Boys Scouts Affiliate ConquistAmerica Accuses
Youth Soccer League of Terrorist Tactics;
and Fraud in Youth Registrations


August 15, 2008
For Immediate Release / For Immediate Release / For Immediate Release

Contact Person: Zeke Hernandez, President, Santa Ana LULAC #147
(League of United Latin American Citizens)
714-661-4428 / zekeher@...

NOTE: This Press Release is a direct response to August 15 E-Message by Bill
Cook, Chairman/CEO of ConquistAmerica, headquartered in Santa Ana, CA. Message
is part of this Press Release.


ConquistAmerica Chairman and CEO Bill Cook has today divulged that he has
information that the Orange County Boys Scouts of America (OCBSA) through its
contract with the California Youth Soccer League (CYSL) may have committed fraud
in its efforts to outreach into the Latino community through its ScoutReach
program.

Earlier this year, OCBSA and CYSL ended their 17-year collaboration in a
soccer-scouting program. Through this program the Boys Scouts endeavored to
raise the numbers of its scout membership rolls by “added-on” scouting training
to youth soccer players. The ending of this agreement has resulted in a clash to
retain for each the prime location of Santa Ana Unified School District’s Carr
Intermediate School, which has six soccer playing fields while other district
schools generally have only two playing fields.

CYSL has received community support from Los Amigos of Orange County and Santa
Ana LULAC #147 to allow the group access to Carr Intermediate. This is based on
maximizing the utilization of such fields based on the number of teams and
players for each league requesting use of district fields. The Boys Scouts
acknowledge they have 20 teams (300 =/- players); the CYSL has 171 teams (3,000
+/- players).

In addition, ConquistAmerica cites that a 5-minute presentation by a CYSL youth
player during a 5-minute public comment at the August 12 SAUSD Board of
Education meeting equates to tactics by anti-democratic terrorist groups using
“women and kids as human shields”.

Zeke Hernandez, President of Santa Ana LULAC states, “I am outraged that the
Boys Scouts through its affiliate ConquistAmerica accuses a youngster of being
used by terrorists in his desire to speak to elected education officials,
district personnel and the general public. His comments were very heart-warming
and spoke to the reasons why soccer can be used to keep kids away from gangs, as
well as leading to provide support at the university level.”

The Boys Scouts have themselves tried their own devious methods to “break the
backs” of CYSL leaders, coaches, parents, and youth players by: a.) Mailing
letters to parents providing misleading information for new 2008-09
registrations and the ending of the OCBSA/CYSL collaboration; b.) Sending
representatives to the homes of parents and coaches, encouraging to defect from
CYSL; c.) use of unauthorized signatures in letters sent to families of
youngsters in soccer program; d.) Threats that CYSL will “never play at Carr
School” and they are not open to mediation in the assignment of playing fields.

“In spite of the guerilla methods being undertaken by the Boys Scouts of
America, it is my hope that the community, the interested parties, and the
School District will come to a mutual agreement based on practical reasoning
with respect to the assignment of playing fields at Carr Intermediate. I believe
the CYSL is open to the fair- sharing use of the playing fields and other fields
in the vicinity,” concluded Hernandez.

There is a meeting (with respective representatives) scheduled for Friday (3
pm), August 15 at District Office, 1601 East Chestnut Ave., Santa Ana to work on
a satisfactory and mutual agreement.

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