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Poetic Corduroy Dress - Girls
She'll be poetry in motion (even when sitting still) in this sweetly sophisticated dress. Delightfully accented with a contrast-color ruffled placket and buttons. Crafted in fine-wale cotton corduroy for the ultimate in cozy comfort. * Garment-washed for superior softness * Relaxed fit * Jewel neckline * Functional, ruffled placket, with five buttons and purl-edge trim * Long sleeves with elastic c...
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Blu Pony Vintage Gingham Dress - Girls
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Pretty in pink plaid, this so-soft, all-day dress delights with perfectly placed big pockets, just right for collecting little treasures. Vintage inspired, it's wearably modern with timeless appeal. * By Blu Pony Vintage * Relaxed fit * Jewel neckline * Coconut-shell buttons on back * Short sleeves * Knee length, with ruffled hem * 100% cotton * USA
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Embroidered Dress by Velveteen - Girls
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Oh, baby, this baby-doll dress is as cute as it is comfy, in feels-like-flannel brushed cotton, with a swingy shape and an arched and gathered yoke. An extra-dressy dress, it enchants with floral embroidery and hand-beading along the sleeves, and more hand-beading at the slip pockets. * By Velveteen * A-line * Round neckline * Center-back placket with imitation mother-of-pearl buttons * Center-fron...
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Lace Skirted Dress by Magpie & Mabel - Girls
This dream-come-true dress gives your little princess the royal treatment with a fitted, rose-print bodice, a full tulle shirt with an ivory lace overlay, and a shimmering sash sized to create a dramatic bow. * By Magpie & Mabel * Fitted bodice and full skirt * Square neck * Spaghetti-strap ties * Back buttons * Sash and belt loops * Below-knee length * Cotton bodice; nylon tulle skirt with poly la...
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Magpie & Mabel Lace-Trim Floral Dress - Girls
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Pretty peasant styling reaches royal heights in a colorful floral print with contrast ruffled lace trim at neck and hem, and a made-for-twirling full skirt. With an elastic bodice and waist for a just-right fit. * By Magpie & Mabel * Fitted bodice and full skirt * Square neck * Adjustable spaghetti straps * Elastic bodice and back waist * Knee length * 100% cotton * Poly lace trim; nylon/spande...
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Moon et Miel Embroidered Peasant Dress - Girls
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Add elegance to her every day with this easy-wear, anywhere peasant dress. Designed in France, with delicate hand-embroidery by artisans in India, in reverse flannel for exceptional softness. * By Moon et Miel * Floral embroidery with metallic accents at right-side hem; leaf embroidery below keyhole and down outside of sleeves * Relaxed fit * Center back buttons for sizes 4 and 6 * Long sleeves wit...
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Livie Shirtdress - Girls
Worn with skinny jeans and kicks, or tights and buckled boots, this seasonless shirtdress is ready to accompany her any day, anywhere, from school to movies to a walk in the woods. With its slightly more grown-up styling, it appeals to older girls as well as the younger set. * Relaxed fit * Jewel neckline * Contrast-color placket with four buttons and pleat below * Back yoke with inverted pleat * 3...
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Sundress by Blu Pony Vintage - Girls
Evoking the exquisite design and detail of a bygone era, this dreamy sundress invites her to collect and carry treasures in its oversized pockets. With a grow-with-her elastic back. * By Blu Pony Vintage * Pull-on style * Relaxed fit * Square neckline * Gathered under neckline * Sleeveless * Elastic back * Oversized slouchy pockets with ruffles * Ruffles at hem * Above-knee length * 100% cotton...
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Tiered Gauze Sundress by Moon et Miel - Girls
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This romantic sundress moves with the graceful ease of gauze. Featuring the shine-on sophistication of striking color combinations, in a solid or screen-printed metallic. * By Moon et Miel * Relaxed fit * Slightly gathered round neckline * Plum dress has metallic-ribbon trim * Straps with fixed bow at the shoulders * Three slightly gathered tiers * Knee length * Cotton; cotton/poly trim * Imported
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Missouri Bowhunters Association Monthly PublicationMBH has a monthy publication named 'The Release' with all kinds of information about archery and archery hunting in Missouri. Here are the latest publications in PDF format.
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Occasionally: Sometimes if the tonsils are very swollen and infected the patient can get what is known as the "hot potato voice". It means that their speech is muffled and distorted. In which case they may actually have an abcess of the tonsil. In my experience most people with strep just have a normal voice, but with a sore throat. Hoarseness is more common with croup and laryngitis. ...Read more
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Povey Cross Road Gatwick, Horley, RH6 0BE
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72% would recommend it to a friend
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Travelodge Gatwick Airport Central
Awful hotel.
Don't stay here. Point and simple.
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Our first room we was allocated was dirty and hadnt been cleaned from the night before.
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We wanted inexpensive rooms near Gatwick to make it easier to take an early morning flight; this suited our purpose.
The rooms, indeed the hotel in general, are basic but clean, and provided a reasonably comfortable night's sleep.
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Friendly polite staff, comfy bed.
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Easy cheap accommodation.
Perfect for resting your head.
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Cold but great locality for the airport
Heating was broken when we stayed and our room was freezing.
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Last minute decision to book into Gatwick hotel prior to early morning flight.
Checked with Late Rooms and got an amazing deal = family room (Double bed & two singles) for £50.00 really close to South Terminal. Very easy to book, you do pay until you check in and everything went really smoothly. One tiny problem; not knowing the area and because of the current roadworks, had difficulty finding the entrance to the Travelodge - if you encounter a similar problem, switch off your Satnav and drive through Premier Inn's Car Park - it leads directly into Travelodge's Car park. Will definitely use laterooms.com again as they are super-efficient. This is fourth time I've stayed in a Travelodge and their service, too, is excellent.
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The unique design of the Pro-line 30 Express gives you an awesome fishing machine as well as the social set up of a day cruiser. It has a nice cabin that sleeps two, a L-shaped lounge up top thats perfect for entertaining. The T-Top has plenty of rocket launchers, she boasts two Fish Boxes, Downrigger mounts and a windlass. Versatile layout offers proven fish ability with room for entertaining. Standard features include 45-gallon livewell, built-in tackle center, insulated fish boxes, fresh water bait sink, integrated swim platform with transom door. The well appointed cabin has a convertible dinette forward, full galley, enclosed head with hot shower, mid cabin berth and sleeps three. Note deep safe walk-around.
Tops out around 40 knots with twin hp outboards.
