Vendor estimates suggest hockey booster club overcharged parents for apparel

This is a work of fiction. The district doesn’t purchase uniforms, the companies listed can’t order hockey specific clothing brands (which are more expensive) and the boosters do buy protective equipment at a bulk price and then families buy from the boosters. This isn’t journalism and whoever keeps pushing this is a hack. Does Monitor have no journalistic integrity? Ask your photographer how much his stepdaughter made off the program?

Thank you for your comments. The Monitor’s response follows:

1) The district purchases uniforms.

2) The companies listed bid on the items we showed them, which were the items the booster club purchased in 2017.

3) We have seen no evidence that the boosters “buy protective equipment at a bulk price,” but if anyone can show us a receipt, we will be happy to report it.

4) If the booster did purchase equipment, it would likely be included under the “Equipment & Misc” line on the budget, not the line being discussed here.

5) The booster club failed to report income from 2015-2021, and they cannot account for hundreds of thousands of dollars, yet people attack the Monitor’s integrity when we point this out. Unusual priorities.

Keep up the good and brave and very important necessary work! Bravo!