ATA received over $170K in PPP Loans.

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  1. merlo

    merlo Mega Poster Forum Reporter

    Would you believe the ATA received over $170,000 in PPP Loans from the Government? That is Payroll Protection Plan for COVID relief.

    I haven’t seen the paperwork on this yet. Shortly I hope.

    I report. You decide.
    merlo out
     
  2. Roger Coveleskie

    Roger Coveleskie State HOF Founding Member Member State Hall of Fame

    They are just like our crooked government only on a smaller scale. Neither of them can be trusted. Roger C.
     
  3. Flyersarebest

    Flyersarebest Moderator Founding Member Forum Leader

    To answer the question
    Yes, I believe it.

    I have a question. Why would anyone be "shocked" or even surprised at this? It's the ata

    "A bear's sense of smell is so acute that they can detect an animal carcass upwind from a distance of 20 miles"

    The bears have nothing on the ata. It's approximately 645 straight line flight miles from sparta to washington DC and the boys at the ata sniffed that money out no problem.

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  4. Smokey

    Smokey Active Member

    Did the ATA follow the rules / law for the Government PPP program for businesses or did they do something illegal?
     
  5. 99PLUS

    99PLUS Well-Known Member Founding Member

    I wonder where most of it went?
     
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  6. Flyersarebest

    Flyersarebest Moderator Founding Member Forum Leader

    I know where you are going with that. Probably all "legal"

    I would be curious to know if all that money actually went to the employees for their salaries.
     
  7. redbird

    redbird Member

    He who lives in glass house, should not throw stones
     
  8. redbird

    redbird Member

    The loan(s) may be double that. The loans have been repaid or forgiven
     
  9. merlo

    merlo Mega Poster Forum Reporter

    It appears none of the monies have to be repaid. Latest paperwork to come in:

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    Thanks to you guys in the trenches.
    I report. You decide.

    merlo out
     
  10. alf174

    alf174 Mega Poster Founding Member

    Almost all of the businesses I call customers got forgiven PPP loans. My bank contacted me about one but I declined, I thought the shutdown period would be short. Rules were that you could only use it for rent, payroll, and possibly utilities. There was extensive paperwork to apply and to prove it was used properly and within the prescribed time period. The rest had to be returned. For my small customers, it kept them afloat till they could operate again; all didn't meet the requirement that they be "essential".
     
  11. Jumanji

    Jumanji Well-Known Member

    So what? PA got one as well. I'd be much more upset if this option was available and they did not take advantage of it. To me that would be malfeasance to not take advantage of a financial program that would benefit the organization.
     
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  12. HistoryBuff

    HistoryBuff US Navy Retired US Navy Retired Founding Member Forum Leader Official Historian Member State Hall of Fame

    I read about the ATA’s Payroll Protection Program loan in the Independent Auditors Report provided to our Delegates.

    Reviewing the requirements, I see that in addition to payroll costs, Small Business Administration (SBA) PPP loans were also permitted to be used for rent/mortgage interest; utilities; covered property damage; covered operations expenditures; covered supplier costs, covered protection expenditures and “other.”
     
  13. Roger Coveleskie

    Roger Coveleskie State HOF Founding Member Member State Hall of Fame

    The ATA problems are the result of mismanagment, not covid. That program was put in place to help small business get through this mess called covid.
     
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  14. PaulLori27

    PaulLori27 Active Member

    Jumanji- you missed the part where the OP didn’t say whether it was good or bad. Are your panties too tight or what?
     
  15. Jumanji

    Jumanji Well-Known Member

    Yes, because OP has such a long and storied history posting positive content about the ATA. And the followup posts definitely were overly positive in nature.

    I don't know how I missed it, thanks for pointing that out. Nuance is definitely your strong suit, keep it up.
     
  16. PaulLori27

    PaulLori27 Active Member

    Jumanji….what has merlo posted that you think was false or misleading? Facts seem to bother you. There are other forums where content is limited.
     
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  17. Charles Baker

    Charles Baker Active Member

    How did you make that leap? Reading comprehension seems to elude you.
     
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  18. ammo

    ammo Member

    How many here returned their stimulus checks?
     
  19. oleolliedawg

    oleolliedawg Mega Poster Founding Member

    I tried but it came back "return to sender-no one intelligent at that address".