Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kaplan's money

[Llundrub]

Where's the letter? I missed that post. ----- Original Message ----- From: Vaj To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kaplan's money On May 15, 2005, at 6:33 PM, bbrigante wrote: > Yeah, and in that letter Earl K does not make any claim that the TMO > bilked him out of any money, just the fact that he gave millions and > felt ill-treated (I agree, he was ill-treated as a result of Bevan's > machinations in Boone designed to show Earl that Bevan was the real > boss there, but unfortunately, the Ks threw the baby out with the > bathwater and quit TM as well as not putting up with crap like Bevan > dishes out). When people give money to non-profits and take the tax > write-off, they lose control over the money, by law. The Ks could > have structured their donations so that they would have had more > control, but they did not, so they can't complain if things did not > work out. Several parts of Earl's letter seem like reaction formations--but other parts ring true. One of the most disturbing was the report of Mahesh lamenting his inability to milk the Kaplan's entire fortune. It really paints a sinister picture of a greed-crazed avaricious man that has been heard again and again and again. Only this time you hear a clear source on this. I found it chilling in it's portrait of M. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.