Cobb admitted that the First Check kits are the only drug-test | Clip Artist Films

Cobb admitted that the First Check kits are the only drug-test kits Not My Kid has ever promoted by name on their website, but he said the Not My Kid website has never sold the kit, nor does it have the ability to do so, refuting claims made by the Quayle campaign.

It was practical to have First Check donate drug-test kits to Not My Kid, but Cobb said that in no way were the donations responsible for the success of First Check.

Cobb said the turnaround of First Check, which also produces a home-colon test and a home-cholesterol test, is largely the result of getting the company’s tests into stores.

“Steve is a businessman. He’s an entrepreneur,” Cobb said.
Cobb said the donation of First Check’s drug tests to Not My Kid is no different from any other company that donates some of its products to a nonprofit organization.

“No one would say Apple built its business on the back of a charity that puts computers in schools,” Cobb said. “Does that help the market for Apple? Well, probably it does.”

But Cobb said there was nothing illegal or unethical about the donations.

As for the claims about false IRS reporting, the Quayle campaign alleged that Not My Kid failed to disclose Moak’s involvement with First Check on its 2005 and 2006 IRS reports.

In nonprofit tax reports that were filed those years by Not My Kid, the organization answered “no” to the question of whether the organization is related to any other organization through common membership.

But in 2007, Not My Kid reported “yes” to this question, which the Quayle campaign said indicates a skirting of the issue all along.

Cobb said this was an error made by the organization’s accountant. Not My Kid’s accountant, Cherie Wright, wrote a letter Aug. 9, stating that the answer was an error and needed to be fixed, but only after this was brought to their attention.

According to IRS documents, the threshold for answering this question “yes” is required only when 50 percent of an organization’s governing body, officers, directors, trustees or members are part of any other organization.

Wright explained in her letter that because only two members, Moak and his wife Debbie, or 14 percent of Not My Kid’s board, were part of First Check, the answer should always have been “no,” and that the 2007 answer was incorrect.
Cobb said the Moak campaign stands by Wright’s assessment.
“Our accountants and Not My Kid’s independent board have reviewed it,” Cobb said.

Cobb also said that the fact that no scrutiny has come from the IRS on these points further indicates no wrongdoing.

Watch Managing Editor Matt Bunk discuss the Moak-Quayle rivalry on ABC15’s Daybreak below, or click here to watch the video on ABC15’s website.

https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/08/19/quayle-claims-moak-made-millions-off-charity-moak-says-not-so/

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