KY First Lady Contributions Questioned
Some people are calling on Kentucky first lady Jane Beshear to stop urging others to give contributions to breast cancer research if she’s not going to make the same donation herself.
Beshear has urged people for two years to mark a box on their state income tax returns that supports research into breast cancer, but the Lexington Herald-Leader reports that she and her husband have not checked the box for the last two years, according to their 2010 tax returns (http://bit.ly/zPe90g).
Breast cancer survivor Diane L. Brumback participated in a news conference with Beshear last month urging taxpayers to check the box. Brumback told the newspaper that Beshear should stop telling others to take action “if she is not going to do as she says.”
A spokeswoman for the Beshears said they make charitable contributions privately.
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