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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 2007)
12 I jUStpUt APRIL 20. 2007 PEGGY MINTER, at Corry’s Tax Services in the Gresham area S pecializing in T ax P reparation S ervices for A lternative F amilies Also: small business bookkeeping & payroll services FRIENDLY, ACCURATE, PROFESSIONAL, AFFORDABLE 503-661-6456 745 NE 239th Place, Wood Village, OR 97060 peggyminter@comcast.net MENTION THIS AD FOR A 1-5% DISCOUNT JMV The Law Office of John V. McVea, P.C. CRIMINAL DEFENSE • DUII / DWS • PROPERTY CRIMES • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE • THEFT • ASSAULT PERSONAL INJURY AUTO ACCIDENTS WRONGFUL DEATH BICYCLE / PEDESTRIAN ABUSE VICTIMS MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE • • • • • 503-223-1708 www.mcvealaw.com -------------- - The Morgan Bldg. • 720 SW Washington, Suite AS DEDICATED AS YOUR tCdlH, AS DEPENDABLE AS YOUR (JOdlíO, AND AS SUPPORTIVE AS YOUR favorite sports brai northwest What Happens in Vegas Reputation follows Pride Northwest board member by Jaymee R. Cuti osh Ryan rolled into Portland in late Ryan was accused of a number of serious 2005, boasting a resume that included violations by Dalebout and logistics committee chair being an Emmy-nominated performer man Jere Keys, who was also editor of the Bugle. Hie and writer, former award-winning major allegations centered around a lack of financial nightclub owner and Lis Vegas showgirl. oversight, including overspending, underbudgeting Shortly after arriving on the scene, he and began disregard for the organization’s bylaws. investing time and energy in the Portland queer “There is significant evidence that, at the very community. Ryan wrote freelance articles for Just least, money was handled inappropriately,” said Keys Out, volunteered for Pride Northwest and was of Ryan/Scarlett. “She was the president of the crowned Miss Gay Pride 2006. This year he is Pride organization, and ultimately she was the one respon Northwest’s entertainment coordinator and sible for the budgetary oversight. She kept records of member of the sponsorship and media committee. finances close to her chest and did not share them Few knew that Ryan, whose drag name is Sasha Scarlett, left his home in Las Vegas in 2003 amid allegations of mismanagement of tens of thousands of dollars by the Las Vegas Pride organizers and some event sponsors. In May 2003, under legal advisement, the Vegas Pride board voted him off the board, where he had been serving as president. “Watch your back,” Bill Schafer, publisher of the gay newspaper Las Vegas Night Beat, told Just —Bill Schafer Out. “Don’t let him get a hold of the checkbcxik, and have somebody else negotiate any contracts.” until it was too late. She was directly responsible for As was reported in both Night Beat and The Las a great deal of the crisis that occurred.” Vegas Bugle, now called Q Vegas, Ryan was voted Kelly McFarlane-Smith, publisher of Q Vegas, off the board after producing a spectacular Pride also expressed distrust of Ryan. event that left the organization between $30,000 “The problem with Josh is he makes everybody and $40,000 in debt, according to reports from the believe everything is OK, and then he takes on board’s 2003 treasurer, Craig Dalebout. Few dispute everything," McFarlane-Smith told Just Out. “He’s the quality of the event that Ryan and his board a really g<xxl talker.” produced in May 2003, which was moved to an According to a June 2003 Night Beat editorial, indoor sports center and expanded from a “picnic “Trouble Inside the Oasis,” Schafer wrote: “The in the park” to five days of parties and events approved budget seems to have been completely surrounding the parade. ignored. Checks were apparently written inappropri “There were definite things management-wise ately. Contracts were executed without board that we should have done differently, but the fact approval, charges the treasurer. At least one sponsor is that if you make those kinds of changes, you risk was more than likely misled regarding the atten losing money, and we lost it,” said Ryan. “The dance. The organization’s bylaws were trampled. In result, though, was once we experienced the deficit, my book, this represents a complete mismanagement the board chose not to shoulder the responsibility by [PrideJ board president Josh Ryan.” collectively, but to blame me for it.” According to Ryan, Pride Northwest has checks J "Watch your back. Don't let him get a hold of the checkbook, and have somebody else negotiate any contracts." ’ 1 "None of us have spent [our] time to...hurt festival or its' [sic] reputations.. And, anyone who says differently is wrong." —Josh Ryan ROSECITYMTG.COM Josh Ryan, aka Miss Gay Pride 2006 Sasha Scarlett, faced criticism and allegations of mismanagement for his work with the Las Vegas Pride Association in 2003.