This is a well taken care of boat, The owner has repaired and replaced any issues through out the boats life. This boat is pristine and shows well.
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Boat Name
Perseverance II
LOA: 30 ft 0 in
Beam: 10 ft 0 in
Minimum Draft: 18 ft 0 in
Total Power: 450 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Yamaha
Year Built: 2002
Engine Model: 4 Stroke
Engine Type: Outboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Gas/Petrol
Engine Hours: 300
Engine Power: 225 HP
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: Yamaha
Year Built: 2002
Engine Model: 4 Stroke
Engine Type: Outboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Gas/Petrol
Engine Hours: 300
Engine Power: 225 HP
Cruising Speed: 30 knots @ 3600 RPM
Maximum Speed: 40 knots
Fuel Tanks: 2 (125 Gallons)
Accomodations, Furnishing & Layout
– Number of staterooms: 3
– Number of owner guest staterooms on vessel: 1
– Dinette Sleeps: 4
– Guest heads:1
– Guest Shower: 1
– Helmseat
Galley & Laundry:
– Refrigerator w/Freezer
– Water system: Pressure
Electrical System
– Batteries: 2 (NEW)
– Battery charger: Auto
– Dockside Electrical cable
– Electrical System: DC 12V, AC 110V
Deck Equipment
– Anchor
– Bow Pulpit Rails
– Covers Curtains: Bridge curtains, Aft-deck Curtains
– Coast Guard Approved safety package
– Deck Material: Fiberglass
– Deck Wash Down System: Freshwater/ Saltwater
– Docking Lights: Transom; Bow
– Fenders and Lines
– Navigation Lights
– Search Lights: Single
– Spreader Lights
– Swim Boarding ladder
– Windlass
Fishing Equipment
– Fish Box: Live well
– Outriggers
– Transom Door
Mechanical Equipment & Engine Details:
– Controls: Cockpit
– Fresh Water Cooling System: Fuel Filter
– Fuel Shut Off Value: Engine
– Head Type: Holding
– Extra Propellers
– Steering: Hydrl
– Synchronizers: Trim Tabs
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A lot of people feel sad or down during winter season, due to the low temperatures and shorter days. For some people this can turn into a subtype of clinical depression that lasts throughout the fall and winter months. This is known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Frequently Asked Questions
- 1How is SAD characterised?
- 2What are the symptoms for SAD?
- 3Who suffers from SAD?
- 4What Causes SAD?
- 5What abnormalities may cause SAD?
- 6What Conventional treatment is there for SAD?
- 7Where can this be treated?
- 8What are the drugs that may be prescribed instead of light therapy?
- 9What are the Targeted nutritional interventions used for SAD?
- 10What additional support is there for SAD?
- Recurring, cyclic bouts of depression, increased appetite, increased need for sleep.
- Contrasts with most depressive disorders, characterised by sleep disturbances, lack of appetite.
- Mild depression
- Anxiety
- Decreased activity
- Social withdrawal
- Increased sleep duration
- Increased appetite
- Weight gain
- Carbohydrate craving
- 10% of general population
- Most common in people who are treated for depression
- Most common in higher latitudes, where winter days are a lot shorter than closer to the equator
- Occurs more in woman than in men
- SAD may run in families, which suggests that it could be genetic
- Occurrence of SAD lessons after the age of 55 years
- 24-hour sleep-wake cycle, circadian rhythm, caused by the rise and fall of hormones–melatonin
- Melatonin is the master sleep hormone, produced in the pineal gland
- The sleep-wake pattern, depends on how well the functioning of the internal circadian clock works, deep in the brain.
- It works with photo sensors in the eyes to sense darkness
- The body begins to produce melatonin when darkness falls, one of the factors that cause you to sleep.
- Melatonin is secreted throughout the night, at dawn it decreases and gradually diminishes – causing you to wakefulness in the morning.
- When there is a problem with this system, sleep disorders and psychological problems can occur.
The Melatonin Theory
- Studies show that the shorter days in winter led directly to SAD. When researches lengthened the photoperiod by exposing patients to bright light in the morning and evenings. Research was then focused on the secretion of melatonin and the effects thereof. Patients that suffer from SAD had increased duration of melatonin in early hours of the morning. This explains why these people find it difficult to wake up in the mornings. They were given drugs to block melatonin secretion and found that the symptoms of SAD were relieved.
The Phase-shift theory
- Patients who suffered from SAD had circadian rhythms which had fallen out of sync with the normal cycle.
- "Phase advanced" when the body releases melatonin to early in the morning.
- "Phase delayed" when the body continues to release melatonin for too long into the day.
- This abnormality occurs, with seasonal changes in light exposure where it disrupts normal functioning of the circadian clock.
Retinal hypersensitivity
- The retinas of people with SAD are more sensitive to light than those of controls, due to the dysfunction of the neurotransmitter. Which means people with SAD are hypersensitive to light.
Neuroimmune dysfunction
- In winter there is an elevation of the interleukin-6, a pro-inflammatory cytokine, in patients suffering from SAD. These cytokines cause more production of enzymes that deplete tryptophan from the blood. Thus serotonin deficiency in the brain – causing onset of depression. Where decreased levels of tryptophan may lead to an overactive immune system.
Low levels of neurotransmitters
- People with SAD and other depressive disorders, have low or abnormal levels of neurotransmitters that are important, this includes serotonin, acetylcholine and dopamine. People with SAD have levels of serotonin that vary from season to season, which explain why they crave carbohydrates during the winter season. Because serotonin helps with regulating feeding an satiety. Depending on the rate of production of serotonin in the brain, depends on the length of time you are exposed to bright sunlight, this decreases in the winter months.
- In depressed patients, a serotonin like drug is given to increase the activation of euphoria in them, but not during the summer months. Change in serotonin levels are also a result of low levels of vitamin D3.
- SAD patients who are not treated have lower concentrations of norepinephrine, than patients who don't suffer from this disorder. These reduced levels may lead to hyper insomnia, want to sleep all the time. Low dopamine activity is also common in people who suffer from SAD.
Light therapy
- Patients are exposed to bright light early in the morning, to reduce the secretion of melatonin, and to stimulate a more natural waking cycle. This has a better therapeutic effect than evening light.
- Although some patients do not respond due to the side effects or lack of use to this treatment, as it is inconvenient.
- This treatment is most effective when used in the morning. Device is expensive to use and is not covered by medical aid. The treatment is also time consuming and takes 30-45 min per treatment.
