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From: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 11:47 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ATTACKS ROMAN REED BILL (AB 190) FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ATTACKS ROMAN REED BILL (AB 190) By Don C. Reed The Family Research Council (FRC) is a multi-million dollar lobbying organization dedicated to imposing their version of ultra-conservative Christianity on America. Begun by the father of Erik Prince (founder of Blackwater International, the world's largest mercenary army) the FRC pays the salary of David Prentice, famous for his endless propaganda against embryonic stem cell research-- And it just attacked the honor of my paralyzed son. This from the FRC April 4 action alert. "FRC Action Alert: CA:...Legislation: AB 190-would impose an added penalty of $3 for traffic violations TO BE GIVEN TO THE ROMAN REED SPINAL CORD INJURY FOUNDATION...(emphasis added). "--FRC Action: [log in to unmask] 801 G. Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 P. 202/393-2100 or 877/372-2808 www.frcaction.org/index.cfm?i=AL11D05&f=AL11D05 What a vicious lie: that AB 190 would benefit a private foundation run by my son. The Roman Reed Foundation itself is quite real; it is a 501 c-3 foundation, putting on sporting events to raise funds for Stanford University's paralysis research program. But neither Roman nor his foundation have a financial connection to Assembly Bill 190. AB 190 would continue the funding of a highly-respected state program, developed by a California law called the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999. Twice renewed by near-unanimous votes of the state legislature, the program has always been administered by the University of California (UC) system. AB 190 specifically states: "...Existing law authorizes the University of California to establish a spinal cord injury research fund, independent of the State Treasury, to accept public and private funds for spinal cord injury research programs and grants. This bill would impose an additional penalty of $3 to be imposed upon every conviction for a violation of state and local traffic laws, as specified, except for offenses related to parking. The bill would require the penalty to be deposited with the county treasurer and distributed each month for transfer to the spinal cord injury research fund created within the University of California." http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_190_bill_20110315_amended_asm_v98.html It may be an honest mistake on the part of the Family Research Council; perhaps they have not gotten around to actually reading the bill yet; because the words "Roman Reed Foundation" do not even occur in the text. If it is an error, the FRC should issue a public retraction. Otherwise, it seems to me they are guilty of perpetuating a deliberate misrepresentation, a gross and damaging falsehood, and a scurrilous attack on the honor of my son. Thank you, Don Reed -- If you do not want to receive any more messages, click here To update your preferences and to unsubscribe, click here To Forward a Message to Someone, click here powered by phplist v 2.10.4, © tincan ltd ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn