Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 09:30:52 HST
From: ramsey@math.hawaii.edu (Tom Ramsey)
Subject: HAWAII JAN 13

		DAN FOLEY ON HERMP AND FRIENDS OF HERMP

	Dan Foley would like all email correspondents to know the
following direct quotation from him:

	"There are only two organizations in Hawaii, h.e.r.m.p and
         Friends of h.e.r.m.p, that work with me and pay any part
	 of my legal fees and costs.  I work closely with both h.e.r.m.p
         and Friends of h.e.r.m.p, and I urge all correspondents to
	 make donations directly to them at PO Box 11690, Honolulu, HI
         96828.  h.e.r.m.p donations are fully tax deductible, and
         Friends of h.e.r.m.p donations are not because the latter are
         dedicated to political activity."

	
					Sincerely yours,

					Tom Ramsey
					President, Friends of h.e.r.m.p
					Ex-Officio, h.e.r.m.p Steering Comm.

P.S.  Bill Woods (HawaiiGay1) has now shifted his attacks from h.e.r.m.p
to Friends of h.e.r.m.p.  For the record:
	The Tax ID for Friends of h.e.r.m.p:  99-0326350
        Filing Status:  501(c)(4)  (non-profit, but not tax-deductible
                        due to its political work)
                        IRS Determination Letter Dated August 22, 1996
        Attorney:  Dan Foley (Friends of h.e.r.m.p involved Dan Foley
                   intimately in the negotiations that created the
		   900 number)
	Friends of h.e.r.m.p's books are supervised by the same CPA that
	volunteers for h.e.r.m.p

	Mailing address:  PO Box 11690, Honolulu, HI 96828

	To request Friends of h.e.r.m.p's Form 990 (which is one page),
please write to the above address.  As of 12/31/1996, Friends of h.e.r.m.p
raised $21,070.31 and spent $19,652.72.  The spending highlights are
              Focus group studies and polls of the
              general public in Hawaii (to advise
              Foley's and others' public relations)     6866.36
              Printing and distributing 100,000 flyers
              on marriage at mainland June Pride cele-
              brations                                  6699.52
              Dan Foley, legal counsel                  3500.00
	      fundraising				2378.71

	Bill Woods (HawaiiGay1) brought the original court case together.
However, Mr. Woods was indicted for embezzling funds for AIDS services
and the three plaintiff couples had to separate themselves from Bill and
set up h.e.r.m.p under the auspices of the Gay and Lesbian Community
Center.  To this day, Bill Woods involvement with any organization in
Honolulu is the kiss of death.  I won't psychologize about why he strikes
out at the rest of us for trying to win the most difficult civil rights
case in the United States, and his frequent lying about all of us is
extremely painful to deal with.  In the case of Friends of h.e.r.m.p,
he has NEVER requested to see our form 990 (he just asserted on the internet
that is was not available).  He also asserted that Friends of h.e.r.m.p
paid no legal fees to Dan Foley (in fact, they paid him $3500).  This is
vintage Bill Woods.  For a relatively sympathetic article on Bill Woods,
which still reveals some of the warts, please read Michelango Signorile's
article in OUT from about two years ago.