Tim Shadbolt Fund
Sir, — James J. Duncan’s criticism of the advertisement published in “The Press" calling for donations from the public to defray legal expenses incurred by Mayor Tim Shadbolt’s defamation case makes the mind boggle. To answer the question posed regarding covering the legal costs of Sir Robert Muldoon’s defamation case against Mr
Jones, Mr Lange’s remarks summed the situation up perfectly. Surely Mr Duncan is able to exercise his freedom of choice to decide about contributing to any worthy cause, unlike the long-suffering taxpayer, who has had no say in the paying out of large sums of money for many court appearances by Sir Robert Muldoon. One does not need a directive as to the “best” charity worthy of support. — Yours, etc., DAVID R. ATTEWELL. December 11, 1985.
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