The DCCS Governing Board has responded to a number of questions from producer Jake Otajovic of Novel Audio, a London-based podcast company. See the Q & A inside....
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We support Senator Henderson in her efforts and we support SB 102. While we believe SB 102 does not go far enough in removing unfair and unconstitutional enhancements, it offers a marginal improvement to the status quo for plural families.
The Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS; Co-op) and their leadership categorically denies the existence of any conspiracy to unlawfully obtain government aid, to systemically commit fraud, or to engage in any doctrine that could be described as ‘bleeding the beast’ within the Co-op.
Often our students have reported experiencing biases from their instructors and their peers. Sometimes even college administrators have been known to publicly show animus and bias toward the children of plural families.
A man in Cedar City was arrested for making threats on social media to kill polygamist shoppers at the local grocery store before committing suicide by the police.
For many years, DCCS High School graduation rates for men and women have surpassed the rates of the surrounding population in Utah, as well the US. 2019 was no exception. DCCS members' on-time graduation rate for the year was 91.2% compared to Utah's 87.4% and the United States' 84.16%.
Mary and Bryan Nelson filed a lawsuit May 2019 in Federal court alleging DCCS leaders and members followed a pattern of fraud when applying for federal student aid through the FAFSA program. DCCS members deny the allegations, calling them baseless and contradictory.
In the wake of the tragedy in La Mora, Mexico, our hearts go out to the Miller and Langford families. As has been reported, 3 women and 6 children were heartlessly taken by truly evil men from the Mexican cartels.
In the past week, KSL and the Salt Lake Tribune published articles that continued an on-going pattern of false and malicious reporting against law abiding citizens who they suspect to be members of the Davis County Cooperative Society, also known as the Co-op.
Federal Prosecutors have filed a notice of their intent to seize properties it alleges have ties to the WRE fraud case.
The defendants in the WRE case have plead guilty to a subset of charges brought against them as part of a plea deal to limit their maximum sentences.
