Alan Ashton - Thanksgiving Point - Donates $1,000,000 to "Yes on H8"

[daddytodd]

Alan Ashton, the owner/developer of the hideous Thanksgiving Point complex in Lehi gave a cool million to the "Yes on H8" campaign in California -- clearly an effort to counterbalance Bruce Bastian's $1 million donation to "No on H8."

Bruce and Alan were the co-founders of WordPerfect. They sold out a decade and a half ago to Novell, for something like a half-billion each.

Novell eventually sold the wreckage of WordPerfect to Corel. I think all three companies are now defunct, right?

I've never been to Thanksgiving Point, and now I never will. I'd encourage Utah LGBT & allies to avoid Ashton's business, if you can. I'm not proposing a boycott, simply urging everyone to examine whether or not they want to give money to a H8er like Ashton.

Incidentally, here's a list of other Mormons who have given vast sums to "Yes on H8" in recent days. Anyone know who any of these people/organizations are, so I can choose not to patronize their businesses either?
Hartford Holdings, Provo, UT $300,000
David Moon, Alpine, UT $200,000
Michele Adams Watterson, Cache, UT $100,000
Roger Bayer, Salt Lake City, UT $100,000
Katharine Garff, Bountiful, UT $100,000
Belinda Vandersloot, Idaho Falls, ID $100,000
The Vineyard Group (Cardon & Hiatt Families), Mesa, AZ $100,000

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