OUTLAW- Thanks for the words, man.
notperfectyet- Thank you. You have my respect. (By the way, it's a stero TV but not surround-sound).
I just spoke to Mike. Badwillie and I had a conference call with him. He said that he is going to go to the march. He admitted that he probably overreacted. He still is adamant that his priority was/is to file charges against my Presiding Overseer (we attended the same congregation when he DA'd himself and then moved to Arizona).
My (hopefully) final defense for Mike is this: He is a good guy and he's not the evil fraud that you think he is. He really, truly, is not. Personally, Mike's personality took many years for me to adjust to. I used to think bad things about Mike. I used to think he was arrogant, cocky, and Mr.-Better-Than-Everyone. Then, he and his family moved into the same apartment building as my wife and I. One time, I had suddenly lost my job. My wife and I ran out of money and Mike and denise would stuff envelopes of money under our door even though we insisted that we'd somehow make it. He never asked for any of the money back. This forced me to really get to know Mike as a person and not for what I saw on the outside. Mike, in my opinion, is just different.
With all sincerity, I will conclude by saying this: Mike was not and is not a hustler (scam artist). Regarding the UN Press release that someone accused him of ripping people off, he never used those funds. And those that donated received their money back. There was a valid reason why the release of the article didn't occur, but because it involves a prominent person of this Forum, I cannot tell you the reason why. Please get to know him when (if) you see him at the march. Hopefully, your opinions will change and your anger towards him will subside. Finally, if you have any unanswered questions about Mike or his character, please talk to him personally at the march. He won't spray you with any tear gas, either.
