Dominos start to fall: Dale's buddy Gerald Tenbosch is going to jail!

Channel 12 Video

"A former treasurer for a local athletic association is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the organization. 55 year-old Gerold Tenbosch faces one count of felony theft. Springfield Township Police say he embezzled $16,500 from the Finneytown Athletic Association. A member of the association says she noticed the money was missing while conducting an audit of the account. She told police she confronted Tenbosch about the missing money last month. He resigned from his position. Tenbosch is scheduled to face a judge Friday morning."

Who is Gerald J. Tenbosch?

Gerald J. Tenbosch is the Executive Director of Invest In Neighborhoods, Inc. Dale Mallory sits on the Board of Trustees of Invest In Neighborhoods.

What is Invest in Neighborhoods?

In 1978 a private foundation awarded the City of Cincinnati a five year grant, putting money into a "Neighborhood Fund". The purpose of that fund was "to support planning and related activities that would strengthen community-based leadership and encourage the organization of active neighborhood councils." It is of this initiative that Invest in Neighborhoods (INN) was formed.
INN is an incorporated non-profit, a tax-exempt organization that allocates and distributes the income generated by the Neighborhood Fund. Many corporate sponsers give grants through INN, including the biggest names in this town. And to cap it off, the City of Cincinnati opened up the public spigot of taxpayer funds in 1990, when the City entered into a contract with INN to distribute funds for the Neighborhood Support Program (NSP Funds) and the Neighborhood Business District Support Program (NBDSF Funds).

If you check out their Federal filings you will find that over the past 5 year reporting period they have received well over two million dollars in public support (read= taxpayer dollars).

Think about this. Gerald Tenbosch just stole 16 grand from some little league teams, what the hell do you think he was doing to the City of Cincinnati? I will tell you, he was raping the taxpayer.

What does this have to do with Dale Mallory?

As already stated, Dale Mallory is a personal friend of Gerald Tenbosch. It doesn't end there. Dale also serves on the board of trustees of Invest in Neighborhoods, which gives money to communtiy councils (of which Dale was a president). [self dealing]

Some West End residents went through a long and protracted battle with Invest in Neighborhoods a few years back concerning Dale Mallory. It was cut short due to mounting legal costs.

Invest in Neighborhoods acts as an offical record keeper of Community Councils. Only officially recognized councils can get funding, and all councils keep their Constitution and ByLaws on file. Last year, Dale Mallory changed the bylaws of the WECC unilaterally and decided that term limits need not apply to him as he sought a third term as WECC President. People were furious, but when they went to Gerald J. Tenbosch he had Dale's back. I will post more on this later now that it has become topical.

After Dale got impeached, Tenbosch sent this letter to Shirley Colbert:




Tenbosch suspended all of our funding, "as a result of some officers trying to remove others from their positions", and he demanded a written report. He later commented that a CityLink laywer told him that the impeachment was illegal. The only known lawyer for CityLink is Tim Burke, Chairman of the Hamilton County Democratic Party.

If Greald J. Tenbosch was willing to steal 16 grand from little league teams, imagine what he was doing with the millions of public funds at his disposal. Imagine what he would do when teamed up with a willing and able fellow compatriot like Dale Mallory, who was Executive Director of Genesis Redevelopment and who appointed his own cronies to the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation.

Tenbosch needs to be investigated. The first logical place that I would start would be to audit any disbursement from INN to the West End Community Council.

In ordinary times, the President of the West End Community Council could call for an audit or even perform one himself. But we live in special times. Even though Dale Mallory was impeached months ago, our President still has no access to the records of the organization. And as the letter from Tenbosch above states, we have been effectively cut off from all INN funding as well.

Things are about to change in the West End, whether the corrupt status quo likes it or not. And when the truth comes out it will be laid bare for all to see.