No matter what anyone may think of Neal personally, he was entertaining, informative, provocative and sincere. He will be missed by those who knew him...............
Not so fast. That's a pretty broad brush you're painting with there.
I met him on more than one occasion and never came away smiling. In fact, in August 2005 I helped organize the biggest book sales event he ever had up to that point and possibly to date (for his 1st Fair Tax book). Boortz's business office charged us $10,000 for the privilege of hosting a remote broadcast event at which they sold every book they could deliver to the convention center that day in Marietta, GA. Meanwhile, our non-profit org barely broke even - but that's okay, the issue was served.
A year or so later Boortz participated in a TalkFest event in Austin, TX. I was nearby and went to see him, but he could not be bothered for five minutes to discuss serious background issue developments about Fair Tax marketing. Local radio execs and on-air talent I spoke with agreed that Boortz was a pain the the butt to work with.