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Woods Fund Leader Remains Silent About Obama Votes to Fund Arab American Action Network

February 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Two years ago today, I reached out to Deborah Harrington, president of the Chicago-based Woods Fund, to ask whether Barack Obama, acting in his capacity as a director/board member of the organization, had cast any votes in favor of providing grants for Arab American Action Network.  To date, I’ve received no response, and the silence [...]

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Coach-Picking Guide Applied to Presidential Race

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

With fall just around the corner, the International Coaching Federation issued guidelines today for schools and other organizations to follow when hiring a coach. I thought it would be interesting to adapt the group’s guidelines — they call them “the Five Cs” — to the political process in advance of the 2008 presidential election. 1. [...]

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More Details Surface About Obama, Woods Fund

July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

After news broke almost five months ago about Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama’s service as a paid director on the board of the Woods Fund, I wrote and published a post, Woods Fund President Silent on Obama Votes. It highlighted the fact that I never received a response to the inquiry I made to the [...]

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