Vol. 24, Issue 34

September 8 - 14, 2019

Vol. 24, Issue 34

Greater Houston Edition

OUR STORY

LIVING LEGEND

September 8

African-American voters turn down federal protection. -1875

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

-1957

Hon. Kenneth Michael Hoyt HOUSTON - Judge Kenneth Michael Hoyt was born on March 2, 1948 in San Augustine County. His father, Earl was a barber and his mother, Fannie, a beautician. Hoyt attended Lincoln Elementary School and Lincoln High School both in San Augustine.

He received his A.B. degree from Texas Southern University in 1969 and his J.D. degree from Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1972, where he served as an Editor for The Law Review.

From 1972 to 1981, Hoyt worked as an attorney at Houston law firms: Wickliff, King, Hoyt & Jones; Anderson, Hodge, Hoyt & Jones and Hoyt, Webster, Shepard & Anderson.

While practicing law, he also fulfilled a six-year military reserve commitment from 1972 to 1978.

In addition, he served as City Attorney for the towns of Kendleton and Prairie View, from 1975 until 1981.

In 1981, Governor Bill Clements appointed Hoyt to preside over the 125th Civil District Court of Texas. He also practiced law through his firm, Kenneth M. Hoyt, P.C., from 1982 to 1985. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the South Texas College Trial Advocacy Program and from 1983 to 1984, he was an adjunct professor at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Cont. aframnews.com

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John Westbrook became the first Black player to compete in the Southwest Conference.

-1966

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Ethiopian leader, Haile Selassie I, is dethroned.

- 1974

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Wide receiver Hugh McElroy of Houston (Worthing High School) became the first African-American to start a game for the Texas A&M football team.

- 1970

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Louis Latimer patents an electric lamp with a carbon filament. -1881

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LETTER TO EDITOR

OP-ED

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

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An advocate against nursing home abuse hopes to change laws for nursing and group home residents.

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Publisher Roy Douglas Malonson calls for unity amongst minorities in “We MUST Understand”.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to host HBCU for Life College Fair at Lilly Grove M.B.C. Page 7

San Antonio native, Wallace Jefferson became the first African-American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

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I’m a 64-year-old single disabled Black woman living in a nursing home almost two years now. I suffer from severe osteoarthritis that has kept me from walking. I am overweight with asthma, angina, hypertension and CHF. I am no longer sad about being in a nursing home, because of my faith, knowing God has blessed me with a plan to help others without a voice to help themselves.

And by placing me on the inside to see first hand as well as having experienced some neglect and abuse as well, has made it better for me to understand the needs necessary for improvements.

Ombudsmen and reps working for state can only do so much, because of being blocked by HIPPA laws which does more to protect the facilities, staff and management instead of the residents. Too often, reps are transferred to other areas of town by the time you’ve connected with someone good at assisting with addressing grievances and concerns. I am seeking strong platforms including newspapers, internet media, and/or TV shows to advocate against such abuse and neglect which I have seen and experienced first-hand. I have also noticed residents with family and friends visiting are treated better than residents without anyone to check on them.

My goal is to help create and/or change laws for nursing and group home residents in the state of Texas.

I notice there are so many charities and causes that are near and dear to the hearts of the most notable celebrities in showbusiness, but nursing home reform is not on the list. Maybe it’s because the majority of residents cannot give accurate accounts or info due to having dementia and/or Alzheimer’s disease. And many of them have very little and no family. And it’s hard to help people that may not even understand or be aware of their rights. A lot of them even forget they were mistreated yesterday or even a minute ago. So how can we improve care for all residents?

One way is by having mandatory laws put in place that all nursing homes must have working cameras in range showing who goes in and out of each room, as well as at every entrance and exit of the facility. Cameras should be within range of each hall, front, middle and back; including the nursing station where many of the aides gather to just talk and goof off while ignoring call lights turned on by residents who need assistance. This would cut down on a lot of neglect.

Also, new laws are needed to be changed to allow people to keep fifty-percent of their checks to have enough funds to purchase necessities, and/or other food as well as having enough money to be able to pay rent somewhere else and not end up homeless if nursing home benefits run out. I am in a small room where my roommate pays $573.00 a month, but they are charging me over $1000.00 a month for the same room. And that should be illegal.

I have selected African-American News & Issues as one of the first papers to send a letter to because, this is a predominately Black nursing home facility managed mainly by African-Americans. I was very happy at first to see that. But now, I am not so sure. However, I am surprised to realize that a nursing home administrator is only required to have a business degree instead of a nursing degree or any other type of medical degree to be employed as an administrator over a health facility. I do hope that you consider this writing as being good enough to publish in your paper. And thank you for reading my letter.

