AKAs: Get Your Girl Post Haste

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Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority are attempting to fire their national president, Barbara McKinzie, after McKinzie allegedly usedย sorority money to commission a $900,000 โ€œliving legacy wax figureโ€ of herself.

Sometimes, this stuff just writes itself.

Eight Alpha Kappa Alpha members filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Superior Court on June 20, reports Washington Business Journal. ย The members want to fire their national leaders and order McKinzie to return funds stemming from alleged misuse of a corporate credit card; a $375,000 lump sum payment; and a $4,000 monthly stipend McKinzie is to be paid for four years after she leaves office.

Washington Business Journal reports:

Most Washingtonians recall the organizationโ€™s centennial celebration last summer โ€” downtown D.C. was swarmed by thousands of AKA members decked head-to-toe in pink and greenโ€ฆ. The event itself, though, is part of the controversy. The massive attendance โ€” and a registration fee that was twice as high as it had been in prior years, $500 per person โ€” generated significant surplus funds for the organization, the plaintiffs allege.

The plaintiffs claim that McKinzie, with the approval of the groupโ€™s directors but without the approval of the overall membership, spent the surplus funds on McKinzieโ€™s โ€œpet projects.โ€

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What is there to say really? Oh right. HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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