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Letter From Tomball

Risky Business

How did state representative Allen Fletcher, the chairman of a House subcommittee on white-collar crime, find his very own company tangled up in, well, a white-collar-crime investigation?

by Nate Blakeslee

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Friday, June 12th, 2009, 1:32 pm
David says:
It is so gratifying to finally see the Jarises, Los Newman and Grifco find their way into print. I’m one of the many that have been irreparably damaged by them. The Fletcher chapter is but a branch on a large tree. As for Fletcher. I think that if I had a choice of admitting to being a white collar crook or one of the stupidest humans to ever walk the Earth, I’d take the crook story.

Sunday, May 31st, 2009, 12:13 pm
JZM says:
It appears that Fletcher has all his life been a hard working guy trying to put together a business & get ahead. This does not necessarily bring with it great business acumen just by virtue of him forming a corporation. He can be the most honest guy in the world & still be stupid in business, the two are not mutually exclusive. We all make mistakes in life, some more visible than others. Seems like he needs to get some good advice & guidance when it comes to matters he is not versant in. This doesn’t mean he had intent to defraud, what it means is he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know.

Monday, May 25th, 2009, 9:57 pm
Nathaniel says:
I’m tired of the "I didn’t know" excuse. Ignorance is not an excuse, and no sen sable person will accept it as one. It seems that the days of owning up to ones mistakes in the honor of one’s family name are long gone.

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