A consultation with one of our health Renewal doctors is needed in order to provide clients with the best way forward. Our Health Renewal doctors travel between branches and are available in the following regions; Pretoria, Johannesburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Western Cape.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
- Fluoxetine and Sertraline -2 antidepressants commonly used in the treatment of SAD. They produce more serotonin to interact with serotonin receptors. Fluoxetine reduces the melatonin levels in these patients, when other antidepressants elevate the melatonin levels. It is important to take these meds in the morning as it is considered the melatonin levels are reduced at the appropriate time.
Selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor
- Reboxitine – The FDA has denied the approval of this drug. Although it is used in the European countries, it has been shown to be effective in treating depression. Side effects are, dry mouth, and constipation mild in intensity.
- It's a drug known to promote wakefulness, selectively by influencing the sleep-wake centres of the brain. It is also used in treating narcolepsy and major depressive disorder. It improves wakefulness and reduces fatigue.
- Is a hormone produced in the pineal gland, and is responsible for regulating sleep and the core body temperature at night.
- Melatonin levels increase in the evening, before bedtime, and peaks in the middle of the night, and gradually decreases as morning approaches.
- The excessive duration of melatonin secretion has been implicated, but not yet certain if this is the cause of SAD.
- Low-dose melatonin is taken at night, has shown to be effective in improving mood in SAD patients.
Nutrient therapy
- Increases serotonin levels to relieve the symptoms of SAD. Tryptophan is converted to 5-HTP by the enzyme hydroxylase, which may be inhibited by a deficiency of Vitamin B6 or magnesium. 5-HTP is converted to serotonin, and then into melatonin with SAMe which serves as a methylation agent. Nutrients which support healthy levels of tryptophan or promoting healthy methylation help to improve levels of serotonin, to relieve symptoms of SAD.
- When patients have a deficiency in tryptophan, they do not respond to light therapy. This is needed for the making of serotonin, which is a natural antidepressant. The light therapy stimulates the change of tryptophan to serotonin. Low levels of tryptophan cause high levels of neopterin, combined with low levels of serotonin could worsen depression. This is important to know for patients with autoimmune disorders (arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease), where the levels of immune system cytokines could already be elevated.
- It's the immediate precursor in the making of serotonin from tryptophan. When taken orally is crosses the blood-brain barrier easily and is effective as tryptophan and increasing the levels of serotonin. It is effective in treating insomnia and improving quality of sleep, and also increases cortisol levels. By using this it can result in serotonin syndrome, a condition characterised by agitation, confusion, delirium, tachycardia, diaphoresis, and fluctuations in blood pressure.
Vitamin B6 and SAMe
- The conversion of tryptophan to 5-HTP may be caused by a vitamin B6 deficiency or magnesium. As well as the conversion of 5-HTP to serotonin, and then converting it to melatonin, depend on SAMe as a methylation agent. Vitamin B6 is important in the production of serotonin. Vitamin B6 deficiency should be considered in people with SAD especially in the elderly who suffer from vitamin deficiencies.
- Healthy circadian rhythm is associated with normal magnesium levels, which peak in the evening, and fluctuates in the morning. Insufficient levels of magnesium can inhibit the conversion of tryptophan to 5-HTP, and can affect the production of serotonin and melatonin. Magnesium depletion is associated with dysregulation of the biological clock, resulting inan increase or decrease in melatonin in SAD patients.
St. John's wart
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Omega-3 Fatty acids
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For the 2002 game, see The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game).
|Lord of the Rings: Game One
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Lord of the Rings: Game One (released in North America as The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure) is a computer game released in 1985 and based on the book The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was the follow-up to the 1982 game The Hobbit, although did not reach the same level of critical and commercial success as its predecessor, and is considered inferior by the gaming community, with many complaining about the removal of the real-time aspects and complex AI patterns of the previous game, and puzzles that lacked coherent solutions.
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decided: May 22, 1972.
FRANK E. CONNERY, APPELLANT IN NO. 19,432v.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAX KRAVEN, APPELLANT IN NO. 19,433 V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Max Rosenn, and James Rosen, Circuit Judges and Teitelbaum, District Judge.
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MAX ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey which held that the appellants in these consolidated cases were not entitled to recover income tax and deficiency interest paid by them as transferees of the assets of Frankay Laboratories, Inc., a New Jersey corporation. The case raises several issues of first impression in this circuit.
The facts found by the district court which are relevant to our discussion and decision may be summarized as follows: Frankay, in the business of making and selling ethical pharmaceuticals, was incorporated on November 4, 1947, and dissolved on May 13, 1959. The appellants were shareholders throughout its existence. For federal income tax purposes, Frankay reported its income and deductions on the accrual method of accounting, and filed returns with the District Director of Internal Revenue on the basis of a fiscal year ending on October 31st.
By agreement dated March 23, 1959, Frankay sold its entire assets and business to Cooper Tinsley Laboratories, Inc. (Cooper Tinsley). The sale, closed on April 30, 1959, was made pursuant to a plan of liquidation adopted in conformity with the provisions of Section 337 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Frankay fully complied with Section 337.
The sales contract of March 23, 1959, provided, in part, that:
Of the aggregate consideration for which the buyer is purchasing the assets and business of the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, $375,464 is paid as follows:
Prepaid advertising $40,000.
Substantially all of Frankay's advertising was prepared and supervised since 1954 by the Robert E. Wilson Agency (Wilson). Wilson handled Frankay's advertising campaigns during Frankay's fiscal year 1958 and the fiscal period of 1959, as it did in other years. Wilson's control of the advertising process was almost complete. Wilson paid all costs, then billed Frankay for its commission as well as the costs incurred, with the exception of the cost of sample pills manufactured by a subsidiary of Frankay called Arlington Laboratories. The advertising supplied by Wilson consisted of circulars, sample "sleeves" to doctors, and magazine advertisements in medical journals.
During the fiscal year ending October 31, 1958, Frankay incurred and paid advertising expenses of $99,087.50, and deducted that amount on its income tax return filed for that year. During the fiscal period beginning November 1, 1958, and ending May 13, 1959, Frankay incurred, paid, and deducted advertising expenses of $82,036.85.
Among the expenses incurred by Frankay in connection with the sale of its assets and its subsequent liquidation were legal fees, in the amount of $3,500. Although accrued and expensed on the books and records of Frankay, these legal fees were paid by Cooper Tinsley on June 26, 1959. Of the $3,500 charged for attorney's fees, $500 was charged for services concerning the sale of Frankay's business, and $3,000 was charged for services concerning the liquidation and dissolution of Frankay.
