Looks like the Schwerdtmann's are still trying to get the ticket money from the City of Marion. -- ILLINOIS Pageants Board

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They must have counted the ticket money in their budget and need to collect it for themselves? i cannot understand why there is any suit left since a new group has been awarded the license and according to the licens Amalia had , whe would have had to turn the funds over to the new group anyway. OR...if MAO cancelled the license the money actually belongs to MAO to pay the bills of its licensee? Can anyoen figure this out? Maybe we need another gallon of water dropped on the witch? (NT)	No name	21:45:18 12/23/15 Wed


Sorry, this has already been settled so this article is incorrect. Keep searching (NT)	No name	10:48:52 12/25/15 Fri
No it has not..... (NT) -- No name, 22:54:26 12/25/15 Fri If this settled, then what was the outcome? (NT) -- No name, 11:01:31 12/30/15 Wed

I miss Amalia and all the excitement. Why won't people leave her alone and give her the money her sacrifices for Miss Illinois merit? (NT)	No name	00:04:20 01/02/16 Sat
It was not EXCITING for some people. Lots of people sacrificed for the organization for many years. (NT) -- No name, 02:11:24 01/04/16 Mon I think the post was maybe meant to be sarcastic. (NT) -- No name, 09:12:55 01/04/16 Mon 😪 -- No name, 15:20:42 01/05/16 Tue

Well , Amalia and her group couldn't have a suit unless they had a cased a case with MAO. Lawyers or a judge would not take a case if there wasn't any wrong doing from (NT)	No name	08:09:29 01/12/16 Tue
That's not at all true. (NT) -- No name, 18:32:39 01/14/16 Thu No one really knows the truth unless your her. Everyone is basing on hearsay of others (NT) -- No name, 22:53:38 01/14/16 Thu My point was that you can't determine the validity of Amalia's claims based on an attorney's willingness to take the case. (NT) -- No name, 13:32:59 01/15/16 Fri Agree but people cannot judge unless they know all facts from both parties. (NT) -- No name, 21:06:00 01/15/16 Fri With that logic, one might assume that if she had a really good case, the judge would have already ruled unanimously in her favor. But no. (NT) -- No name, 15:05:31 01/16/16 Sat

The point is .. Marion kept the money, it wasn't theirs to keep. The principle is what is being questioned. Marion is holding all the money...no one else. (NT)	No name	21:33:09 01/15/16 Fri
By orders of MAO (NT) -- No name, 22:14:30 01/15/16 Fri Read the contract. (NT) -- No name, 15:03:35 01/16/16 Sat

Yes and that is illegal. Everything Ashley has now is because of all the hard work of many others. Let's see what she does on her own. Just waiting ... No appearances up North at ALL this will be a mini Local pageant. The money will be hers yes, but wasn't raised by her or Marion. Fran should have taken this back over. Just saying... (NT)	No name	08:58:38 01/16/16 Sat
Bless your bitter heart. (NT) -- No name, 15:02:57 01/16/16 Sat A big part of the problem in this organization is that, like you, some people forget the money belongs to the program for the benefit of the girls who participate in it. IF Ashley's group receives a dollar, it will not be "hers," but rather it will go to support a scholarship program for young women; you might have heard of it. However, it is absolutely true that everything the program has now-the innumerable burned bridges and the fences that have had to be mended, among other things-is a result of the "hard work" of certain other people who apparently forgot that the program was about the contestants, or that the contestants even mattered at all. (NT) -- No name, 08:32:43 01/17/16 Sun

mao holding ticket money benefits no one but the lawyers	No name	10:00:57 01/16/16 Sat
Amalia continuing to fight doesn't benefit anyone but the lawyers, either. Let's not forget that Amalia is not a victim. (NT) -- No name, 18:17:31 01/16/16 Sat

You seriously have NO idea what you're talking about. Marion is NOT releasing the money. Know your facts. This was settled. (NT)	No name	22:45:10 01/16/16 Sat
Glad everyone knows what exactly going on. Must be the lawyers. (NT) -- No name, 08:21:55 01/17/16 Sun MAO prep planned this whole thing. Problem was the contract was between Marion and ISA. With Mao trying to terminate the contract after the state pageant still left contract in good standing. In Mao agreement with states says to pay all expenses then release to Mao. (NT) -- No name, 08:27:53 01/17/16 Sun MAO planned nothing. They had no intention of doing anything in Illinois until WGN showed up at the state pageant and put them on the spot. Within a week of WGN's confrontation, MAO pulled the plug on Amalia and her entire Board. So MAO's reaction was knee jerk to help reduce the damage of the news story that was about to hit the airwaves. That said, the money held by the City of Marion was supposed to be for the program, and Amalia no longer held the rights to the program. It has always been the rule that any left over funds get turned over to the new group. I also think that if MAO had a brain, they'd call for an audit of the funds spent over 9 years by AS and GS. I'll bet that would stop the old group in their tracks. Wonder what type of reimbursements were paid out to Board members over nine years? I'd like to be a fly on the wall when that becomes known. (NT) -- No name, 12:31:42 01/18/16 Mon I hope it DOES become known. What a crooked bunch of greedy opportunists! Maybe they should sell their vacation home to pay off their debts. After all, they're supposed to use MAO funds (currently invested in SC realty) to pay their debts before turning over any money. (NT) -- No name, 16:49:29 01/25/16 Mon Which works if you're not a crook who has already fleeced the organization and would drain the account if given half the chance before ever giving over a dollar. Amalia wasn't let go because of her scrupulous business practices, so she couldn't be counted on to release the funds. (NT) -- No name, 16:43:01 01/25/16 Mon

Sure those funds paid for the S.Carolina condo. (NT)	No name	13:52:03 01/25/16 Mon