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angel823

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13. I do not like speaking ill of the dead, but this says it all

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 01:40 PM

Jul 11

Being from Texas, I was trying to find a redeeming quality for the camp director after losing his life trying to rescue the campers. I was not terribly surprised to find the following:

https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Richard+Eastland&order=desc&sort=D

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Camp Mystic's owner warned of floods for decades. Then the river killed him [View all] milestogo Jul 11 OP

And yet he exposed the youngest children to malaise Jul 11 #1

I do not like speaking ill of the dead, but this says it all angel823 Jul 11 #13

Oh my! malaise Jul 11 #15

They really lie about the true story of the opposition to the sirens- it wasn't low budgets. Biden funded it. Blues Heron Jul 11 #2

Wait! Traildogbob Jul 11 #3

They'd rather have their kids drown than take money from a Democrat. milestogo Jul 11 #4

And that's confusing Igel Jul 11 #14

Why continue owning a camp near a dangerous river?? Omnipresent Jul 11 #5

The river didn't kill him. CONservatives conned local governments and Musk & tRump. That killed him Bernardo de La Paz Jul 11 #6

He was the owner. Instead of warning he should have done something. I hate blaming the victim, but sometimes Srkdqltr Jul 11 #7

There was a camp downriver from Camp Mystic where the owner also died milestogo Jul 11 #8

Camp needs to go out of business Wild blueberry Jul 11 #9

Mr. Eastman's concern for the safety of the children should have prompted him to move the cabins off the flood plain. patphil Jul 11 #10

Money swong19104 Jul 11 #11

He could have put in a warning system with the $150K PPP Loan but he probably bought a boat and went fishing instead. littlemissmartypants Jul 11 #12

Or he could have lifted the "no technology" BS RussBLib Jul 11 #16

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