Sincerely, Sheila Perez, Spring, TX

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POLITICS State of Black Texas in the Texas Legislature

By Senator Borris Miles

Another Mass Shooting Brings No Solutions

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he month of August was incredibly tough for us as Texans. We laid to rest 29 people and cared for more than 50 wounded from the El Paso and Midland/ Odessa Mass Shootings.

Texas seems to be leading the nation in deadly mass shootings, but the response from our Republican-led state leadership is to hold more committee meetings and roundtables.

These hollow solutions don’t bring closure to victims and their families and tell the public we plan on doing nothing. Doing nothing is unacceptable, and the victims, their families and the public deserve better.

I’m a gun owner and have a License to Carry a handgun, but, I also believe we need sensible gun laws to keep guns out of the hands of those who would commit acts like the ones last month in Texas.

There is widespread support, even among gun owners, for sensible gun legislation, which includes, red-flag laws, universal background checks, and a ban on the sale of

assault weapons and high volume magazines.

These bills have been proposed in the Texas Legislature and in Congress, but Republicans bury these bills and make sure that they never see the light of day.

In poor and minority communities, we see gun violence on a daily basis, with many acts committed by perpetrators who illegally own guns. Like you, I want our children safe and want to end the mass shootings and the daily violence on our streets.

Enacting comprehensive gun reform will not solve all the problems, but new legislation will save lives.

Every day that goes by is a day too late and continuing to talk about gun violence is not going to solve the problem. Recently, the governor issued eight executive orders on mass shootings but they do not enact any new reforms that will curb the violence.

The governor failed to list any common-sense gun reform in his orders.

The time for comprehensive gun reform is now. I join my Democratic colleagues and demand the governor to call a special session on gun reform.

If the leaders in Austin and DC aren’t willing to listen to the people, instead of the NRA and enact common-sense gun laws, then we need new leaders and lawmakers.

Keep the faith, Keep the fight!

- AANI

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African-American News & Issues • 3

OPINION & EDITORIAL

We MUST Understand

By Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher

Dear Blacks & Browns, I Got a Secret...

“If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander.”

- Mary McLeod Bethune

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ast week we launched another publication geared towards promoting awareness amongst members of the Hispanic-American community, Noticias Hispanas (Hispanic News).

As it is, Blacks and Browns have always had a lot in common, other than the pigment in our skin.

So, with all of the discriminatory sentiments being expressed, hate crimes being committed and executive actions being taken towards them, I had to address the issue.

In addressing our Brown brothers and sisters, it is important for you to know, we were once in the seat you are sitting in now. As a matter of fact, we are still in the same seat. However, we are just watching things unfold in a different manner.

We MUST Understand

the only way to accomplish real change and reform is to pull together as a unified front and demand it. Then work together using the powerful tools WE already possess.

I always say, “Our money” and “Our vote” are two of the most powerful tools we have. Therefore, we should be careful whom we give them to. There is a method to the madness, and it will work, but it would rest on the cohesiveness of unity amongst minority groups.

You see, White America knows it does not have long to stay in the majority seat. So, what we are witnessing now is things being done by design.

According to a report from Dudley Poston of Texas A&M University, “The aging White population, alongside a more youthful minority population, especially in the case of Latinos, will result in the U.S. becoming a majority-minority country in around 2044.”

At the end of the day, all I can say is the only way we will ever see any type of reform within Black and Brown communities is for US ALL to pull together fight and demand global respect. Sitting idle, passing time waiting for change to come will do us no good. The time is now for US to stand up in the face of oppression and White supremacy.

So, to our Black and Brown members out there, if you want to know my secret – UNITE across these UNITED STATES and watch what happens!

- AANI

The Hutchinson Report

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Ex-President Trump?

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t’s more than one year out from the 2020 Presidential Election.

So, it’s ridiculous to label Trump, ex-president Trump. But with polls showing every major Democratic presidential candidate beating Trump by solid, if not hefty margins, the juicy temptation is to put the “ex” in front of his presidency.

One reason for that is because no sitting president stretching back to the FDR days has had the lousy poll numbers that Trump has one year out from the election. In most cases, the incumbents favorable polling numbers months before the election have spelled certain victory.

What makes the hole deeper for Trump to climb out of, is Trump. He’s the most polarizing incumbent President in modern political history. At the same time, he’s the most loathed President by millions of Americans. He’s certainly worked overtime to earn their animosity. It would fill up a small telephone book to list the countless digs, insults, barbs and taunts he’s hurled at just about anyone and everyone, along with the racist insults and the fury over his naked immigrant baiting.

