From: Al and Masha Sten-Clanton 
Subject: Re: Why The NFB
As a close and long-time friend of Jamal, I think I can vouch safely for
his sincerity.  It is also perfectly sensible for him or anybody else to
push for a different policy on coalitions:  I, for one, may do this.
(It's one think to apply the lessons of history, quite another to abuse
them with an inflexible approach.)
I can also tell you that the works of Jamal are one hell of a long way
from the expense accounts of Bob Acosta.
Of course I concur in your views on expulsion.  I hope they will prevail
hereafter if they haven't already.
Al
On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Harvey Heagy wrote:
> 
> 
> That's the dangerous thing about absolute power.  At some point
> any well intentioned leadership becomes too powerful and begins
> to feed the power structure.  I too hope that Jamal is sincere
> about working with the organization and will not attempt to
> further his agenda about joining co-elisions and such as that
> has already been proven to be a failure for blind people.  There
> is an important difference between joining them and working along
> side them when possible.
> 
> Also, remember that at the A.C.B.'s Greensboro Convention, I
> believe, Jamal unsuccessfully ran for second vice-president of the
> A.C.B. only a year before returning to the N.F.B.  But according to
> a friend of mine who belongs to the A.C.B., the A.C.B. was cautious
> remembering that they thought they had a blue chip in Robert Acosta
> and found out later what a disaster it had to deal with much to its
> chagrin and financial losses in the hundreds of
> thousands of dollars.  So I hope his is a sincere effort, but I
> still feel the national leadership should have apologized to him
> for violating its own procedure in the expulsion process.  I am
> not opposed to expulsion when warranted, but I regard it as a very
> serious issue not to be taken lightly.  No matter what a person
> may be guilty of, he or she still deserves a fair and proper
> hearing.
> 
> Harvey
> 
> 
> 
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