$10,000 !!! ... IN JAMES F. KEESHEN WE TRUST ???
We currently filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, compelling Santa Monica College to disclose public records under the California Public Records Act regarding the $10,000 Jim Keeshen received through his secret contract with Studio Animatics in April 2000. For over a year, the District has failed to show where this money went and how the students benefited from this covert financial transaction. A court date is currently set for November 17, 2006.

   QUESTIONABLE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS & BUSINESS DEALINGS  
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  Operated Under Various Corporate Veils
    (1982-2006; Keeshen Productions, Studio Animatics)

  Secret Animatics Contract with SMC
    (April 2000; $10,000)

  Secret Animatics Contract with SMC
    (Nov. 2000; $40,000; Title VI-A Federal Grant)

  Secret Forged Animatics Contract with SMC
    (June 2001; $33,000; Title VI-A Federal Grant)

  Secret Amended Studio Animatics Contract with SMC
    (Sept. 2001; $33,000; Title VI-A Federal Grant)

  Kickbacks with AET Entertainment Industry Partners
    (date unknown; 3D Colgate Commercial; Rhythm and Hues)

  Participated in Misrepresentation of Vocational Curriculum and Potential Jobs
    (1997-2000; Themed Entertainment Major; with AET Industry Partner Jeff Zabludoff)

  Misrepresentation of Vocational Certificates and Inflated Enrollment Figures
    (1998-2006; Entertainment Business Major; Pending Career Certificates)

  Questionable Sabbatical with AET Industry Partner Klasky Csupo
    (Fall 2003; failed to file Mandated Sabbatical Report; SMC Non-Disclosure of Application)

   WHAT JIM KEESHEN COSTS THE TAXPAYER  
    (Note: All figures are approximate)

 $633,087 in salary for 8 years with SMC's AET

 $83,000 in secret consultant contracts with SMC

 $46,937 for a falsified sabbatical with SMC

$680,107 in total cost to consumer

 $20,000 in estimated legal fees to SMC

 $13,588 spent on eBay shopping spree

 $10 paid to his teaching assistant for 6 weeks work