That is cool, Brenda. The fact was hat the Defender was not in bankruptcy court, but was in probate court,, for trust interpretation.
That the estate tax repeal had supporters amongst some African American congressional reps, that is certainly true. Thanks for your further words, Vince [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Brenda wrote: > > > >> The Chicago Daily Defender, one of the oldest black daily newspapers > >> in the country, went into bankruptcy because of the burden imposed by > >> the estate tax. > > > > This simply is untrue. > > > > Totally untrue. > > > > It was certainly not my intention to mislead anyone. I have no first hand > knowledge of what happened to The Defender. The Defender was talked about > by at least one of the African-American supporters of the repeal (head of > the National Black Chamber of Commerce). Mary asked about those > supporters so I tried to answer her question with reasons I had seen or > heard sited by those supporters. > > I thought about using the words, "it's claimed" because I'm fully aware of > the plight of black newspapers and I didn't have time to verify the > statement, but having work to do and my own business to run, I was not as > careful as I could have been. > > I had no idea it would produce such a response..... > > I hope the original point isn't lost in all this - that there were > Democrats who supported the repeal ACTING in a manner that would be seen > as a supporting an agenda that is "perceived" to be Republican. > > Brenda