Even Trump seems to be dripping a little sweat over the polls and the barrage of gleeful quips that paint him as a sure loser. Given the depth of the hostility, and the polarization, there’s real cause for him to worry. But worry doesn’t make him an ex-president.

The Democrats still have a hard road ahead to shake out their eventual nominee. And that nominee must do several things to be competitive. He or she must unite the two fractious wings of the Democratic party.

This means drumming up enthusiasm and boosting turnout among progressives, and Black and Hispanic voters. At the same time the Democratic nominee must not make centrist and party regulars nervous by going too far off the political deep end with untenable radical proposals.

That’s especially important in the six states that will decide the White House; states that Trump won in 2016. Democrats will need every vote they can get to offset the passion and numbers that Trump almost certainly will get from the voters who put him over the top in 2016.

That’s the non-college educated, lower income, rural and blue- collar Whites, and White Evangelicals. It will be a pure numbers game in those states. It will come down to which side can fire-up their core supporters and pad those numbers with voters who didn’t vote in 2016. For the Democrats, there were a lot of voters

who fit that bill. They were young, Black, Hispanic and LGBT. They made it clear that they didn’t like Hillary Clinton and that the Democrats didn’t have anything to offer them.

Their absence was conspicuous and polls that compared the turnout for Obama in 2008 and 2012 showed a marked dropoff in votes for Clinton in 2016 in some of the key swing states.

There are already some patchy warning signs that a lot of voters that the Democrats desperately need in 2020 aren’t doing handstands over the prospect of a Joe Biden nomination.

The cracks about his gaffes, continuing shots at his backing of the Iraq war, the crime bill, and his opposition to bussing, and being a beltway party insider, are a turn-off.

Whether this is a deal breaker with many progressives and some Blacks, is hard to say more than a year out from the election.

The oft stated political article of faith is that Trump won in the key swing states in 2016 with his quasi populist bring the jobs back, industry, and American products to the U.S. pitch. But surveys of voter attitudes in those states that dug deeper found that this is more window dressing than anything else.

Trump touched a raw, festering, nerve of racial animus that always lurks beneath the surface within many White voters in those states. Tapping that animus has been a staple in the GOP playbook

stretching back to the Nixon years. Trump just does it louder, cruder and more in your face than any of the other GOP presidential contenders.

He’ll do it again, and again in the run-up to the election. In fact, he’s said as much. His naked immigrant and race baiting worked in 2016 so he banks on it to work again in 2020. This has a big political pay-off. It keeps the racial pot stirring, deflects, distracts and diverts attention from his bumbling, inept, policy failures, flawed legislative initiatives, the revolving door of coming and going appointees. Most importantly, it serves to pivot away from anything connected with talk of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and Trump’s Russia dealings. He’ll have a united Republican party, massive use of vote suppression ploys, and a King’s ransom in campaign cash in his coffers.

So, an election that’s more than one year out is still Trumps to win or lose. Or put another way, whether we can call him ex-President Trump.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His latest book is Who Can Beat Trump: America’s Choice 2020 (Amazon Kindle). He is an associate editor of New America Media. He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on Radio One. He is the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles and the Pacifica Network.

- AANI

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By Rebecca S. Jones

HOUSTON - A connoisseur for hosting and producing extravagant and elaborate functions throughout Texas and well known for embracing multiculturalism before it was ever popular; Judy Foston-Stanford has developed an exceptional track record spanning over 30 years in the media, community, sales, marketing, public relations, advertising and entertainment industries.

Although she has been successful in all her endeavors, she remains meek and modest, just as her humble beginnings.

While she has created the platform for countless celebrities, she is still just as down to Earth as she can be. So, in this edition of African-American News & Issues, it’s JUST about JUDY...

zational and leadership capabilities that would later serve as a secret to success for her. Throughout her childhood, she worked diligently in the church with her parents and siblings - singing, teaching and coordinating many of the church’s functions and programs.

As a student, Judy worked as hard in school as she did at church. The manifestation of her efforts truly began to unfold at Robert E. Lee High School. It was there, that she was involved in numerous activities, spear-

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JUST JUDY Big Band to perform at the Black History program.