Pursuant to the plan of liquidation, Frankay distributed to its shareholders on May 22, 1959, all the assets which remained after the sale to Cooper Tinsley. Thereafter, the Internal Revenue Service audited Frankay's income tax return for the fiscal period ending May 13, 1959. The Commissioner determined that Frankay had additional income and unallowable deductions as follows:
Prepaid advertising: $40,000
Legal fees: $3,500.
Because Frankay had been liquidated, the Commissioner determined that the liability for the taxes allegedly due from Frankay should be borne by the taxpayers Connery and Kraven, formerly shareholders of the liquidated corporation and ultimately transferees of its assets.
The assessment of the Commissioner against the taxpayers was predicated upon the following conclusions: Since the $40,000 received under the sales contract for advertising material had been recovered in full through ordinary business deductions for advertising in a prior year and in the year of sale, (1) the portion allocable to the prior year constituted taxable ordinary income to the extent of the tax benefit secured by Frankay from the deduction taken in that year, and (2) the portion allocable to the year of the sale must be treated as taxable ordinary income or as an offset to the advertising expense deduction taken for that year. Moreover, the Commissioner reasoned that legal fees expended in connection with selling the corporate assets pursuant to Section 337 were capital in nature, and not deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses.
The district court agreed with the position taken by the Commissioner. This appeal by the taxpayers followed.
The first issue raised on this appeal concerns whether tax benefit principles*fn1 apply where the recovery of costs which had already been expensed comes from a sale of corporate assets pursuant to a Section 337 liquidation. The general principles involved have been subjected to close analysis in other circuits.
The 10th Circuit, in C.I.R. v. Anders, 414 F.2d 1283 (10th Cir. 1969), considered:
Id., at 1284-1285.
The court held that Congress had not intended to eliminate tax benefit principles from application in a § 337 transaction, since "the statute used a definition of property in § 337 parallel to that of assets in § 1221 of the 1954 Code." Id., at 1287. It noted that other cases had applied tax benefit principles to the predecessor rule of § 1221.*fn2 Moreover, the court reasoned that "there is no provision in the statute showing an intent to alter or bar the application in cases under § 337 of tax benefit principles fashioned under other provisions of the Code." Id., at 1287. Therefore, it concluded, that § 337 did not intend to effect a disregard of tax benefit principles in liquidation cases.
In Spitalny v. United States, 430 F.2d 195 (9th Cir. 1970), the 9th Circuit confronted the same problem, but in the context of:
[a] taxpayer corporation . . . engaged in the business of cattle feeding. Feed on hand, the cost of which had been fully deducted as an expense of doing business, was sold by the corporation pursuant to its plan of liquidation. . . . The question presented is whether the corporation can treat the fully expensed feed as taking a zero basis and the full price received on sale as nonrecognized gain under § 337. . . .
Id., at 196.
The court agreed with the 10th Circuit that:
Just as bad debts written off and later recovered are restored to income, West Seattle National Bank of Seattle v. C.I.R., 288 F.2d 47 (9th Cir. 1961), so costs deducted but later recovered should be restored.
Id., at 197-198. (footnotes omitted)
We find the reasoning and position of these cases persuasive. We hold that tax benefit principles apply to a § 337 transaction.
Our next concern is whether the peculiar nature of prepaid advertising costs works an exception to the general rule. We do not find that it does.
The taxpayers argue that Spitalny -- which held applicable tax benefit principles even when the deduction and return occurred within the same year -- should not be followed, because in Spitalny there occurred distortion of income, while in the instant case, there is no distortion. The argument is predicated on the assumption that in Spitalny, the cattle feed expensed was in fact an addition to inventory, while in the instant case, the pre-paid advertising was actually consumed when paid.
We find no merit in this argument. The critical issue is that "when costs are recovered in the taxable year in which they were incurred, the extent of deductible costs is accordingly reduced." Id., at 198. In both Spitalny and the instant case, a tax deduction was taken by the company in question. In both cases, the amount deducted was recovered. The "distortion" manifests itself in the return of previously deducted income. This was the position taken in Spitalny.
Whether the Commissioner's ruling is regarded as disallowance of an item of expense or a restoration to income of the recovery is of no consequence. In neither case may the recovery be regarded as "gain" when so to regard it would result in a tax benefit the conferring of which serves to distort income.
Id., at 198 (emphasis supplied).
We next consider the issue of the attorney's fees. The Government has withdrawn its contention that the total $3,500 in legal expenses is not deductible. It has conceded in this appeal that $3,000 of this amount is deductible as a business expense of the seller. However, the Government contends that the portion of the legal fees allocable to the sale of the assets ($500) is not deductible since it is capital in nature. The circuits are split on the issue of whether costs incident to the sale of capital assets can be deducted as an ordinary and necessary business expense. The 4th and 10th Circuits believe that such expenses are properly deductible; the 7th, 8th and 6th Circuits have held them not deductible.*fn3
We believe the better view is that such expenses are not properly deductible for the following reasons: First, since capital gain is given no recognition and has no tax incidence to the corporation under the statute, legal fees paid to establish that gain should be likewise disregarded. Second, such legal fees are generally offset against capital gain realized in a sale and are not deducted as an ordinary business expense. Spreckels v. Commissioner Internal Revenue, 315 U.S. 626, 62 S. Ct. 777, 86 L. Ed. 1073 (1942). These reasons, and others in support of the position we take, are more fully stated in Alphaco, Inc. v. Nelson, 385 F.2d 244 (7th Cir. 1967), an opinion which we find persuasive.
Finally, appellants make a general attack upon the sufficiency of the evidence, alleging that the contract containing the prepaid advertising notation is ambiguous. Appellants argue that other evidence shows that there was no bargaining for individual assets such as prepaid advertising.
We have examined the complete record, including the notes of testimony, and the various depositions. We believe that the evidence sustains the Government. But, in any event, the rule we enunciated in C.I.R. v. Danielson, 378 F.2d 771 (3d Cir. 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 858, 88 S. Ct. 94, 19 L. Ed. 2d 123 (1967), prohibits an inquiry beyond the sales contract executed by the parties. In Danielson, this court held in an opinion written by now Chief Judge Seitz that:
[A] party can challenge the tax consequences of his agreement as construed by the Commissioner only by adducing proof which in an action between the parties to the agreement would be admissible to alter that construction or to show its unenforceability because of mistake, undue influence, fraud, duress, etc.
Id., at 775.
