Deep corruption threatened to ruin jobs and harm lives. Intimidation, distrust, and secrecy became
the norm among the executive management group of Chelan County Public Utility District.
Even in a small and semirural American government, corrupt leaders aren’t simply dishonest and immoral.
They’re dangerous.
A board of directors should hold wrongdoers accountable, but sometimes that responsibility falls to
righteous employees. A riveting and relevant memoir, The Intrepid Brotherhood details a classic story
of enlightened leaders’ war against oppressive management when private misconduct evokes public
resistance.
A multimillion-dollar project had the potential to transform the PUD’s business management. Instead, it
ended in management conflict and Gordon’s discharge. His determination for justice revealed a culture of
sinister practices and problems that would cost more than the company’s reputation. Despite economic
upheaval, career interruption, and near criminal mistreatment, he and the whistleblowers of Chelan
County PUD stood up for the professional values lost along the way.
Control and power can corrupt even the most ethical organization’s integrity—unless someone speaks up.
Read The Intrepid Brotherhood now and pursue a principled foundation of honor for your organization.
Jack Duncan is a high school senior whose dream is to play baseball in college and beyond-as far away from Delano as possible. He longs to escape the political turmoil surrounding the labor struggles of the striking fieldworkers that infests his small ag town. Ever since his father, a grape grower, died under suspicious circumstances ten years earlier, he's had to be the sole emotional support of his mother.
With their property on the verge of a tax sale, Jack drives an old combine into town to sell it so he and his mother don't become homeless. On the road, an old friend of his father's shows up and hands him the police report indicating Jack's father was murdered. Jack is compelled to dig deep to discover the entire truth, which throws him into the heart of the corruption endemic in the Central Valley. Everything he has dreamed of is at stake if he can't control his impulse for revenge.
While Jack's girlfriend, the intelligent and articulate Ella, warns him not to do anything to jeopardize their plans of moving to LA, after graduation, Jack turns to his best friend, Adrian, a star player on the team, to help to save his mother's land. When Jack's efforts to rescue a stolen piece of farm equipment leaves Adrian in a catastrophic situation, Jack must bail his friend out of his dilemma before it ruins his future prospects.
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