Re: Xian Coalition donations

[barbara wolf <lupa@biddeford.com>]

At 07:59 AM 2/13/96 -0500, Stepahnie wrote (with ref. to money given by an
LLBean heir to the Xtn Coalition:

>I wouldn't be surprised if this were true, though why she would be anonymous,
>I don't know. Linda Bean-Jones was a candidate for Congress (?) a few years
>ago - extremely conservative. Don't have any idea what she's been up to since
>I moved from Maine 5 years ago. Maybe Barbara or Heather could further
>enlighten us.

Yes, Linda was a candidate--four years ago.  She has given financial support
to our state group that is linked to the Christian Coalition, although I
don't remember how much.  (She was not born with the name "Bean",
incidentally, but took it when she decided to enter politics.)  She did not
do at all well at the polls--primarily because she made use of out-of-state
advisers and extremely misleading ads.She has been strongly advised (by the
state Repub. bigwigs) not to try again.

Be not misled by the name, O ye outdoors enthusiasts!  I do sometimes shop a
Bean's, but it isn't the quaint Yankee place it once was.  It is Very Big
Business--which doesn't mean that the boots and the totes and the fishing
catalogs aren't the best!!!
Barbara Wolf

        "But we've got to be careful not to reduce people by cramming
        them in the limits of our understanding, haven't we?"

                                                Reginald Hill