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16 Jul 06

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The New Temptation Of Democrats

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14 Jul 06

3 Leaders Quit Effort To Aid Gulf Churches

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It's not the first time Bill Gray's butted heads with Clinton, directly or indirectly, over anything (ie - DLC founding). But given the vagaries of the article, it's really hard to tell who's at fault here - Jakes & Gray for holding out funds for their preferred churches ... or the fund's leadership for dishing out money to political allies elsewhere. The truth, of course, may rest somewhere inbetween those two points. - gregwythe on 2006-07-14

The committee set a grant ceiling of $35,000, helped draw up applications and inspected the churches of ministers who said they were in need. Later, the committee agreed that a higher limit of $200,000 was needed.
Gray said the committee had hoped to start distributing money in the spring, but that decision was delayed until this month as the new funding ceiling was approved and applications were processed.
But the president of the fund's board, Mary Ann Wyrsch, disagreed with the new cap, Gray said. He said the board wanted to stay with the original maximum, regardless of the committee's decision. It was around that time that a minister called, thanking the committee for $35,000.
"That's how we found out," Gray said. "I have no idea how many checks were sent out. The information was refused to us and our staff. Why, I don't know."
The Katrina Fund's managers said they were not in a position to immediately respond to Gray's allegations, other than to release Herman's statement. They said a fuller explanation is forthcoming.
Gray said board directors and staff members of the Katrina Fund -- established by former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton -- would agree with the committee's recommendations in meetings and then do the opposite. He said that he, Jakes and Shaw resigned when the staff sent $35,000 to a church without their knowledge, then refused to explain why. That particular church had not been inspected to determine its need, Gray said.
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- Bishop T.D. Jakes and the Rev. William H. Gray III, co-chairs of Interfaith Advisory Committee, submitted their resignations late last week. Another committee member, the Rev. William J. Shaw, said by telephone that he resigned over the weekend; he declined to comment further.