[Tlc] Roxanna Brown: First feedback from Washington Congressional delegation

[justinm at ucr.edu]

I forward a letter from Fred Brown below. 

Best,
justin

Gary just sent me an article from John Berthelsen    
>   that ended with, "Whether she knew what her          
>   signature was going to be used for may never be      
>   known."                                              
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>   I want everyone to know and understand:              
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>   I had over 100 of my buddies killed in my unit       
>   during the Vietnam War.  For the 40 Anniversary of   
>   my time in Vietnam War, I drove 8,000 from one grave 
>   site to another. Meeting family and friends of those 
>   brave soldiers.  In early March while passing        
>   through California I met Roxanna.  She was on the    
>   way to visit our mother in Chicago.                  
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>   We had a long discussion about this signature        
>   problem.                                             
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>   Let me set the stage.  At my mother's 90th birthday  
>   I asked all family member to help me financially to  
>   support her.  The burden has been my sole            
>   responsibility.  At that time Roxanna offered to     
>   give me $400 a month.  Cousin Karen has pretty much  
>   matched that amount.  Roxanna then said she didn't   
>   have enough money.  I told her, "Roxanna you don't   
>   have to give me money.  I can take care of mom       
>   myself, its just that I shouldn't have to do this    
>   all alone.  Roxanna had to drop the monthly payment  
>   to $200.  When I met her in California she barely    
>   had two nickles to rub together.  I offered to give  
>   he some money.  She refused.                         
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>   My sister and I have always been close.  We never    
>   lie to each other.  We always tell the truth.        
>   Whoever you are, whoever is listening Roxanna M.     
>   Brown is innocent of all charges.  Her only mistake  
>   was trusted someone with her signature on one        
>   occasion, on one item.  An item she could            
>   easily justify with other appraisals.                
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>   Maybe I shouldn't be so touchy but this whole thing  
>   is equivalent to rolling through a stop sign instead 
>   of coming to a complete stop.  It shouldn't have     
>   turned into a death sentence.                        
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>   YouTube Video 5 will be here soon.                   
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>   Everyone, thank you for taking to time to care.   My 
>   sweet sister Roxanna would be so touched by all      
>   this.                                                
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>   Fred                                                 
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>   708-837-1672                                         
>   FredLeo at FredLeoBrown.com                             
>   www.FredLeoBrown.com

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu


---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:58:43 -0700
>From: "Charles Keyes" <keyes at u.washington.edu>  
>Subject: Roxanna Brown: First feedback from Washington Congressional delegation  
>To: "Fred Leo Brown" <fredleobrown at yahoo.com>, "Anand Yang" <aay at u.washington.edu>, "Bill Lavely" <lavely at u.washington.edu>, <vsg at u.washington.edu>, "Judith Henchy" <judithh at u.washington.edu>, "Justin McDaniel" <justinm at ucr.edu>, <tlc at lists.ucr.edu>
>
>       Last week I sent a copy of the petition
>   regarding the death of Roxanna Brown to the two US
>   Senators from Washington State (Maria Cantwell and
>   Patty Murray) and the US Congressman for the
>   district in which the University is located (Jim
>   McDermott). Today, I received the following letter
>   from Senator Cantwell:
>    
>   "Thank you for contacting my office regarding your
>   concern surrounding the death of Roxanna Brown. I
>   appreciate you bringing this matter to my attention
>   and I have asked the Bureau of Prisons to respond to
>   your concerns.
>   "I will contact you again as soon as a response is
>   available. If there is anything I cna do for you in
>   the interim, please do not hestiate to contact my
>   office."
>    
>   Maria Cantwell, United States Senator
>    
>       I also received a phone call from Representative
>   McDermott's office, but I was not available and so I
>   am to call back next week.
>    
>       I have heard nothing from either the Seattle
>   Times or the Seattle P-I to whom I also sent the
>   petition with a cover letter.
>    
>   Biff (Charles Keyes)