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Old Apr 15, 2014, 7:54 pm
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kokonutz
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Originally Posted by Beckles
I'm not sure if you're supporting my point or countering it ... I have no doubt he had been working on MilePoint for a while. Did he tell all the folks he solicited for votes when running for TB then as TB President that he was working on a competing venture? Is it was ethical to be working on a competing commercial venture at all while he was on TB or serving as TB President? I do not believe so.
I'm not really passing judgment. Just pointing out that Gary was a TB member and TB President as well as a senior moderator when he, Ed and Tommy apparently approached Randy about starting a site to compete with FT after Randy's non-compete with IB expired, held those positions when he was working with Ed and Tommy and Randy on creating the site and held those positions up until the morning their venture launched only since you seem to be interested in how that went down.

I personally have mixed feelings about that. So I'll leave judgment to others.
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