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Subject: Better this hit them then us

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Poor Clay

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Date Posted: 17:41:41 07/22/05 Fri

But I bet the same story could be written about our money in Fran's hands that their telling of Clay's money.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8587284/

By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC

Looks like Clay Aiken�s charity isn�t terribly charitable.

Aiken co-founded the Bubel/Aiken foundation to benefit children with disabilities, but a document filed with the Internal Revenue Service revealed that of the more than $1 million the group raised last year, less than a third was handed out in grants.

More than $150,000 went for travel expenses, $173,000 for �professional services,� and nearly $150,000 for salaries. One of the reasons for the high expenses was high-profile galas held in places like Los Angeles and Hawaii.

Aiken�s rep didn�t return The Scoop�s call for comment, but his partner, co-founder Diane Bubel, told WRAL-TV in Raleigh that critics are misrepresenting the situation. �We�re volunteering and doing something good, and all we hear is complaining,� Bubel said.

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Fran is his ED of that charity, right?	(click in)	08:40:15 07/23/05 Sat