Banning people....one more down.....Jay B.

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Posted By: Corey R. Shanus

Thanks for the response. I guess this is something about which we'll agree to disagree. I don't disagree that Jay was not alone in raising the issue of the potential for bias or at least the perception of such when Leon instigated the discussion about whether banner adverstising should be allowed. Where we disagree pertains to how to interpret the totality of Jay's posts. It seemed crystal clear to me that he was accusing Leon of being unduly influenced by banner advertising revenue when making his various posts, that those posts would have read materially differently had there been no banner advertising. Yet other Board members who also opined Leon should not accept banner advertising never came close to such accusations. In addition, as I said, in regard to that REA situation he flat out calls Leon a liar. Those to me are what distinguishes Jay's case and at least in my estimation makes his cross the line. With that said, though, I will say that I greatly respect Jay's knowledge about card issues and the informative nature of many of his posts, and hope that in time this can be resolved and that he will be reinstated, and that should that happen he will concentrate his posts to card issues.