In another instance, Judy was encouraged by a teacher, Mr. Bill Solomon to establish a Human Relations Club for students on campus. Attending a school with one-percent representation of Blacks and in an era where it was uncommon for Blacks and Whites to socialize, Judy and others within the group were able to bridge the gaps and unify the two. Undoubtedly, her gregarious spirit was contagious, as she was voted 1st runner-up for Miss Robert

Just Judy

Judy is the middle of nine children born to the late Mattie Cunningham Foston and Pastor Alexander L. Foston. Born in Houston, her family relocated to Baytown when she was just a newborn baby. Her father, known to many as Rev. A.L. Foston was a prominent pastor of his day, who led the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Baytown.

Reared under such tutelage, engendered Judy with exceptional organi-

Judy Foston (seated 3rd from left) and members from the Human Relations Club at Robert E. Lee High School.

Photos Courtesy of Judy Foston Stanford

headed several initiatives and implemented historical and social change. Judy was responsible for initiating the first Black History program at Robert E. Lee, with Pastor William Lawson as the featured guest and she performed a dramatic interpretation of Harriet Tubman. The following year, she brought in the Conrad O. Johnson

E. Lee. During her stint at Robert E. Lee she made impeccable strides. Judy was one of the key students responsible for the removal of Confederate flags around the campus.

She was also a member of the Student Government; was a member of a couple of singing groups and participated in other

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The Foston siblings: Vickie Foston Candelo, Alexander Foston, Wesley Foston, Omega Foston, Rodney Foston, Sandra Foston Norman, Kenneth Foston & Judy Foston Stanford. extra-curricular activities.

After graduating in her junior year, she went on to enroll at Texas Southern University, where she majored in Sociology.

The Corporate Life

At the age of 20, Judy entered Corporate America. One of her first jobs was working for RC Cola in Corporate Sales, where she created the “pre-sale” solution that bottling companies throughout the industry still use until this day. Although she was still in the tender stages of developing and fine-tuning her corporate marketing abilities; her previous leadership and organizational skills equipped her with the “know-how” to roll with the best. As such, she quickly advanced in the industry.

Having perfected the art of “switch sales” along with other consumer marketing techniques, she went to work for Boise Cascade Corporation, Composite Can Division.

Through her experience in the consumer product industry, she was then transferred to work on the East Coast and later in Kansas City. During her tenure in the Corporate Sales industry, she was able to secure scores of multi-milliondollar contracts for various major corporations.

Self-Made

Eventually, Judy returned home to Houston, where she became an entrepreneur. In one of her first ventures, she established a private interconnect company, which she sold and installed phones.

Afterwards, she pioneered Foston International in 1984. Foston International, Inc. is a full-service boutique marketing, public relations, advertising and special events company.

As she worked to build up clientele for her newly established enterprise, she would lend her expertise to work on varying projects for business-

es, organizations and the community at large.

It was in this season of her life when she started working with Howard C. Harris, Jr. and the Peoples’ Workshop for Visual and Performing Arts.

Judy became one of the most integral facets of the Peoples’ Workshop. She helped Harris develop it by securing a great deal of the capital. From the Peoples’ Workshop, the Sammy Davis, Jr. Awards and the Houston Performing Arts Expo were birthed.

The venture consisted of competitions throughout Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Finalists would return to Houston for the finals which took place at the Wortham Center.

In her role as creator and executive producer for the Sammy Davis, Jr. Awards TV Show, benefiting the Peoples’ Workshop for Visual and Performing Arts; her expertise led to the airing of the show on Channel 2 (NBC Affiliate)

“One of the things that has really made me who I am, is my upbringing. My mother and father had rules. You see, a lot of these kids today ain’t been trained. My mother and father trained us, ‘No mam, yes mam, excuse me, etc..’ We were trained to do all of those things. My father used to tell us, ‘You look at a man in his eyes, because a man don’t trust you if you don’t look at him in his eye.’ So I would say my parents and my work has been my inspiration. Because a lot of the things I have done, I have created and after seeing it formed it motivates me - I get happy, excited. When I see my work that I put effort into and my ideas - what I come up with and it works, that inspires me even more. Whatever it is... If I believe in it.. My God! It’s gon be successful!” - Judy Foston Stanford

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and Channel 13 (ABC Affiliate).

Through these efforts, some of the world’s greatest talents got their start.

A few of its past participants include: Beyoncé, Yolanda Adams, Kirk Whalum, Dvonne Parker, John Norman, Robert Glasper, Ashley Támar Davis, Bryan-Michael Cox, H-Town, Ben Vereen, Mrs. Sammy Davis, Jr. and countless others.

Judy, through a partnership with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble of Denver, Co., local churches and others became the inventor of Praise Dance in Houston.

In the mid-80’s, she began working with Cleo Parker Robinson. During our interview, she shared how they were able to pioneer the spiritual art expression we presently enjoy during worship today.

