Re: [Bikies] Dane Co Exec candidates forum tomorrow - sponsored by enviro groups

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 07:12:21 -0800

To Phil Statz as well as Tim Wong--your political views are out of line.  And if any remarks are in order--they are those given on this topic by Patrick Lenon and Mtichall Nussbaum.------ew

[(Written earlier:)  Tim, That is a smug and condescending remark.  I had not even heard of the Goodmans before these posts and I concur with Mitchell Nussbaum.  As for your remarks--I would expect if the Goodmans or other larger givers to charities wished to invest tax free or make money tax free--they could easily find loopholes to do so.  Our GOVERNMENT tax codes provide such and then people like you complain the "rich" do not pay their fair share when they show NO TAXABLE INCOME--such as when they invest in double tax free MUNICIPAL BONDS.  Anyway, I believe your own political statements should not have been tied to the charitable giving of the Goodmans.]


tim wong wrote:
> of course, because of their tax bracket and laws concerning "charitable" contributions, we, the taxpayers, paid for 35% of their donations.


phil statz wrote:

So true mr Wong; and this applies to all donations! We the taxpayers got screwed into paying for part of  Frautschi’s gift of the Performing Arts Center, Kohls’ Kohl Center, Grangers’ School of Business on campus, and innumerable other buildings just in Madison alone. And this does not take into account CHARITABLE                 contributions! United Way, St Vincent de Paul, Salvation Army etc., but all the donations that keep the churches, synagogues, mosques, etc. running!

Whew, as a fellow taxpayer, my rear end hurts just thinking about it.

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tim wong
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 1:05 AM
To: Mitchell Nussbaum
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Dane Co Exec candidates forum tomorrow - sponsored by enviro groups

 

of course, because of their tax bracket and laws concerning "charitable" contributions, we, the taxpayers, paid for 35% of their donations.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Mitchell Nussbaum <[email protected]> wrote:

I agree with you Patrick. The Goodmans did a lot to help people in this city. And they often asked that their names not be used because they were very shy. If it weren't for them we wouldn't have many good things in this city. They were generous. They lived frugal lives and gave to help others. If only there were more people like them.

 



--- On Fri, 2/4/11, Patrick Lenon <[email protected]> wrote:


From: Patrick Lenon <[email protected]>


Subject: Re: [Bikies] Dane Co Exec candidates forum tomorrow - sponsored by enviro groups

To: [email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Friday, February 4, 2011, 8:59 AM

 

You're entitled to your opinion, Tim, just as I'm entitled to my opinion that your statement was inappropriate and offensive.  The Goodmans were nothing but unselfish and unstintingly generous, and if they'd been seeking power they could have had it many times over.  And they COULD have had the town named after them if they'd been that kind of people.

There are plenty of real living megalomaniacs around, you don't have to make crap up about dead people.

------------ Patrick Lenon


Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 03:14:40 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Dane Co Exec candidates forum tomorrow - sponsored by enviro groups

don't reward land speculation by using the name "goodman" for the atwood community center; these dead megalomaniacs will soon have the entire town named after them

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]> wrote:

Goodman Community Center - just off the East Isthmus Path for the winter bike set.

6:00 - 7:00 PM: Open House to meet the candidates

7:00 - 9:00 PM: Forum

 

For the Bikies set, this might be a particularly interesting event, because the forum is sponsored by various environmental groups. (I'm assuming the Bikies are environmentally inclined.)

 

More info below, and Facebook page for the event at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189776394374295

 


Robbie Webber
Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee
  www.bikewalkmadison.org
Join our group on Facebook!


 
danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
  


_______________________________________________
Bikies mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org

Reply via email to