Kuskokwim 300 may not survive financial investigation
Mon, March 24, 2008
Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories
The future of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race is in jeopardy, after a series of questionable bookkeeping errors which are now under investigation by race officials and by the State Department of Revenue. The Race Manager has since been fired and replaced by Acting Race Manager Myron Angstman. He says the Kuskokwim 300 relies heavily on income from the local sale of rippies, and the former manager neglected to pay, and under-reported, the taxes owed to the city of Bethel.
Posted on the k300.org web site this afternoon:
The K-300 is facing serious financial issues at this time. If you are willing to help with reorganization of the financial structure of the race, give Myron a call. The race needs financial support, as well as off season volunteer support, in order to assure that the 30th running of the 300 will happen.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
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The K300 has played such an important role in so many lives in Western Alaska. I hope Alaskans and the mushing community come together to help ensure this race continues.
Sad to see the K-300 in such a state, even worse to see this being reported this way, since it seems to lack facts and substance, how about some information or comments from the State Department of Revenue on this investigation? Maybe the City of Bethel since it says they are the ones that didn’t get paid, and the State gets their rippie money upfront when you buy them. If payments were not made and under reported, wouldn’t that mean they would have been in more trouble sooner? I hope to see more reporting on this from Mr. Shurtleff, and less over the phone blogs of Mr. Angstman.