I am involved in Scouting in our ward, maybe thats part of why this stings even harder.


Boy Scouts execs splurge

Local council's records on trip to Key West show spending on alcohol, pricey food, golf.
By TONY SAAVEDRA and TERI SFORZA
The Orange County Register


S'mores and "Kumbaya" it ain't.
The Pier House Resort and Caribbean Spa is touted as Key West's premier hotel, with three restaurants and four bars.
The Florida hotel's Web site features a topless woman gazing at sun-dappled waters beyond a private white sand beach.
Guests are invited to "mix business with pleasure."
Orange County Boy Scouts chief Leslie Baron and 31 Scouting executives from around the nation did just that in January, with the Orange County chapter picking up the tab for more than $27,000 in banquets, cocktails, rounds of golf and fishing trips.
Rooms for the three Orange County delegates were an additional $5,200.
According to internal receipts and financial documents obtained by The Orange County Register, Baron and his colleagues from around the country:
• Ran up a tab of $210 for alcoholic beverages that included Big Ass Cab, chocolate martinis and Granny Smith cocktails. Paying for alcohol is not an approved expense in Scouting organizations.
• Dined on prime rib at $20 a person and consumed $210 worth of Parmesan-crusted artichoke hearts stuffed with goat cheese mousse.
• Took fishing trips on chartered boats in the Gulf of Mexico at $540 per boat.
• Golfed at the nation's only Caribbean course, where greens fees run $160.
As a charity group, the Boy Scouts paid no taxes on any of the costs.
The Boy Scouts of America's Orange County Council picked up most of the tab for the weekend conference in Key West, but was reimbursed within 30 days by the other Scouting groups that attended, officials said.
However, council spokeswoman Lara Fisher said she could not release any documents showing that those reimbursements were made.