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Sep 08, 2011

Here We Go: Miracle Hands Director Suing City For $2 Million

Cornell Jones, the director of the nonprofit which is being sued by the city for allegedly using grant funds designed to help people with HIV/AIDS to help build a strip club, is quite the character. So perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that he’s channeling his displeasure with the city’s lawsuit into legal action of his own.

Sep 07, 2011

Miracle Hands Director Calls Councilmembers Gay Slur, Claims Race Bias

Cornell Jones, director of the nonprofit group which is being sued by the city for using city grant funds designed to help people with HIV/AIDS to help build a strip club, certainly has some opinions on the matter — some incredibly homophobic ones.

 
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