It's who you know (Anti-smoker Expose Part 2)

Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | November 18, 2001

[Max McGarrity]

Four out of five MPAAT grant dollars have gone to organizations or individuals with ties to the MPAAT board of directors or its advisory committees. The committees were disbanded a few months before grants were awarded.

MPAAT Board chairman Dr. Richard Hurt, director, Nicotine Dependence Center, Mayo Clinic.

[Max McGarrity]

This is Part II.

[Max McGarrity]

PART I.

[WillaJohns]

The committees were disbanded a few months before grants were awarded.

I wonder why the committees were disbanded?

[AntiScumbag]

minnesota is chock full of people like the nico-nazis described in part 1

they and their ilk, and obnoxious state income taxes, are the reason i left over 20 years ago

as for their "success" in moose lake, bwhahahahahaha, i've been there, moose lake is a wide spot in the road, the population is 1,206 (i'm not kidding) and it has one zip code

good luck to these bozos in kandiyohi county (willmar is the largest city), it's almost 100% farmland

since this expose was done by the minneapolis red star, the real question is who the red star is mad at and why, as they don't normally spend their time attacking their liberal buddies

[Just another Joe]

Ah yes, what is that saying?

FOLLOW THE MONEY!

And we know where the money is going in this case. Right into the pockets of the organizations that have people on the board.

[I'm_With_Orwell]

since this expose was done by the minneapolis red star, the real question is who the red star is mad at and why, as they don't normally spend their time attacking their liberal buddies.

Simple. The Star didn't get any money and maybe MPAAT's been by-passing their paper as an advertising medium.

See how long it is before MPAAT's board goes to the Star and says, "We want to place $200k in advertising with your paper in the next two years." You watch, nothing but glowing stories from then on in.