Sunday, June 21, 2020

DC Knights of Columbus and the $64,000 Question


Even among the Knights of Columbus, there is dirty politics...

 

Amando Alvarez was the State Deputy for the Knights of Columbus DC State Council in 2017/2018.   He was a good person but a bit hard headed and very disorganized.

While Mr. Alvarez was State Deputy, Otto Heck (Patrick Cardinal O’Boyle Council #11302) was the DC State Council Treasurer.  

It seems that Mr. Heck was very disruptive on a number of occasions, at a number of functions, mainly at council events.  Usually, something “ticked” him off, and he would go off.  This was exacerbated due, as my Irish friend would say, “he liked a bit of the drink.”  

It seems that this became a real problem within his council.  So, the council approached Amando about this problem, which has become well known.

Amando brought Otto up on charges of unbecoming a Knight.  

It looked like Otto was going to get the boot, but a deal was struck:  He could keep his position, but he had to sign a document stating that his behavior was unbecoming of a Knight of Columbus and took full responsibilities for the damaged caused.

Normally, the story would end, but my source tells me that Otto was not one to take this lightly and decided to seek revenge.

To do that, he turned to Brandon Brown.  Mr. Brown is from the St. Michael the Archangel Council #14823.

Brandon wanted to be State Deputy and always felt that he would be a better one than Amando.   And so, he saw this as his opportunity to get elected to State Deputy.

So, phone calls were made and it seems he got quite a number of the other Grand Knights, to vote for him as State Deputy. 

An inside source tells me that a deal was struck, but that he did not know what it was

I have not been able to discover what the deal exactly was, even asking around a bit. 

So, do any of you know what was the deal struck between Brandon Brown and his supporters?  

That is the $64,000 question that does not have an answer.  

You can write to me at awashingtondccatholic@gmail.com

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