In case you missed this earlier, let me clarify the newly coined term "greenwash". If whitewashing is to 'gloss over or cover up a crime or a scandal', then "greenwashing" would be the use of money in an attempt to gloss over or cover up a crime or scandal.

When our family read that the new wing at the Crocker Art Museum was going to be named The Teel Family Pavilion, we became unglued. This is the same family that owns the Raley’s Supermarket chain of stores. Joyce Raley Teel’s $13 million dollar donation enabled them the honor of having the new addition named after them. As you know from my previous articles about Raley’s and the Teel’s, a crime was committed against my father and our family has been seeking justice on his behalf ever since his death. 

Since our father’s $592 civil lawsuit(case 544344)  against the Teel’s and Raley’s for “fraud and unjust enrichment”, they have spent over $33 million dollars to have their names placed on public buildings. The Thomas P. Raley Boys and Girls Club, Raley Field and now they are using their money to get their name placed on the prestigious new $100 million addition to the Crocker Art Museum. According to Raley’s own website: “Raley's ranks Number One in the Sacramento Business Journal's list of Corporate Philanthropy”.  In our opinion their philanthropy is Joyce’s way of trying to cover her company’s crime and “greenwash” the Sacramento community into not believing Charles Nordby’s story.

What Joyce is doing reminds me of what the Joker did in the 1989 Batman movie. After the part he went into the art museum, wrote his name on the wall and desecrated the museum,  he danced before a crowd of people in pandemonium and tossed money at them as he said:  "Who do you trust!" Hubba, hubba, hubba! Money, money, money!      Who do you trust?    Me?     I'm giving away free money."  I don't think Joyce is in any condition to dance to a Prince song but she is very capable of distributing money to whoever she feels she needs to.

After reading our family’s letter to the Sacramento City Council it will be interesting to see if they will be “greenwashed” by the $13 million dollar donation from Joyce Raley Teel so she could have her family name placed on the new building. We believe that the new Crocker Art Museum addition should be named after Marcy and Mort Friedman, a couple who rightfully deserve it.


December 21, 2009
Mayor Kevin Johnson
915 I Street, 5th Floor
Mail Code 09100
Sacramento, CA 95814


Dear Mayor Kevin Johnson,

Our family has been fighting a horrible injustice against our father Charles Nordby for over 18 years.

Our father is the man who saved Tom Raley’s company from going bankrupt in 1973 and made the success of the Raley’s Supermarket chain a reality for today.  Without his services Raley’s would have been out of business by 1974.

He was defrauded by Raley’s of what they promised and what he was entitled to. Since then he was also defrauded by Raley’s attorney’s at Downy, Brand, Seymour and Rower, the Sacramento Superior Courts and the local news media.

Our fathers lawsuit stated that all of Raley’s and Jim and Joyce Raley Teel’s wealth attained since 1973 was achieved under fraud and unjust enrichment from his services and expertise in the industry.

Raley’s has gone to great lengths to portray their success in an honorable way. They have influenced  the news media to ignore this true story about our father who should have been given recognition for his outstanding and unparalleled accomplishments in Raley’s success that spills into every community they do business in. He is a local hero who has been made into that of a villain. 

Now they are flaunting this fraud with their ill-gotten wealth by making extremely large donations to worthy causes with hope that it will overshadow this crime against our father. The most recent slap in our face is the $13 million dollar donation to the Crocker Art Museum for the new addition that will enable the Teel family to have this new building named “The Teel Family Pavilion.” That in itself should be considered a crime! The Sacramento City Council was made aware of this crime earlier this year(copy enclosed), and yet regardless to their awareness, the Teel’s were able to buy their name on the Crocker’s new wing.

This is just another disregard for justice for our family and if the City of Sacramento wants to honor the family whose entire wealth is founded on the fraud against our father then we will make sure that October 10th, 2010 is not just the “Grand Opening” of the new wing of the Teel Family Pavilion at the Crocker Art Museum, but a day of justice for our family.  Justice our dad should have received, and was entitled to receive while he was alive, but denied by the wealth and so called power the Teel’s hold in this community.

We will not stop until the Teel’s resolve this issue and the Nordby family feels that justice has prevailed. We hope this doesn’t become a more confrontational issue before they come to their senses that will enable them to make moral and ethical decisions to settle this matter.
If you need to contact us please do so at:       truth@hungry4justice.com

Sincerely.

The Family of Charles Nordby
 

Sources: Sacramento Superior Court case #544344, www.hungry4justice.com, www.raleysexposed.com,

Fair Use of new Crocker building from Group 10's website, Photo of Raley Field compliments of Frank Nordby, .