(CORRECTIONS, CONTEXT & UPDATES) La Crosse SOUP founder redirected civic improvement funds

By: Andrew Londre

Before I say anything else, I just want to say that I genuinely wish I weren’t writing this. I wish I didn’t feel like I had no other choice than to write this. I have tried to resolve this and fix this a dozen other (“better”) ways, but none of them have worked.

So, I see no other options at this point in order to get closure on this and the hope of being able to move on from this than to take this approach.

As I write this, I am left feeling an array of searing emotions — from shame and embarrassment, to frustration and anxiety. And, for reasons you will soon understand — by simply doing what I can to make sure that an accurate and complete version of the story that has, in many ways, defined my life for nearly three years is available — I have genuine fear for the safety of myself, but most importantly, for my family.

With that being said… Let’s get into it.

Over the past two+ years, many people have read and come to accept a highly misleading and inaccurate story published online and in numerous iterations in print by the La Crosse Tribune, regarding La Crosse SOUP, a Kickstarter campaign, and actions I took relating to that campaign.