via: Sis. Terry Howcott ============ King Vance, I'm not clear if this is deliberate, or if you're just missing the boat but you are re-framing this dispute so that your foe seems less powerful, less significant. Your dispute is with the Scott Sister's Mother. Now that Mrs. Rasco, the Scott Sister's Mother has made her concerns and frustrations publicly known, perhaps you should pause to reconsider your plans. The Scott Sisters can't be unlike most of us. We can assume that more than anything - and I do mean anything - these imprisoned women want their Mom to be comfortable. They want her to feel as if she has a handle on their situation. You could send the grieving Michael Jackson family money tomorrow. That doesn't mean they'll allow you to involve yourself in the making of his arrangements. Ms. Rasco as the Matriarch of the family has expressed her pain, her opposition to your petition, and your setting up of accounts in the name of her daughters. Whether or not you approve of Nancy Lockhart's work, Ms. Rasco has been pleased with her for a very long time - so the message could not be plainer. Even if you believe for some odd reason that you don't like how the case is being handled (from observing from a distance), it is unreasonable that you would insert yourself as if you were their long lost Uncle or hired staff without this family's permission. Had you been on your game, you would have reached out directly to the Mother, explained your concerns and suggested she take a different route. Instead, you seek to build a complete new course, including opening an account in the name of these women without their familial support which is at least disconcerting, and probably even suspicious. The first law of any public work is to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. These Sisters are struggling and they are scared. So, your attempting to sway them in a different direction from their Mother's wishes in their fragile state is a pretty wild thing to do. You have mentioned having contacted "attorneys" to assist you. I can't imagine a thoughtful attorney involving him or herself with your aims unless they were not appraised of all the facts. I am also pretty sure that the Panthers, the brilliant thinkers that they are, would never insert themselves in a dispute with a woman whose daughters are political prisoners and whose health could be in jeopardy by the sheer nature of her compounded stress. Further, I doubt that if this were for example the Troy Davis situation, or some other Brother you would fix your lips to suggest opening a Paypal account in his name. So, the question is - do you believe you can take these kinds of arbitrary, independent actions on behalf of this family because the decision-maker in this instance is a Queen. For my part, I stand on the side of the parent. I stand by her right to make good decisions and I stand by her right to make mistakes. If I agree with her, I shout it out. If I think she's mistaken, given these are her daughters, I'd likely shut my mouth and offer my assistance directly with her if she would receive it. So, of course you don't have to listen to me. But, I urge you to at least take a behind the scenes poll before you continue, and weigh the situation out for yourself. In the meantime, I am slowly but surely putting together a piece on these women, and I myself will include information in support of the Scott Sisters that their Mother deems appropriate. I admire that courageous, hard-working woman. and to the extent that I am capable - I have her back. The Scott Sisters Mother "shall not be mocked." Terry Howcott