[Elyse]

I don't think I understand this fully and I wish someone could explain it to me. Why and how did they ever raise this money in the first place if they knew they couldn't distribute it?

Hasn't this money been in the bank for a while earning interest for the United Way and does the UW get to keep that interest money?

It's like there is something very out of whack here and no one is digging into it because the money is for victims' families and no one wants to sound like they are trying to hurt those families by penalizing the United Way.

But, then again, I might just not fully understand this.

[CDHart]

My take: the United Way knew when they took this project on that they couldn't give the money directly to the families. IMO, they planned to keep it for their own use. They've been foiled this time by Congress. But I'm not sure if it's a good idea for Congress to be passing laws to cover a specific incident.

Carolyn

[Kaslin]

I don't understand it either, but they probably didn't know they could not contribute it. I wonder how many cases are there like this and this is the only one we heard about?

[Always Right]

I don't think I understand this fully and I wish someone could explain it to me. Why and how did they ever raise this money in the first place if they knew they couldn't distribute it?

When they first asked for donations, they only expected maybe $10,000 or so. But then they got overwhelmed with so many donations they did not know how to legally handle it, so they went to the 'experts' United Way to help them deal with it.