“I remember when we brought the Cleo Parker Dance Ensemble in, and I was like, ‘how am I going to fill this big hall?’ We started off at the Tower Theater.

We sold it out so fast.

So, the next year I brought Cleo Parker Robinson back in and we did it at Jones Hall. Sold it out! I said, ‘I got to figure out a way to get the churches involved.’ So, I asked Cleo Parker to tell me which Suites she was doing?

So, when she got to the Gospel Suite. I asked her, ‘Can you do the Gospel Suite with live voices?’ She started screaming, and Cleo was excited and said she’s been wanting to do it. So, I called Jackie Scott - a big time gospel producer and asked him if he could put together 100 live voices. This is how

praise dance started.

We got several voices from Brentwood, Wheeler and other churches and we had over 100 voices in the pit of Jones Hall singing while the dancers were performing. It was shouting going on in that audience!

People was shouting, it was such an experience.” - Judy Foston Stanford As the years passed, Judy would go on to make a prominent name for herself. A large part of her resume is on her position as the Executive Producer for the Wash Allen Shows (Radio and TV). Wash Allen is a successful broadcasting on-air personality, who has worked in Memphis and Nashville Tennessee; Cleveland, Ohio and Washington, D.C., before rising to Operations Manager in Detroit, Michigan. He came to Houston in 1969 and worked at KYOK Radio and was at KCOH Radio (1430 AM) from 1971 to March 2013.

Presently, he is the host of the popular, “Confessions With Wash Allen” show on MJWJ Global Radio Network - the only 24 hours, 7 days a week urban talk radio network.

Judy is one of four founders, who established the network. She and Wash have worked together for over three decades.

For over 15 years, the Wash Allen TV Show has been syndicated in Houston, the Golden Triangle (Port Arthur, Orange and Beaumont/Lake Charles), New Orleans and parts of Mississippi.

Through this dynamic partnership, Judy has performed work for some of

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JUST JUDY the greatest entertainers in the industry, including the “Godfather of Soul”, James Brown. It was Judy who negotiated the contract for James Brown to perform in Las Vegas for the first time. She later brought the renowned legend to Houston. This feat was only the beginning to building a business relationship with other affluent talents. In fact, she and Wash were last recognized on Bobby Womack’s latest album.

Additionally, Judy has been the Creator and executive producer for Coca-Cola Variety Celebrity Revue TV Show which benefited Variety The Children’s Charity of Houston. This show also aired on Channel 13 (ABC Affiliate). Through Foston International she: created, produced and implemented H-E-B Pantry’s ethnic marketing and advertising campaign.

She has also been Organizer and Promoter for several local and national projects such as: Coca-Cola Share The Dream Essay Contest; Houston Forward Times Newspaper’s Visionary Pastor’s Awards and their 40th and 50th Anniversary Celebrations; International Financial and Leadership Summit and Awards Gala benefiting Texas Women Empowerment; Texas Business Alliance’s One Woman Conference; American Tennis Association National Championship; Colgate’s Bright Smiles Bright Future National Kickoff Campaign; Houston Com-

munity College System First Black History Gala Honoring the Laws Family; organized the Communications Workers of America (CWA) 2014 Breakfast “Get Out the Vote” for Pastors, Precinct Judges and Community Leaders and developed an alliance with R.W. Productions, which develops and produces compelling content for the Entertainment and corporate industries.

Other projects, boards and organizations Judy has served on include: 2015 Chairman-Elect for the Advertising Federation of Houston (AAF); National Board of Directors for Sisters Network Inc., H.I.S.D. Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy Advisory Board Member and a former board member of the NAACP - Houston Chapter. Judy also served as the President of the Board for Variety, The Children’s Charity of Houston. During her tenure, she personally raised over $300,000 plus for the organization.

Furthermore, Judy has donated many hours of public relations and marketing services to a variety of local organizations such as: Helping A Hero, NAACP, Let The Fashions Begin, Hispanic Women in Leadership and many others.

Throughout her career, Judy has been recognized and honored by numerous organizations for the tireless efforts she has contributed to the community and onward.

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Dr. John & Judy Foston Stanford.

Judy, Beto O’Rourke & Sally Morin.

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A Word from the Wise

“I don’t see No, as a No. No, is just the beginning of selling. Most of my clients I have had for a long time, because I give them more than what they ask and pay for. I tell young people don’t do mediocre work, especially if you are in business for yourself. You can’t afford to. You have to give people more than what they expect so they can talk about you to other people and call back on you.”

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