The taxpayer here has not adduced such proof as would permit inquiry beyond the specific provisions of the sales contract.
We have considered the additional arguments raised and find them also without merit.
The district court is directed to modify its judgment with respect to the attorney's fees in accordance with this opinion. In all other respects, the judgment of the district court will be affirmed.
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Book Review: Lee Kuan Yew's Taming of the Press
A review of OB Markers: My Straits Times Story, by Cheong Yip Seng, former Editor-in-Chief of the Singapore Press Holdings, published by Straits Times Press. Asia Sentinel:
From the very first chapter of this book to the last, it is full of detailed and astonishing revelations about the mainstream media in Singapore. It is an incredible resource for those trying to understand the control of the media and Singapore's brand of self-censorship. Indirectly, Cheong Yip Seng's My Straits Times Story is invaluable in helping to explain the dominance of one political party through its "symbiotic" relationship to all the mainstream print media in our country. …
There is more evidence of intimidation documented in this book, mainly from Lee Kuan Yew, who actually endorsed the book prominently. For example, after an early event at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Cheong was threatened by Lee with the words, "If you print this, I will break your neck". Cheong's response to what appears on the surface to be a brutal threat is interesting was: "I was taken aback by his thunderbolt…It was my first taste of Lee Kuan Yew's ways with the media…Thankfully not every encounter would be as bruising as (that)…but there were many occasions when the knuckleduster approach was unmistakable."
Such blatant intimidation is presumably rare in Singapore. The title of the book, however, describes the life of a Singaporean journalist constantly trying to negotiate the "OB" or "Out of Bounds" markers. Cheong explains the origin of the term "OB markers", ascribing it to former minister George Yeo, who described them as "areas of public life that should remain out of bounds to social activism and the media. Otherwise, society paid an unacceptably high price."
Outside of race and religion, the most important OB marker was then PM Lee Kuan Yew's argument that the press could not be a "fourth estate" or center of power because it was not elected.
This is not a valid argument to me as it could be argued that the press are far more accountable than politicians as they have to seek the approval of the newspaper purchasing public every day rather than every four to five years in elections.
Instead, Lee's view of the press was that it was a tool for dissemination and promotion of government policies. One illuminating illustration was a "furious" call from Lee's office that was received by the (now defunct) New Nation Editor David Kraal. The editors were "flummoxed" to discover that the then PM was provoked by a photograph of a large family to illustrate a story of a happy Singapore family. Apparently, this was perceived by the PM as "subtle but effective criticism" of the "Stop at Two campaign" in which Lee sought to limit families to two children. …
Cheong makes it clear that while he had hoped that the "knuckleduster era" belonged to the 1970s, it could reappear any time. For example, he describes how while "recovering" from the 2006 general election, he received a phone call in a hotel in Phuket, from Lee Kuan Yew who was "livid" about a "powerfully argued column by Chua Mui Hoong" in which the deputy political editor had questioned the policy of placing opposition wards at the back of the queue for upgrading works. According to Cheong, Lee was "his old 1970s self. If the Straits Times wanted a fight, he was prepared to do it the old way, with knuckledusters on". This is depressing but not surprising to any reader of the ST today.
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The old goat is evil incarnate.
This is part of the social engineering that the government is doing lah….Just tell you to "back off" without them telling it to you… Let the former ST Editor tells you how to behave.
Muzzling the press is the hallmark of a blackguard.
History will record the lies of a megalomaniac.
Where is he?
He was seated at the first row at the current parliament meeting.
He looks imperial, hale and alert, maybe he will give his sermon soon.
A desperate effort to save the lost coming by-election.
Where is LKY, he has not been out lately……..
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Skip to comments.Blackwells harsh letter fans flames of GOP feud (Ohio)
Posted on 04/30/2004 10:00:51 AM PDT by Deadeye Division
Blackwells harsh letter fans flames of GOP feud
Friday, April 30, 2004
Darrel Rowland
Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, who expressed outrage earlier this week about a plot by a handful of fellow Republicans to destroy his political career, is raising money for a 2006 gubernatorial bid by bashing several top Ohio GOP leaders.
Gov. Bob Taft, Attorney General Betty D. Montgomery, Auditor Jim Petro, House Speaker Larry Householder and state GOP Chairman Robert T. Bennett all are criticized in a fund-raising letter mailed last month by Blackwell.
"Our leadership is selling our partys positions to the highest bidder," Blackwell wrote in the four-page missive.
Adding that he is running for governor "to restore the distinction between Republicans and Democrats," Blackwell wrote that many leading GOP figures are "espousing policies closer to Dick Celeste, Teddy Kennedy and Bill and Hillary Clinton than Ronald Reagan."
Blackwells prickly money plea adds fuel to a blaze already stoked by the revelation that top Householder aides had prepared a secret 109-page blueprint for an $8.5 million campaign to bolster the speakers political fortunes while at the same time "taking down" Blackwell. Householder, a possible candidate for state auditor in 2006, said the plan was never implemented although Blackwell contends otherwise.
Republican leaders have expressed concerns the intraparty feuding will detract from the campaign to deliver Ohio for President Bush in November.
"Its not helpful to the Republican family when were attacking each other in any forum," said Taft spokesman Orest Holubec. "The governor has said 2006 is a long way off and that our elected officials should be focused on the job they are elected to do and not on advancing their personal ambitions."
Bennett said, "I do expect our statewide officials to set aside personal and political ambitions long enough to accomplish the task at hand, and thats re-electing George Bush."
The longtime GOP chairman said Blackwell was showing a "double standard" with his criticism of the unimplemented Team Householder plan when he had already sent out the strongly worded letter.
"This is some pretty bitter rhetoric, and Im really sad that Ken would sink to this level. This letter is kind of the ultimate hypocrisy, after singing the blues over a hit piece directed at him that never went anyplace," Bennett said.
"Hes willing to knife his own party in the back just to advance his own political career. These are the same people who worked very hard to get him elected."
Blackwell said yesterday there is no "moral equivalency" between his letter and the Team Householder plan.
"Theres nothing in my letter that is duplicitous or intimidating in nature," Blackwell said. "Have I in fact gone hard at policy disagreements? Absolutely . . . This is a hard-fought struggle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party."
In the letter the first under a "Blackwell for Governor" logo Blackwell told potential donors the GOP ascended to its current prominence in Ohio politics because of its conservative philosophy. Republicans occupy all nonjudicial statewide elected slots and hold large majorities in both houses of the legislature.
