On November 18, 2008, the New York Times, one of the most read papers in the country, ran an article that quotes a VR SAM forum guest anonymously and comments I made in an interview with the writer, Liz Alvarez.

“It’s the crash in the market,” said Joe Gladden, managing partner of Veteran Realty Service America’s Military, who sees families in extremis out of Northern Virginia. “It’s not that they have made stupid decisions.”
Mr. Gladden said e-mail messages and phone calls to his office had become so routine that he encouraged military families to share their stories anonymously on his company Web site, vrsam.com.
“I am about sick over this situation,” one woman wrote. “Our two young boys have to go without seeing Daddy until we can sell our house. Not only that, but we face the possibility of Daddy deploying to Iraq again. Shouldn’t we be able to spend as much time together until that happens?”

Here's the point. YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE! In the article (that covers several veterans' issues) yet another elected official, Senator John Kerry, is quoted in support of various veterans' issues.

Your letters and comments on this forum are being heard. Though the wheels of our government turn slowly, they turn none the less. PLEASE encourage folks to include their circumstances on this forum, and more importantly, write their elected officials on the prewritten (addresses included) letters on the following link! www.moresam.net

The entire article is reproduced on a separate thread in this forum for your review.