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Despite damning testimony offered by these fourWalsh maintained his innocence and did not seek aplea bargain with prosecutors...
...will probably never know. The event that began with a whack! has ended with a less-than-satisfying whimper. By plea-bargaining her way out of the tangle, Harding has ensured that she will never have to answer the question that dogged her all the way to the Olympics and back: Did she have a hand in planning the assault on Kerrigan? For her part of the bargain, Harding will pay a $100,000 state fine, make a $50,000 donation to the Special Olympics and reimburse the Multnomah County prosecutor's office for $10,000 in court costs...
...plea bargain surprised and upset many players in the 69-day soap opera. The U.S. Figure Skating Association, which had counted on Harding to head its squad in Japan now that Kerrigan seems to be retiring from amateur sport, hastily tapped national bronze medalist Nicole Bobek to fill the empty slot. That leaves two young skaters with little experience in international competition -- Bobek, 16, and Olympic alternate Michelle Kwan, 13 -- to represent...
William Hybl, chairman of the association's disciplinary board, vowed that the plea bargain would not get in the way of Harding's hearing, scheduled to begin June 27. Though the group can no longer impose its harshest penalty -- Harding has already resigned under duress -- it can still strip Harding of the national title she earned two days after the assault on Kerrigan. It could also demand a refund of the tens of thousands of dollars the association provided for training. The U.S. Olympic Committee might also demand reimbursement for training expenses and strip Harding of the commemorative items given...
...future for Hispanic groups lies not with pipe-dreams of unity for a broad ethnic group which cannot even be defined, but in small, strong organizations like CAUSA, La O, FUERZA, and RAZA. Know your own culture and history; understand your community well enough to bargain for it; speak your language (without which you can't begin to do the first two things); decide, culturally, where you're coming from and where you're headed--and then we can talk, logically and intelligently, about where our interests really intersect...