"However, because Gov. Taft and other statewide and legislative Republican officials are abandoning these positions when it comes to governing, we are in danger of losing everything!" Blackwell wrote.
He wrote that Householder "sold out our principles" by failing to pass legislation limiting lawsuits, even after a pair of "business friendly" justices were elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 2002. Instead, Householder raised thousands of dollars from trial lawyers as far away as Texas, so "is it any wonder that no tort reform bill has found its way to the governors desk?"
Householder also has stalled efforts to pare Medicaid payments to nursing home owners and expand prevailing wage exemptions on state construction projects, Blackwell wrote.
Householder spokesman Dwight Crum returned Blackwells fire.
"This is typical of the attacks on the speaker and members of the legislature that have been going on for a year," Crum said. "Were still waiting for his (Blackwells) plan to cut spending responsibly without gutting programs for children, without gutting programs for seniors, and still rebuild the economy."
Blackwell ripped Bennett for calling Blackwells petition drive to repeal last years state salestax increase a "publicity stunt."
"The man elected to lead the party of Ronald Reagan in Ohio is publicly ridiculing an effort to lower the taxes of all Ohioans," Blackwell wrote. "The credibility of the Republican Party is called into question when the chairman of the state party says a grass-roots effort to restore fiscal integrity and lower taxes would cripple our economy and cause children to go hungry."
Blackwell pointed to "clear distinctions in policy positions" with his potential rivals for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
Neither Montgomery nor Petro supports the sales-tax repeal or Ohios new law allowing most residents to carry concealed weapons. Petro doesnt back the Defense of Marriage Act approved this year, Blackwell wrote.
Full text of Blackwell letter
Friday, April 30, 2004
BLACKWELL for Governor
829 Bethel Road #316, Columbus, Ohio 43214
Dear Friend:
I was not born a member of the Republican Party. I chose the Republican Party because its core tenets matched my personal philosophy.
Lower taxes
Less government spending
Job-creating economic policies
When I chose the Republican Party 23 years ago, Ronald Reagan was President. I, like millions of Americans, admired Ronald Reagan because he was a great leader who stood tall for these principles as the best way to produce economic prosperity and the opportunity for a better life for all Americans.
Campaigning on these positions is the reason Republicans have consistently won in Ohio over the last decade.
However, because Governor Taft and other statewide and legislative Republican officials are abandoning these positions when it comes to governing we are in danger of losing everything!
I will speak more to this point later in this letter and ask you to help me prevent it.
In 1983 and 1984, I worked alongside other Republicans to fight the outrageous income tax hike that Dick Celeste and the Democrats in the General Assembly forced upon us.. Later in the decade, I worked with Jack Kemp to change public policy to empower millions of Americans with the ability to own their home.
During my time as State Treasurer and Secretary of State, I have spoken out about the need to keep taxes low so you could keep more money in your pocket. In 1998, I was the only statewide official to openly fight against an attempt to hike the sales tax. With a grassroots driven effort, we defeated the tax increase 4 to 1 in a statewide vote.
But taxes can't be kept low if spending of your tax dollars isn't kept in check. As Secretary of State I have "walked the walk" by lowering my office's reliance on general fund tax dollars by 64%. At the same time, we have significantly upgraded our customer service and productivity.
Unfortunately, the same can't be said for Ohio state government as a whole over the last decade. Our state spending has increased 70% over the last 10 years, the highest rate of any state in the nation.
In 2003, the General Assembly passed and our Governor signed the largest tax increase in our state's history to feed their unrestrained spending. They hiked our taxes $3 Billion without a vote of the people, violating their campaign pledge to us - and they did it to fund an 11% increase in spending!
Last summer, after studying the effects of this runaway spending, I said, ''Enough is enough!''
Ohio's "first in the nation" spending title has created havoc with our economy. Jobs are leaving our state at an alarming rate, 118,000 manufacturing jobs last year alone. Young people are going elsewhere to begin their careers and start families. Retirees are taking their lifetime of savings to other states to avoid our suffocating estate and income taxes.
So I began an initiative to repeal the 20% sales tax hike. In approximately 60 days, we collected over 157,000 signatures from Ohioans. It was a record grassroots effort and demonstrated the strong feeling that our government was wrong to increase taxes rather than cut spending.
As you would expect, those who passed this record tax increase to feed out-of-control government spending said our effort would have catastrophic effects on our state.
However, unlike those we fought in 1983 and 1984, this time it is Republicans who are using the Chicken Little rhetoric to defend their actions. Yes, Republicans are saying the state can't survive without the largest tax increase in our history!
Governor Taft promised the voters in 2002 that there would not be a broad-based tax increase without a vote of the people. I believed him and campaigned with and for him. Now he is being openly critical of my efforts.
The Ohio Republican Party Chairman called our repeal effort a :publicity stunt. The man elected to lead the party of Ronald Reagan in Ohio is publicly ridiculing an effort to lower the taxes of all Ohioans.
In fact, my actions are consistent with my long-held views and the platform of the Republican Party. I am standing up for our Party's principles.
To fight our effort, Governor Taft went to the public employee unions and asked them for help. I was shocked and dismayed when I read about his actions in the notes from the December 2003 Executive Committee meeting of the Ohio Education Association.
The person you and I supported to be the standard bearer for the Republican Party in Ohio was asking a group that gives 90% of its political contributions to the Democrat Party to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to prevent our effort to end this outrageous tax hike.
Those who are fighting our tax repeal effort are calling me an outsider. Leaders of our Party say l am not a team player.
I am writing you today to say if being a part of the inner circle means abandoning my conservative principles and the platform of the Republican Party then I will not do it!
Let me give you another vivid example of where some of our elected leaders have sold out our principles.
In 2002, millions of dollars were raised to elect an Ohio Supreme Court that would be more "business friendly." We had seen enough of what a Court bought by trial lawyers was like.
Well, we won both of the Supreme Court races. But let me tell you the rest of the story.
At the same time Speaker Larry Householder and others were saying they would pass tort reform if we elected Supreme Court candidates who would uphold the law, the Speaker was raising thousands upon thousands of dollars from trial lawyers from as far away as Dallas, Texas.
In fact, in 2002 the trial lawyers gave more to Republicans than Democrats.
Is it any wonder that no Tort Reform bill has found its way to the Governor's desk?
The same story can be told regarding the effort to expand prevailing wage exemptions for state construction projects and to reform Medicaid reimbursement to nursing home owners. These two items alone would save our state budget hundreds of millions of dollars each year!
