Funding Jesse Jackson

* The “soft and cuddly” March 13 article regarding Jesse Jackson and his “ability” to raise funds reminds me of an era when people such as these were called what they really were--shakedown artists. All the mumbo-jumbo ramblings of your writers avoid the real truth. When Jackson targets an industry, he lets it be known, either pay up or be boycotted.

BILL BEAMES

Palm Desert