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1 posted on 04/12/2006 5:41:52 PM PDT by radar101

I'm starting to really despise the bean counters who make decisions in corporate America.

2 posted on 04/12/2006 5:43:11 PM PDT by Tribune7

To: radar101; kristinn; tgslTakoma

DC Chapter Ping????????

I need to get this to my Vets. This could be a PR disaster for Hilton.

4 posted on 04/12/2006 6:00:03 PM PDT by W04Man (Bush2004 Grassroots Campaign We Did It! NOW.... PLEASE STAY THE COURSE!)

Remember when bars and restaurants went out of their way to cater to men and women in uniform? Is that age now part of the distant past?

6 posted on 04/12/2006 6:20:35 PM PDT by popdonnelly

Here's more, from The Mudville Gazette:

MAYDAY! MAYDAY!! MAYDAY!!!

Flight, we need your help!

This is long but you need to read it all.

I'm Jim McDaniel, webmaster for the 174th Assault Helicopter Company's web site. I refer you to one of our web pages that I put together back in 2004. It is about Hal Koster, one of our 174th crew chiefs from Vietnam. Hal crewed the UH-1C SHARK gunships that I flew 1967-68. Hal and I flew together. Please see the page about his restaurant and his support of our veterans at http://www.174ahc.org/koster-iraq.htm.

Now, having read the page, Hal has continued to host our veteran amputees every Friday night. I have been to several of the dinners, and it is absolutely WONDERFUL what Hal has been doing at significant effort and personal expense (every dollar he spends on our veterans could be money he puts in his pocket). You really have to be one of these dinners to fully appreciate what this means to these soldiers.

Well I received this message (below) from Jack Cunningham, and I couldn't believe it. I was last in Hal's on St. Patrick's Day, and Hal didn't mention his difficulties to me then. I just called Hal and he confirmed for me this report is TRUE. Hilton has terminated his lease and the restaurant has been ordered closed on April 31 (just over TWO WEEKS from now). Apparently Hal's support of our wounded veterans is playing a MAJOR part in Hilton's decision to shut him down. Part of it is that Hilton has refused to put in wheelchair access to the restaurant and their concern over liability if one of the amputees should be injured in the restaurant.

I can't believe it! Just how callous can this company be?

It Hilton does this, I will NEVER set foot in a Hilton Hotel again. And I am going to tell them that. If you agree, it is IMPERATIVE you let Hilton know immediately of your feelings. In two weeks (April 31, 2006) it'll be too late. Below are names, e-mail addresses, and website addresses for Hilton.

Hal has NOT asked for any support on this from me or any of us, but he absolutely needs our support.

Call or write to Hilton NOW. Let them know how you feel.

Thank you, and please feel free to forward this to any people or organizations you believe could help.

Jim McDaniel
174th AHC Webmaster
http://www.174ahc.org
jim.mcd@cox.net
174th AHC Dolphin pilot 1967
174th AHC Shark pilot 1968
116th AHC Hornet pilot 1971 "Nothing Impossible"

============ Jack Cunningham's note ===============

Fran O'Brien's Restaurant in Washington, DC should be given a special award for true American Patriotism, instead the restaurant is being closed by the Hilton Hotels. Please read the email and send the Hilton Family your comments...

Thanks
Jack Cunningham

7 posted on 04/12/2006 6:29:17 PM PDT by tgslTakoma

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DC Chapter ping!

Am also waiting for more info from a local contact, and will post as received...

8 posted on 04/12/2006 6:31:30 PM PDT by tgslTakoma

More Hilton contacts from Proud Army Mom at http://youbetchaimapam.blogspot.com/2006/04/ok-youre-making-mom-real-mad-now.html

Dan Boyle (212) 838-1558

daniel_a_boyle@hilton.com

Brian Kellaher (202) 393-1000

10 posted on 04/12/2006 6:49:13 PM PDT by concentric circles

Un. Frickin. Be. Lievable!

26 posted on 04/12/2006 8:13:28 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Walk it off, Snack Fairy!)

My e-mail to Hilton:

I've just heard a horrible rumor that Fran O'Brien's lease for the steakhouse at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, DC, will not be renewed because of liability concerns about his hosting dinners for wounded service vets in wheelchairs.
Tell me this is not true?

I hope this helps coming through their own Hilton Honors customer service line.

27 posted on 04/12/2006 8:17:07 PM PDT by FormerLib ("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here in what some call Aztlan.")

This (fragging Fran O'Briens) is one of many examples of why I will never support eliminating corporate income taxes. They don't deserve it.

Other examples:

Yahoo turning in the email addy of a Chinese dissident. That person is now doing hard time.
Some corporations supporting the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Corporations agitating for the government to go easy on illegal aliens.

You get the picture. However, I would tax them at the rate of 10 percent, rather than 35. They would be grateful, if they know what's good for them.

29 posted on 04/12/2006 8:26:54 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Walk it off, Snack Fairy!)

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PING!

Apologies to those pinged previously.

31 posted on 04/12/2006 8:29:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Walk it off, Snack Fairy!)

Hilton Corporation?

Hmmm...

b@st@rds

38 posted on 04/12/2006 8:42:19 PM PDT by conservativebabe

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This just ain't right ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

39 posted on 04/12/2006 8:42:31 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

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This just ain't right ping!

41 posted on 04/12/2006 8:43:29 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

42 posted on 04/12/2006 8:43:49 PM PDT by Natchez Hawk (What's so funny about the first, second, and fourth Amendments?)

Maybe they should get rid of Paris instead!

43 posted on 04/12/2006 8:45:13 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Walk it off, Snack Fairy!)

"I've also discovered since then that the Hilton Corporation will not be renewing the lease. Apparently, there are too many "liability issues" in accommodating American heroes in wheelchairs"

Let's get some verification of this before we go off...

But if its true there should be hell to pay.

44 posted on 04/12/2006 8:46:12 PM PDT by gondramB (Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)

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This just ain't right ping!

45 posted on 04/12/2006 8:46:17 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)

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47 posted on 04/12/2006 8:50:21 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest.")

Here is the only recent news story I can find. It mentions the dinners but doesn't say the lease isnt being renewed and it doesn;'t say the lease is not being renewed because of veterans in wheel chairs. I'd like to know more. What is the source of information that the restaurant is closing for this reason?

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/opinion/story.asp?ID=121379

48 posted on 04/12/2006 8:51:51 PM PDT by gondramB (Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)

ping for morning to-do

51 posted on 04/12/2006 8:52:55 PM PDT by eyespysomething (American liberals like everything about the struggle for freedom except the struggle.)

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