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Authors, sign in!I have built my organization on fear. - Al Capone
Remember Al Capone? The notorious Chicago mobster was never convicted of murder, operating illegal drinking establishments or collecting bribes - he was convicted of not paying taxes.
Today's Baltimore Sun reports that Fred Phelps and Co., a tightly knit organization built entirely on hate, may meet Capone's fate: a federal judge in Baltimore filed liens on Phelps' real estate in Topeka last Thursday. According to the Sun:
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett placed a lien on the properties of the church and its founder, Fred W. Phelps Sr., and ordered two of Phelps' daughters to post cash bonds of $125,000 and $100,000 within 30 days. The church property was appraised recently at $442,800. Bennett also placed a lien on a $232,900 office building owned by Phelps and his wife that the family law firm uses. The liens mean that no new mortgages can be taken out on the properties, and no money can be borrowed against the equity in them.
Could someone please make sure that Fred doesn't have any Tommy guns in the family compound? We don't need a "Sunday Morning Massacre" in Topeka. Thank you.
Published April 7, 2008 by Henry Schwaller |
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