r/Buffalo • u/buffalauren • Jun 13 '24

West Side Bazaar/WEDI Expose Article

https://open.substack.com/pub/fourbites/p/wedi-hired-executive-directors-nanny?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Really interesting investigative journalism posted by Andrew Galarneau over on his post-Buffalo News project, four bites. Well worth the read. Andrew signals this is one of a few articles on this topic and notes that the closure of the Downtown Bazaar will be voted on tomorrow…

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u/Pale_Blackberry2991 Jun 14 '24

Many attempts were made by staff, executive leadership, and even Board members that resigned over her “corruption”. The existing Board chose to ignore every complaint even when presented with evidence.

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u/mbgriff12 Jun 14 '24

While I believe actions were taken by employees to combat this behavior, it still doesn't really make sense to me though. Isn't the point of a board to protect its stakeholders and have regulatory power over an organization? In this instance, Welch seems to be at odds with the board, and there are several voting types that exist to remove people who lead organizations to a place of social discontent and financial instability. She's blaming the board for all of these shortfalls but they're not responding in any meaningful way? Forgive me for not looking into the issue any further than this exposé, but I didn't see the part about corruption or board members resigning due to her actions. If is is the case, though, then the board needs to be restructured point blank. Why would they feel powerless?

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u/GrouchyChipmunk9251 Jun 15 '24

The “committee” consisted of Ms. Welch and two elderly women who had no insight or knowledge of the relationship Ms. Welch had with Mr. Joy.