The American Federation Fiduciary said...
Paul Peterson, the former [Michigan] Coordinator, came to us from the CIA, which is not a good recommendation overall, as the Agency is well-known for employing brilliant con men whose life-work runs counter to any aspirations of mine.
Still, even those returning home from the Agencies deserve their rights and property as Americans; it is not my part to know or judge the soul when it is ready and willing to turn the corner and go in a new direction. Many of our senior volunteers have come from sordid backgrounds. So I accepted Paul as a Coordinator, knowing his past, but believing in his future.
This is where our virtues are sometimes used against us and sometimes come to naught, wasted on stony ground. A purely intellectual evaluation would have instantly disqualified Paul from acting as a Coordinator, but a more seasoned wisdom makes its errors in the other direction, more in favor of the heart.
So I welcomed him and trusted him to make good on his potential as a Coordinator and hoped he'd be able to change his spots.
Still, the habits and methods and assumptions of a lifetime are hard to overcome, and pressed with the challenges of a wholly new situation, a whole new context from which to view "the government" -- well, better men have failed that test.
You can blame me, if you wish, because I knew that and welcomed Paul home anyway. I knew the danger and waived it, in order to give him a chance.
Readers can view the full article here.
The MFP forgives the Fiduciary for the results of her decision to welcome the former coordinator home and give him a chance to do good. The MFP forgives him, too, and anyone else who has made misjudgments in this situation.
Everyone has learned a lot.
It is now time to do the work that must be done for the michigan people.
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