This year marks CEJ's 25th anniversary. To celebrate this remarkable milestone, we'll be telling 25 stories through this blog, and at our 25th Anniversary Awards Banquet on Friday, May 13th at 6:00PM. (To purchase tickets to the dinner, follow this link. Contact josh@buffalojwj.org for more banquet information.)
As many of you may know, before Maria Whyte became an Erie County Legislator, she was the Executive Director of CEJ from 2001 to 2005. When asked to share her favorite memory of her time at CEJ, she recalled a letter from Richard Lipsitz sr. ESQ that was written to then current president, George W. Bush. The Coalition for Economic Justice and Maria Whyte were cc’d on the letter. In addition Mr. Lipsitz also enclosed his annual membership to CEJ.
The letter read:
Dear President Bush:
Perhaps you would be interested in learning how our $600 tax rebate was spent by my wife and me.
$300 was sent to the Coalition for Economic Justice, a not-for-profit engaged in advancing the well being of workers and $300 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Hopefully , this will not disappoint you. Needless to say, they are not intended to help your re-election.
Sincerely,
Richard Lipsitz
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