Our leadership is selling our Party's positions to the highest bidder.
Let me (sic) perfectly clear on one point. I am in fact running for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2OO6. I am doing so because I have the ability to lead our state.
I am also running to restore the distinction between Republicans and Democrats. Presently, as the examples cited above clearly show, there is no distinction.
There are clear distinctions in policy positions among my potential 2006 gubernatorial primary competitors, Betty Montgomery and Jim Petro, and me.
Neither Betty Montgomery nor Jim Petro support the 20 % sales tax repeal initiative.
Neither Betty Montgomery nor Jim Petro would have signed the recently passed bill allowing for the carrying of concealed weapons.
Jim Petro doesn't support the Defense of Marriage Act passed by the General Assembly.
I know that you have generously given of your funds to elect me and other Republicans to statewide office and the majorities in the legislature. But you don't want this type of leadership.
You want the type of leadership we got from Ronald Reagan and are getting from George W. Bush who didn't forget his campaign promise to cut taxes, not raise them.
The rest of the Ohio Republican leadership is espousing policies closer to Dick Celeste, Teddy Kennedy and Bill and Hillary Clinton than Ronald Reagan.
The credibility of the Republican Party is called into question when the Chairman of the State Party says a grassroots effort to restore fiscal integrity and lower taxes would cripple our economy and cause children to go hungry.
In fact, I have already laid out a specific plan to rein in spending that won't cause chaos.
It is a sad day for our Republican Party when our elected Governor goes to the public employee unions and pleads with them to help him keep the largest tax increase in Ohio history.
The Republican Party I want to lead as our next Governor stands strong and firm for its fundamental beliefs. I will never ask those groups that make up the core of the Democrat Party to attack fellow Republicans who are acting like true Republicans.
It is time for a change. Please join me in my campaign to be Ohio's next Governor. I need your ideas, your energy and, of course, your financial support.
Your generous maximum contribution of $2.500 would be greatly appreciated.. If you can only give $1,500, $1,000, $500, $250 or $100 now, that would be equally welcome. Your personal check should be made payable to Ohioans for Ken Blackwell.
Additionally, I want to invite you to serve on my campaign team to advise me on the best economic policies to bring Ohio back to greatness. You have ideas that will stop the flow of jobs and young people from our state. I want to hear them. If you would like to serve, please indicate so on the response form.
You may also go to my website, www.kenblackwell.com to make a contribution and join my economic advisory team.
The Republican Party must stand up for our beliefs. We must return to our core principles of reducing taxes, lower spending and creating jobs to provide for prosperity. Millions of dollars will have been wasted unless we elect a leader in 2006 who is true to our Party and his campaign promises.
I want to be that leader. I hope I have earned your support.
Thank you for your time and willingness to read this letter.
J. Kenneth Blackwell
P.S. Over 5,000 people were involved in collecting 157, 482 signatures in just 60 days to repeal the sales tax increase. It was the largest grassroots effort in Ohio history and showed just how mad the voters are. Thousands of people will stay home and not vote in 2004 and 2006 unless we show them we are truly the Party of lower taxes and less government. Please join my team today with your most generous contribution and active involvement.
WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH, HE called me a RINO ping....lol
WHAM!you hit the nail on the head.Blackwell is a guy that gets my vote.
How true!
When Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell are in the same room, someone has to go get an adult.
By pandering for coronation as darling of the Republican right, Householder and Blackwell have embarrassed their party, themselves and, maybe, unwittingly undermined their chances of winning statewide office in 2006.
That these two blindly ambitious southern Ohioans might be sent packing by voters Householder back to Perry County and Blackwell home to Cincinnati would be a fate richly deserved.
The two have played childish bullies ever since Blackwell took the overtly political step in September of forming a committee to seek voterrepeal of the temporary penny-onthe-dollar increase in the state sales tax rightly enacted by Householder and fellow Republicans to balance an already cut-to-the-bone state budget.
Rather than simply advocating repeal of the tax, Blackwell immediately embarked on a course to set himself apart as the GOPs only true conservative statewide officeholder.
Accused of leading the tax-repeal campaign solely for political gain, Blackwell pointed to his long record of advocating lower taxes and smaller government.
But he undermined his own credibility with a March tax-repeal fund-raising letter that cynically broke Ronald Reagans hallowed 11 th Commandment. Blackwell enraged GOP leaders by castigating them for espousing policies closer to "Teddy Kennedy and Bill and Hillary Clinton than Ronald Reagan."
Blackwell also used the letter to attack Householder and Gov. Bob Taft, who signed the tax increase into law. And he blistered his GOP rivals for governor in 2006, Attorney General Jim Petro and Auditor Betty D. Montgomery, for supporting the tax increase. Blackwell couldnt resist a cheap shot at Petro and Montgomery by contending neither "would have signed the recently passed bill allowing for the carrying of concealed weapons."
If Blackwell were so committed to the tax repeal as good policy, why not just make that case without attacking leaders of his own party? The letter exposed Blackwells true motive to use the tax-repeal campaign as a vehicle to imprint his conservative credentials for the expected 2006 gubernatorial showdown with Petro and Montgomery. It showed a ruthless willingness to divide his own party to further his ambitions.
The tax vote and Blackwells attacks put Householder in a pickle. While he acted responsibly by getting House Republicans to pull Ohio, albeit temporarily, from the throes of a budget crisis, Householder is preparing to run for state auditor in 2006 with a potentially politically fatal taxincrease vote on his record.
Oh, sweet justice! For years, Householder and his band of nasty boys Team Householder have strongarmed Statehouse lobbyists and GOP corporate sugar daddies for campaign contributions to buy television ads to bury Democratic and Republican opponents alike.
A favorite tactic has been to simply lie in TV attack ads, assigning taxincrease votes to candidates who never voted for a tax increase or, in the case of a recent GOP House primary race, label an incumbent who actually voted against the salestax increase as a tax-raiser.
And now here sits Householder, his path to statewide office threatened by a tax vote. "Its his tax increase," a 109-page document written by Team Householder lamented, perhaps previewing words destined to appear someday in an anti-Householder attack ad.
The document, written in January, was leaked last week, with devastating consequences for Householder. With Machiavellian arrogance and Nixonian duplicity, the document detailed an $8.5 million campaign to be led by Householder to defeat Blackwells taxrepeal effort.
True to Team Householders modus operandi, it wasnt enough simply to defeat the tax repeal. The document elaborately outlined a plan to destroy Blackwells political career, while duping Democrats, labor unions and private groups into supporting a campaign "to help underwrite Larry Householders political future."
