copyright the Chronicle March 30, 2016
by Tena Starr
NORTH TROY — American Legion Post #28 in North Troy has launched a GoFundMe campaign, and is holding other fund-raisers in the hope of raising the $50,000 it needs to pay off old debt — including $15,000 owed to the IRS — to make improvements to the building, and to stay open.
The Legion’s financial problems weren’t helped any by two burglaries, which led to losses of about $3,500.
“When I took over it was clear there had been some past decisions, I’ll say business types of decisions, that were perhaps well meaning but in the end did not do what they should have,” said Post Commander Gaston Bathalon.
Mr. Bathalon took over as commander about a year ago. He said his predecessors had held some big raffles with expensive prizes like motorcycles and an ATV. At least one of those outright lost money, he said.
Carefully choosing his words, he said that, also, bookkeeping “had not been as tight as it might have been.”
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