One shall find the answer in the liens placed on HLA,INC. over its history; below is a partial list ...according to public record(GSCCCA.org, WEST LAW, etc.
show 93 entries pertaining to various liens,) liens against HLA,INC. some 90% or so of them, were PRIOR to the filing of the 2006 Class Action Lawsuit. These liens were not just imposed by the IRS or The State of Georgia for delinquent taxes. The liens include " Material Men's Liens, Dahlonega Private Business owners liens, Food Service Providers liens, Utilities Liens, etc. In his "Interview with The Dahlonega Nugget" Buccellato blaims HLA,INC.'s bankruptcy on the Class Action Lawsuit, the US economy, a barrage of disparaging emails to Educational Consultants along with disparaging postings on Fornits and various other web-sites. Although the article in The Dahlonega Nugget was not done by a seasoned investigative reporter, a hometown newspaper should do its homework as Buccellato is not the prophet he purports himself to be; he has financially burdeoned many businesses in Dahlonega. As Buccellato is a narcissist, it is not surprising that he would blame everyone, but himself. Buccellato is absolutely responsible for HLA, INC.'s current struggles and eventual demise. Public record clearly exhibits a pattern over the years, well before the 2006 Class Action Lawsuit, of his unconscionable behavior towards timley remittance of any kind of payment for goods and services provided by Dahlonega Business Owners or anyone else that had the unfortunate experience of providing services to HLA,INC. It is no different than refunding pre-paid tuition, the sole decision remained with Buccellato. It was Buccellato's decision to hire unlicensed counselors, un-licensed MD's, un-licensed teachers( while marketing all were licensed, again his decision),sign off on counseling forms for tax purposes when he never counseled the children, co-mingle and bilk The Chapel Fund, engage or attempt to engage in inappropriate contact and conduct with male counselors in his employ, attempt to force the attending school psychiatrist to change children's diagnosis and discontinue their meds to Buccellato's own gain regarding HLA,INC., accept court ordered children and use Joe Farrell of Quirk and Quirk blatantly lie about it, use Joe Farrell of Quirk and Quirk to blatantly lie about purchasing a "Mobile LAb",accept inappropriate children into HLA,INC.'s program knowing damn good and well, the children were either dangerous to themselves or other students and could not be helped by unlicensed staff or HLA, INC.'s program, cover-up of attempted suicides,rapes, refuse the turn over hospitalization records to families, refuse the turn over of school records to families if their child was pulled and the lot of it. No one told Buccellato to restructure his assets with Thornton Morris as agent. No one told Buccellato how to structure his 990's claiming goods and services that families paid for. Buccellato chose this path - all of it; had he ever conducted himself with honesty and integrity, none of this would have transpired. It wasn't Jill Ryan, Clarke Poole or the myriad of other people that chose to expose the total lack of ethics exhibited by Buccellato. It was the truth, something Buccellato knows nothing about. Buccellato got HLA, INC. into this fiasco, period. The 400,000. Class settlement was pittance compared to what Buccellato deserves and he knows it. Buccellato should thank Berger and Montague for not citing negligence( it was certainly not the class plaintiff's choice ) and a huge error. The case was not born only from contract disputes as Buccellato professed in the "Interview with The Dahlonega Nugget"; one only needs to read the suit. No matter what spin Buccellato tries to put on where HLA,INC. currently 'is' and where HLA,INC. is going, it won't work. At this point Buccellato would be more convincing if he said "the devil made me do it", as he is evil personified.
WHO TRULY SUNK HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY,INC.?
GSCCCA.org does not permit publication - this partial list is not from GSCCCA.org, however, one can access liens at GSCCCA.org, just enter Hidden Lake Academy, Inc. or HLA,INC. UCC filings are also available....
RankDebtor Name Creditor/Lienholder Filing Type Filing Location Filing
Date
1.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY GA DEPT OF LABOR RELEASED LUMPKIN COUNTY,
STATE TAX GA 10/01/2001
LIEN
2.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY GA DEPT OF LABOR STATE LIEN LUMPKIN COUNTY,
WITHDRAWN GA 10/28/2002
3.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FEDERAL TAX LUMPKIN COUNTY, LIEN GA 04/11/2001
4.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY INC INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FEDERAL TAX LUMPKIN COUNTY, LIEN GA 06/21/2004
5.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY INC USA IRS RELEASED LUMPKIN COUNTY,
FEDERAL TAX GA 04/25/2005
LIEN
6.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY INC USA IRS FEDERAL TAX LUMPKIN COUNTY, LIEN GA 10/23/2003
7.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY INC USA IRS FEDERAL TAX LUMPKIN COUNTY, LIEN GA 03/15/2005
8.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY INC USA IRS RELEASED LUMPKIN COUNTY,
FEDERAL TAX GA 06/28/2005
LIEN
9.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY INC USA IRS FEDERAL TAX LUMPKIN COUNTY, LIEN GA 01/18/2006
10.HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMYINC A CORPOR IRS FEDERAL TAX LUMPKIN COUNTY, LIEN GA 06/21/2004
11 .HIDDEN LAKE INC GA DEPT OF LABOR RELEASED BIBB COUNTY, GA 06/17/2004
STATE TAX
LIEN
12.HIDDEN LAKE INC STATE OF GA STATE TAX BIBB COUNTY, GA 03/29/2004
LIEN
13.HIDDEN LAKE INC STATE OF GEORGIA TAX LIEN BIBB COUNTY, GA 03/29/2004
14.HLA INC HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY STATE OF GA STATE TAX LUMPKIN COUNTY,
LIEN GA 11/17/2005