Maybe Blackwell and Householder will make peace and run as a team for governor and lieutenant governor in 2006. Ohioans deserve a chance to send them a message.
Joe Hallett is senior editor at The Dispatch.
Maybe Bob Bennett didnt get out soon enough. The Republican state chairman thought he had problems before in lining up his thoroughbreds for the statewide starting gate in 2006.
Now hes got to be scratching his head over how to keep the GOP aspirants from killing each other before 2006 even gets here.
Bennett, nearing retirement age, needs to be concentrating on getting out the vote for President Bush and Sen. George V. Voinovich, not settling food fights in the Republican dining hall.
The latest episode has House Speaker Larry Householder and Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell at each others throat, making the sparring between Auditor Betty D. Montgomery and Attorney General Jim Petro for governor in 2006 look like a marble game in the schoolyard.
Not that Bennett isnt up to the task. In 1989, he skillfully persuaded Bob Taft to drop out of the next years primary contest for governor with George Voinovich and to run for secretary of state, which the GOP badly needed to control the process for drawing state legislative districts.
In 1998, he induced Blackwell to back away from a clash with Taft for the good of the party, and there has been room at the table for all Republicans since then.
Until now. Knives, forks and other weapons of individual destruction are in play.
Blackwell got under Householders skin last year by declaring that he could produce a better budget than the Republican legislators did and without raising the sales tax from a nickel to six cents on the dollar.
Householder fired back, saying it was easy to carp about the budget, but that Blackwell never had to deliver critical services to the people and come up with the votes to fund them.
Blackwell loudly announced a campaign to repeal the penny on the sales tax which is worth $1.3 billion a year six months early, earning Householders contempt.
What we didnt know until last week was that the speakers political cadre, known to themselves as Team Householder, had an $8.5 million plan to not only combat the repeal but to make Householder so popular that hed be a natural player for statewide office in 2006.
The plan, written secretly in January, was kept under wraps until it leaked out a week ago, proving to be another embarrassment to Householder, who has been raked before on his heavyhanded fund-raising and campaigning style.
Press Secretary Dwight Crum took the rap for writing the plan, to which political operatives Brett Buerck and Kyle Sisk contributed. Crum said Blackwells continued hostility toward his boss ate at him until he sat down at his personal computer and wrote in a fit of pique and frustration.
Crums flying fingers produced 109 pages of a campaign plan down to the finest detail before the anger wore off. He ended with a disclaimer that the document was only a draft for internal consumption and had nobodys approval.
"I dont know how anything like this could be put in writing," Bennett said last week in promising to try to get Householder and Blackwell together to drink some sort of ego-reducing toast. He didnt get a chance to invite them before Blackwell vetoed the idea.
Only those who live and breathe political campaigns could have put this document together. It covered all the bases. Its not unusual for political strategists to map out plans for their bosses, but most never see the light of day until the proper time, if then.
Consultant Jerry Austin, a Democrat who just happens to be plaguing Householder with a spate of negative TV commercials, chortled at the Republicans dilemma.
Austin used to do the dirty work for Gov. Richard F. Celeste and Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr., who was secretary of state and attorney general in the Democrats glory days. "I kept em all in my head," Austin answered when asked how come nobody ever leaked out his strategies.
The Householder leak was reminiscent of 1997, when Senate Democrats left in a committee room the draft of a plan on how to hang the Republicans on raising taxes for school-funding and then running against them on the issue.
Republicans shut the Democrats out of the process, the school-funding problem was only half-solved and the Republicans won all the elections after that.
Now, the shoe is on the other foot. Bennett will have to step lively to stem the tide of disarray. And Householder, who will be out of office in January, will have to get a new plan and hope the Republicans are in a forgiving mood.
Lee Leonard covers the Statehouse for The Dispatch .
Householder vs. Blackwell
Internal attack memo is an embarrassment to states Republicans
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Maybe Ohios Republican leaders can blame the intraparty blood-letting on the Democrats. Had the other party put up a fight in the past decade, Republican officeholders might not be slashing each other.
Two combatants risk mucking up their political chances in 2006. House Speaker Larry Householder, who covets the state auditors job, and Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, presumably a candidate for governor, were bruised in the family feud.
Team Householders 109-page blueprint for boosting the speakers political stock while undercutting Blackwells was not illegal, but it was pretty stupid. Why do political operatives put such thoughts in writing?
The leaked document forcefully sets out a strategy for destroying Blackwell. The attack would be propelled by an $8.5 million campaign to defeat Blackwells initiative to repeal a temporary sales-tax increase approved by the General Assembly in 2003 and signed into law by Gov. Bob Taft.
That Householder would battle Blackwell over the political opportunism of a tax-repeal drive is hardly surprising. But ruthless tactics, seen as business as usual in politics, often backfire as people who land on enemy lists fight back. Richard M. Nixons mind-set was captured on audiotape; Larry Householders was spelled out in writing.
The document played into the hands of Blackwell, who referred to Householder and his staff as "thugs and racketeers." But how is Blackwell going to boost his political capital by attacking the party leadership whose support he needs? His anger at other Republicans expressed in a fundraising letter is astonishing, accusing the party leaders of "selling our partys position to the highest bidder."
The House speaker has downplayed the blueprint as an internal memo that went "over the top" and promptly was discarded by him. He would have the public believe that a lengthy clarion call for political battle was a mere memo that didnt have his approval. Dwight Crum, Householders press secretary, fell on his sword for writing this "overly aggressive" report, but theres no doubt who really runs Team Householder.
It wasnt the first damaging leak. In March, an anonymous memo made public accused Householders fundraising efforts of fraud, bribery and kickback schemes. The claims were "half-truths, innuendoes, rumors and outright lies," Householder responded.
Those charges emerged after news reports of strong-arm tactics used by the speakers fund-raising team. Blackwells office referred the allegations to two U.S. attorneys based in Ohio.
The disclosure of the plot to "dismantle Blackwell" ends up embarrassing statewide GOP leaders, including Ohio GOP Chairman Robert T. Bennett and Taft, whose spokesman called the memo "garbage."
Intraparty fights in a minority party often are a healthy sign of an organization struggling to redefine itself to win its way back into the majority. But in a party holding a monopoly on power, a fight like this likely is a sign of decay. Only a party smug in its supposed invulnerability would allow personal rivalries to trump unity.
Those who engage in these fights also should remember that political ruthlessness has a dangerous recoil that frequently destroys the one who unleashes it.
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