The names have all changed but the song remains the same
The question has been asked time and again. Why go public?
The simple answer is to get a response. The more in depth answer follows.
On December 19th, Karen introduced me on the forum as an investor and owner of PWP.
As an owner, I expect to have full access to the accounting. The last entry in the accounting of PWP finances, as provided to me by Karen Simmons, is dated January 7th. However many times I've asked for the accounts to be updated, and however many times as Karen promised to update those records, it never happened.
As explained in a previous post, eventually I was able to download PWP's income from the back end of the board. I put together a spreadsheet and came to the conclusion PWP should have $15,ooo in funds available when Karen was telling me we had nothing.
I waited to speak with Karen face to face. I wanted my message to be clear. We can talk about this. We can work this out.
We spoke on Saturday, September 22nd. She promised me a full accounting by Wednesday, Sept 26th.
The speaking? It didn't go so well. It never moved much beyond "We need to talk. We can work this out." So I handed her the letter from my lawyer which demanded a full accounting of all revenues and expenses of PWP by Friday, September 28th.
On Monday, October 8th - A full 10 days past the deadline my lawyer set, 12 days past the date Karen said she'd have the accounting to me, we hadn't heard a word from anyone. So I tracked down the lawyer she is using.
Her lawyer asked for two days to respond, until Wednesday the 10th. After blowing past the initial deadline, they didn't call. They didn't fax. They didn't overnight. They sent a letter regular mail. We finally received our first contact On Monday, October 15th. At that point, we were 17 days past the date set by my lawyer.
And what was enclosed in the letter? A bunch of photocopied receipts. Not a full accounting of INCOME and expenses. And the letter? Barely touched on the issues we brought up.
A simple Google search taught me the best way to get Karen to respond is to make the issue public. And it was becoming increasingly clear that Karen was not inclined to respond. My attorneys were getting nowhere, and I was getting nowhere with the communication efforts we'd tried over the weeks that led up to my blogging. As a last ditch effort, I blogged. And as I suspected, it elicited a response.
Going public is a nasty business. One I had hoped to avoid. But I will do what I can to recoup my investment. It doesn't hurt that I may be able to help a few others by sharing my experiences.
Oh. And while we're at it.
My lawyers aren't telling me not to talk. They are telling me to make damn certain anything I say can be proven in a court of law.
Claire Dancy can be proven in a court of law.
And I believe the finances can be proven in a court of law. So do my lawyers.
The simple answer is to get a response. The more in depth answer follows.
On December 19th, Karen introduced me on the forum as an investor and owner of PWP.
As an owner, I expect to have full access to the accounting. The last entry in the accounting of PWP finances, as provided to me by Karen Simmons, is dated January 7th. However many times I've asked for the accounts to be updated, and however many times as Karen promised to update those records, it never happened.
As explained in a previous post, eventually I was able to download PWP's income from the back end of the board. I put together a spreadsheet and came to the conclusion PWP should have $15,ooo in funds available when Karen was telling me we had nothing.
I waited to speak with Karen face to face. I wanted my message to be clear. We can talk about this. We can work this out.
We spoke on Saturday, September 22nd. She promised me a full accounting by Wednesday, Sept 26th.
The speaking? It didn't go so well. It never moved much beyond "We need to talk. We can work this out." So I handed her the letter from my lawyer which demanded a full accounting of all revenues and expenses of PWP by Friday, September 28th.
On Monday, October 8th - A full 10 days past the deadline my lawyer set, 12 days past the date Karen said she'd have the accounting to me, we hadn't heard a word from anyone. So I tracked down the lawyer she is using.
Her lawyer asked for two days to respond, until Wednesday the 10th. After blowing past the initial deadline, they didn't call. They didn't fax. They didn't overnight. They sent a letter regular mail. We finally received our first contact On Monday, October 15th. At that point, we were 17 days past the date set by my lawyer.
And what was enclosed in the letter? A bunch of photocopied receipts. Not a full accounting of INCOME and expenses. And the letter? Barely touched on the issues we brought up.
A simple Google search taught me the best way to get Karen to respond is to make the issue public. And it was becoming increasingly clear that Karen was not inclined to respond. My attorneys were getting nowhere, and I was getting nowhere with the communication efforts we'd tried over the weeks that led up to my blogging. As a last ditch effort, I blogged. And as I suspected, it elicited a response.
Going public is a nasty business. One I had hoped to avoid. But I will do what I can to recoup my investment. It doesn't hurt that I may be able to help a few others by sharing my experiences.
Oh. And while we're at it.
My lawyers aren't telling me not to talk. They are telling me to make damn certain anything I say can be proven in a court of law.
Claire Dancy can be proven in a court of law.
And I believe the finances can be proven in a court of law. So do my lawyers.
Labels: Claire Dancy, Karen Simmons, Kia McAuliffe, PWP
posted by Kiki at
6:15 AM
2 Comments:
You are absolutely correct. The only way to get a response from Karen is to take it public. Our way of doing this, as past clients, was to go to Channel 11 and do the consumer segment. I'll say that we got MOST of our negatives back and photographs that were obviously mounted, judging by the mastic that was still on the backs of some. Why does she do this? What is she gaining?
I can't believe there are so many "bad business" things about Karen Simmons on the internet! Or rather, I guess I can believe it. She took pictures for my wedding about 9 years ago and I had to hire a lawyer to get just my negatives from her after being ignored by her for two months after our wedding. I don't understand why someone would do such a thing with photos from one of the most important days of their lives! She is a horrible, horrible person and I hope the law catches up with her.
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