And yet, when he talked about the 2,325,391 votes he received to start in Tuesday's All-Star Game, he said proudly, "I have two million friends".
The reason, Mr. Urbina said, was that he feared losing a government loan he had received to start his own small public transportation business.
Regarding "Adding a Little Extra to the Education Pot," May 2: Your article mentioned the grant that language arts teachers who worked to promote reading among their fourth- and fifth-grade students received to start up their parent-child book club.
Mr. Hunt, 42, used some of the $2 million he received to start a program that has offered such services as education, counseling, job training and housing assistance to about 400 ex-convicts, including some exonerated prisoners.
They even have the opportunity to receive microloans to start their own businesses.
Upon successful completion of an apprenticeship program, the young women receive support to start their own businesses or find jobs.
The two men were to receive $5,000 to start and $15,000 if the breakout was successful, she said.
Already, he has received permission to start two new charter schools on Long Island.
Ms. Francisco received approval to start the company last year from MarketWatch's editor in chief, David Callaway.
He had heard from Drummond that some of the battalions they had decimated were already receiving replacements to start rebuilding.
