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Comments on: On conflicts of interest…. https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571 Bringing obscurity into focus Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: Rantings of a Civil War Historian » Why Joseph McKinney must resign https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571&cpage=1#comment-44466 Tue, 17 May 2011 13:08:19 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571#comment-44466 […] in the huge and irreconcilable conflict of interest that I pointed out here last week, and it becomes painfully clear that this man has NO business heading the BSF, and that […]

]]> By: Chuck https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571&cpage=1#comment-44460 Mon, 16 May 2011 19:56:10 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571#comment-44460 Eric,
Thanks for keeping this in front of the Civil War Community.
Mr. Mckinney’s ascendancy to the presidency of BSF is tragic. The battlefield is under constant threat and it certainly doesn’t need a passive preservation organization at times like these.
That Bud Hall, and those board members who resigned with him in protest of Mr. McKinney’s nomination had to move to protect the battlefield without any support whatsoever from the current president and board of BSF is a travesty.
In terms of protecting the battlefield the present BSF is useless.
As one of those who served on the Board when Bud Hall was President, I can assure you we ‘exiled’ members take seriously the trust given to us to fight for the battlefield. We feel that we speak for the battlefield on behalf of the soldiers who fought and died there that can no longer speak for themselves. If we don’t, who will….certainly not Joe McKinney.
The current BSF board might abandon their obligations but we will continue to fight for the battlefield with or without their help.
Those of you who are current members and care about the battlefield we need you to speak up now. Write the board of BSF asking for the resignation of Joe McKinney and a firm, public reaffirmation of its guiding principle to protect the battlefield. It is our fervent hope that in time BSF will return to its preservation roots and fight with us for the battlefield.

]]> By: Jeff Mancini https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571&cpage=1#comment-44456 Sat, 14 May 2011 19:14:08 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571#comment-44456 So Eric basically the BSF has been hijacked so that the local towing magnate can desicrate a portion of the battlefield. It is a recurring theme to Civil War Cavalry buffs. Witness the ham headed way that Henrico County handled zoning and development in and around Yellow Tavern. Each edict brought more infringement on this area relegating the now suburban Richmond shrine into a haven for area youth to swill beer and smoke pot on the weekends amid stacks of middle class housing tracts. A wonderful way to pay homage to Jeb Stuart’s legacy. A more noble application is the struggle to preserve the remaining cavalry battle sites is to examine the Trevilian Station Foundation’s work with officials in Louisa County. This lighter populated area manages to keep some semblance of decorum to the site but in a budget tight constrained world and occasional efforts to relegate the size of the site hats off to that group for its efforts. At Brandy Station the lenient disregard for a few things unsuitable (the McMansion) and a couple that is high handed and a bit too thin skinned to evoke a truly objective thought on protecting the battlefield the worse fears are coming into play: That the battlefield site is in imminent danger of being marginalized into a snippet, a sound byte not worthy of historical preservation. The battle and its participants are being eroded by a sub culture of disregard for its meaning. People are shocked and chagrined if infringements are made at Gettysburg, Antietam, Chattanooga etc. However, Brandy Station amid the splendor of the rolling green Northern Virginia Culpeper County countryside is getting an intensive blitz to roll up the battlefield into a tightly packaged half baked summary of what was the largest cavalry battle ever fought in North America. You can’t reconstitute the battlefield and ship it to Disney World. You can’t keep impugning the merit of this fight and you can’t let insensitive desecration of the area distort the terrain into private control and domain. BSF officials have a responsibiolity to protect the site and not allow the area to be exploited. It is not unreasonable to ask the parties to step away and re focus their visions away from the battlefield proper.

]]> By: Christ Liebegott https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571&cpage=1#comment-44455 Fri, 13 May 2011 16:55:01 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571#comment-44455 Is there anything in the by-laws that allow the membership or board members to impeach the president?

]]> By: Mike Brown https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571&cpage=1#comment-44454 Fri, 13 May 2011 16:48:57 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571#comment-44454 Well done, Eric. Maybe you can teach some of your investigation techniques to Mr. Nugent.

]]> By: David Navarre https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571&cpage=1#comment-44453 Fri, 13 May 2011 15:44:16 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571#comment-44453 Well done, Eric. Well done.

]]> By: Bob Huddleston https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571&cpage=1#comment-44452 Fri, 13 May 2011 13:49:53 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571#comment-44452 Over the years I have discovered one of the hardest things for anyone is recognize a conflict of interest — especially if if involves friendship. Good work, Eric!

]]> By: Brooks D. Simpson https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571&cpage=1#comment-44451 Fri, 13 May 2011 05:18:15 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571#comment-44451 I think someone just got caught doing something that they hoped would never see the light of day. Oops.

Good work, Eric. It’s time for the preservation community to start asking some tough questions and demand answers. You’ve done the initial work.

]]> By: Jen https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571&cpage=1#comment-44450 Fri, 13 May 2011 03:08:15 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2571#comment-44450 Nice job, Eric. Now, let’s see if Mr. McKinney finally chooses to do the honorable thing (since thus far he has obviously chosen not to). For the rest of America not to jump up and down about this desecration is disappointing but not unexpected. The fact that Mr. McKinney has been unresponsive is unforgivable.

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