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I just plopped down $250.00 from my credit card in appreciation for the spotlight WLA has shown on the travails of Rosa Gonzalez, whose story definitely needs to be told.
Thanks, Celeste.
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Thanks SO very much, Rackkasan! And NewsMatch will double that amount!
We’ll have another chapter in Rosa G’s story soon.
May your holidays be happy ones.
C.
You van have Deconstructing MRT part 100…dude is still a guilty slime bag. Got what he deserved.
Of course skippy is correct, but the reporting speaks more to Celeste’s process and motivations than anything related to the case. Very basic worldview rationalized through a ridiculously convoluted story.