Sausser: Hagadone Shouldn’t Be Criticized As Stingy
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Don Sausser: Mari gets it right one time and flubs the next. after his generousity is flamed I don't blame Mr. Chesrown for bailing out next year. But next she finds fault with Mr. H opening his lake home & funding boat access to it for a charitable fund raiser. Since none of us know his charitable giving level how can we criticize his generosity? I guess it happens to most wealthy persons, especially on this blog.
Eagle Eye: A fund raiser for the Humane Society fits Mr H very well. He has spent decades treating employees below the executive level like dogs!
DFO: I appreciate the Hagadones' gesture, Don (and the one they made last year in helping fund-raise to upgrade the sound system at the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre.) Indeed, Hagadone was also generous in donating $250,000 to the Kroc Center (although he cooled on the fund-raiser after the City Council denied his request for a downtown memorial garden). I also agree that the Hagadones contribute far more than anyone knows. But he has stepped on too many people here and gotten his way too many times to ever be an endearing character who inspires trust. At 74, he should be using his many millions to construct a public legacy that will outlive him. Eventually, his waterfront empire will be sold to an outside interest -- and nothing in town will bear his name, other than whatever mausoleum his survivors erect in Forest Cemetery (if a grave lot is still available).
