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To: steve harris who wrote (84420)	9/8/2007 8:28:03 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 93284

Top Utah money man leaves Romney campaign By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 09/06/2007 01:46:11 PM MDT Posted: 1:47 PM- WASHINGTON - A top Utah fund-raiser for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign - who has links to an organization facing a civil lawsuit alleging child abuse - is no longer part of Romney's state finance team. Robert Lichfield of La Verkin, who founded the umbrella group called the Worldwide Association of Specialty Schools, brought in some $300,000 earlier this year for Romney during a single Utah event and has donated tens of thousands to the former Massachusetts governor and other Republicans in recent years. Lichfield is named in a federal lawsuit charging that students of the "behavior modification" schools with ties to WWASPS were subjected to "physical abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse." The suit had 140 defendants at last count. WWASPS president Ken Kay declined to comment Thursday to The Salt Lake Tribune but told Radaronline.com that the Romney campaign asked Lichfield to resign his spot on the finance team. Lichfield could not be reached for comment. "Gov. Romney has asked Mr. Lichfield to step down and not be involved in any more fund-raising until the lawsuit is resolved in the positive, which we are confident will happen," Kay told Radaronline.com via e-mail.