On Former patrons file suit against cheesemaker

Posted on September 15 at 10:47 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

optimism - Maybe you know some of the farmers that are involved in this case, but I wouldn't be so apt to believe that the others are not involved because they can't afford it. There are plenty of successful farmers that CHOSE not to join in this lawsuit. But I do have to agree with your perspective on monroegirl.

MANURE_EQUALS_MONEY - Those are some pretty big accusations you are throwing around. Boy, one would think you were talking about NYC or LA, not Green County, WI. Just my opinion, but you probably shouldn't throw around those kinds of accusations without proof!! And I highly doubt that you have valid proof of all that you have said.

On Former patrons file suit against cheesemaker

Posted on September 12 at 12:48 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

monroegirl - There you go again, misrepresenting yourself as someone who has inside information on this case. If you knew what you were talking about, you would know that the co-op and Decatur Dairy are two seperate entities so Stettler would not be reporting the co-op's INCOME to anyone. Also, any fees that are to be paid to the state would be the responsibility of the co-op, not the cheesemaker, so what would be his motive in understating a report?? But more importantly, how would you have any idea what was reported on state affadavits?? And as for the hostile takeover, Smart1 is completely correct in stating that the presence of the auditors during that whole process clearly shows their bias in this case. I don't think they were behind the takeover, that was most certainly done by the previous board members, headed up by a disgruntled previous employee of Decatur Dairy. But in any case, it doesn't matter who initiated the takeover, but it is a clear case of bias on the part of the auditors to have been there when it was happening.

On Former patrons file suit against cheesemaker

Posted on September 11 at 2:02 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

monroegirl - first off, i know what an independent audit is and i know the consequences if the rules are breached. did you have to look it up on the internet for a definition?? and i am anything but naive. you have said i heard this and that and apparently you just believe everything you hear, so who is the naive one?? and how is it that Stettler is such a crook, but he pays his farmers a higher price for their milk than any other factory around. (just ask any of them and they will tell you) and if this whole thing is so "cut & dried" then why is it that when this whole thing started the co-op had close to 80 patrons but only 17 have filed a lawsuit?? what - the rest of them don't like money??

On Former patrons file suit against cheesemaker

Posted on September 11 at 1:04 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

well said Smart1

monroegirl - nothing has been proven true by the auditors. and there was nothing independent about that audit.....who do you think was paying for it?? and the mediator did not say that there was overwhelming evidence against the Stettler's. you better get yourself a new source of information. people like you are the reason for all the misinformation that is circulating about this whole situation. if you don't know what you are talking about, then maybe you should just not say anything.

On Former patrons file suit against cheesemaker

Posted on September 11 at 9:47 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

monroegirl-
You don't know what you are talking about either. Jim Beer and Stettler are not friends and if you have evidence to the contrary then lets hear it!! And as for this case being tried twice, that is exactly what has happened. Yes, the case in Green Cty. court was about the restraining order but all this stuff was brought out there (and I was in the courtroom that day so I know this for a fact) Although that was less about a restraining order and more about how the old board waited until they knew that Stettler was out of town and then went in to the factory and told his 23 yr. old daughter that they were firing her dad and taking over. These people didn't even have the guts to tell Steve to his face, but we should feel sorry for them?? I don't think so!! And there was also a hearing before the Lafayette County judge, so Rock County will be the third judge to hear this case. There is alot more to this case than what has been printed and these farmers know it.....they are just greedy and don't want to admit they are wrong....so instead they run around spreading lies about how Steve is friends with Judge Beer and they didn't get a fair hearing. But when they requested a new judge for the second hearing they got it and that didn't go any better for them....so they just decide to drag these people through the mud one more time in another county....so what's next??? If this doesn't go their way, are they going to try Dane County next??