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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Has an email been sent saying the donation link is up and running? Maybe people don't know it's up.

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It's been in the newspapers and on television.  Who do you think should get the email?  Julianne Moore and Bruce Cohen?  The Stuart community who wanted to keep the name--do you really think they are going to contribute?  I'm guessing the Sandy Evans and Pat Hynes have already contributed whatever they plan to give.
Do you really think that many people will contribute?

There's been no increase since yesterday afternoon--maybe, it is not updated on weekends.

My prediction:  unless their Hollywood friends give, they will not reach $100k-or anywhere near it.

The "changers" ad hoc committee insisted that there would be donations.  Where are they?  
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If Moore and Cohen don't each donate at least $50K they will go down as some of the biggest Hollywood hypocrites in history. [/quote]

Are you crazy?  They should be splitting the bill between them or one of them should be stepping up and happily covering the cost. They can well afford $1M
They have completely forgotten all about this silly issue and probably have zero memory of even starting it.

The moment is gone and people have moved on. Maybe it's time to rethink whether the efforts to remove Confederate names is really meaningful or more of a vanity project for limo liberals...[/quote]

Neither Cohen nor Moore ever raised any issue about the school's name as students and they are in a picture taken a few years ago wearing JEB Stuart Raider shirts and smiling.  It was all about jumping on a bandwagon for them, and they've surely moved on to other issues.  And you can bet that Moore never sent her kids to any school nearly as diverse as JEB Stuart.

Yes, they should pay for all the costs.  [/quote]

Did they complain about the school name ever? How are they related to the cost?[/quote]
The Academy Award-winning actress has teamed with movie producer Bruce Cohen in launching an online petition to change the name of J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia, arguing that the name represents a "history of racism."
Moore and Cohen both attended the school, named for a Confederate general and Virginia native who was killed in battle during the Civil War.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/us/julianne-moore-petition-j-e-b-stuart-school-feat/index.html
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Thank you. They should definitely contribute along with all the people that signed the petition.[/quote]

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