I’ve laid off this mess for awhile because, frankly, this bunch deserves each other. But now Gloria Pace King has popped up to declaim a new direction. Check out how the Uptown paper reports it:
Former United Way CEO Gloria Pace King said she is forming a company to help others develop skills, such as leadership and public speaking, and plans to write a book on managing through adversity.
King said she hopes the company, called The Amethyst Group, will be a way for her to share the experience and knowledge she gained during her time at the United Way, and previously as a registered nurse.
Trouble is — as April Bethea could’ve reported — The Amethyst Group LLC was formed waay back in April 2006. King was still seemingly happily embedded at the top of the United Way. Why was she forming a consulting company out of her Huntersville Taunton Road home address?
And what is the current relationship — if any — between Amethyst and BUSIC Entertainment LLC? The entities share the same registered agent and address on Cougar Lane in Charlotte. BUSIC was formed out of the same Taunton Road address by Leslie C. King in 2002 for “consulting in sports and entertainment,” according to state records. Leslie C. King II is, I assume, Gloria King’s son.
He owns a condo in the same Church Street building in which Gloria King owns two units in addition to the Huntersville home and a University Park townhouse along with Kara King, according to county property records.
In November 2005 Leslie King again used Herrick and Cougar Lane to form BUSIC Sports LLC, a “sports agency,” BUSIC Management LLC, and BUSIC Group LL, according to state records.
The Cougar Lane home in which the registered agent of both the BUSICs and Amethyst resides — at least according to state voting records — is owned by Cheryl L. Blackburn. The agent is Kimberly A. Herrick. Blackburn’s voting address is a few hundred feet from the townhouse address Herrick’s uses as her voting address.
