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1 when it is coming under fire to try and deflect criticism
2 by reeling off all these things where they supposedly have
3 helped the community and done wonderful things for the
4 community?
5 A. This is Mr. Brown's response. It is not a tactic.
6 That is how he responded to the letter.
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8 Q. But is that unusual for McDonald's?
9 A. It is neither unusual or usual. I have seen it done
10 sometimes, that people respond, and I have seen it not done
11 other times. It has nothing to do with the tactic. These
12 are all statements of fact.
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14 Q. I think they are repeated on your fact sheet about
15 McDonald's and the community on page 1470?
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17 MR. MORRIS: We have a few more questions on that and then that
18 is the end of this subject. If we look in tab 154 of our
19 documents, that is the Kingfisher blue 154, right in the
20 middle of that large bundle. I am sorry about this, but
21 can you look in the middle where there are those
22 documents. There is a news item headed "Coalition boycotts
23 city McDonald's". It is the Philadelphia Enquirer. We did
24 not number the actual pages. It is just after the other
25 one we looked at?
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is the heading?
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29 MR. MORRIS: "Coalition boycotts city McDonald's" and there are
30 no photographs on the page. It is in the middle of that
31 section.
32 A. Is this the February 14th article?
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34 Q. That is the one, thank you. If you look at the middle
35 column, the fourth paragraph down, it says: "Some of the
36 operators" -- this is the McDonald's operators -- "hired a
37 management consultant from Balasimot to negotiate with the
38 coalition". Do you know anything about who that was?
39 A. No, I do not.
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41 Q. Do you know whether some of the operations did hire a
42 consultant to negotiate with the coalition?
43 A. I do not. My personal knowledge is there was no
44 consultant negotiating with anyone.
45
46 Q. Did they have a consultant who met with the coalition?
47 A. You are going to have to ask them that; I have no
48 idea. I was not aware of any consultants being used for
49 the purpose that is set forth here.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He said that he does not know. It says "some
52 of the operators". It is not saying McDonald's actually
53 have done it and Mr. Stein says he does not know of any
54 such consultant.
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56 MR. MORRIS: OK. My last question is, it is in 156, I think.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you think you have just made a wrong note
59 of 156 before?
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