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Prebys foundation president Debra Turner sues other board members
I really believe the potential and probable **ramifications** of Debra Turner's lawsuit warrants discussion in this forum. Her need for "retribution" against the board members and trustee for what seem to be common sense actions should have community nonprofits that stand to benefit, if not depend, on foundation grants very concerned. The monies Conrad Prebys has donated in the past have provided substantial support to many of our community's most valuable charities and institutions. If the City of San Diego follows through on recent threats to considerably reduce it's financial support for these organizations, their well being and perhaps very existence will depend even more on charitable donations and grants. This potential loss of funding not only affects those who benefit from the work they do, but also those whose livelilhoods depend on running, performing and providing their services. A lengthy lawsuit which may become significantly more far reaching than it now seems will only delay, if not outright defeat, the purpose of Mr Prebys's formation of his foundation. He established his foundation to nourish in many ways the community that enabled him to become so successful. I've often read that he did this with much joy and felt in his later years this was his greatest accomplishment of all. To me, it's incomprehensible that one individual feels entitled to wreak this much havoc on so many people for what seems to be little more than a need to fulfill her vision of her own standing in this community. What would Conrad say? Debra Turner should give some serious thought to the overall effect her actions will have not only on herself, but on the community as a whole.— May 26, 2017 1:32 p.m.
Prebys foundation president Debra Turner sues other board members
As an astute businessman, it seems Conrad Prebys would have very carefully selected the members of his initial foundation board to carry on the legacy of his life's work. He undoubtedly deemed them trustworthy and supportive of his values. The amount of his son, Eric Prebys's, inheritance settlement is a mere fraction of the assets of a billion dollar foundation and most likely would have been awarded had the case gone to court. This leads me to wonder what Debra Turner's actual motives are for using her personal resources to sue the **volunteer** board members monetarily as well as demanding that they all resign for supporting an action they thought was best for the foundation. By the way, Eric Prebys's description of how he was gradually excluded from his father's final years and then blindsided by his disinheritance sounds like a classic case of financial elder abuse. When you look at these two actions together (i.e., attempting to disband the board for making a common sense decision and Eric's disinheritance) something just doesn't smell right to me.— May 24, 2017 1:30 p.m.