"Ahm Dan Weston for the Scooter Store"

Stinky The Clown

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Mon Mar-10-08 04:39 PM
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"Ahm Dan Weston for the Scooter Store"

Does this guy not strike anyone as the ultimate Republican grifter?

His ads for scooters for the elderly and disabled are all over MSNBC ...... and no doubt other cable stations as well.

http://www.thescooterstore.com/aboutus/executives.aspx

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Ian David

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Mon Mar-10-08 04:51 PM
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1. I thought Grandpa Munster was dead.

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leveymg

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Mon Mar-10-08 04:56 PM
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2. He may actually be a bit more legit than most

http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Weston_Dan_10782331.aspx

Executive coaching services Executive coach Business coaching
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Published on: 2/26/2008 Last Visited: 2/26/2008

Dan Weston is a Gazelles Emeritus executive coach who has been coaching several Gazelles Client companies for the last four years. He is the President of The Weston Group in Dallas. He also serves on a part-time basis as Executive Vice President-People for The Scooter Store, one of the most successful companies applying the Gazelles and Rockefeller Habits processes over the years, all of it under the skilled coaching and guidance of Dan. Prior to working with Gazelles, Dan was Vice President/Human Resources for Greyhound Lines. He is the former General Manager/Dallas for a national organization change and career management firm. For 15 years, he was at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University as Director and Associate Dean for External Affairs, responsible for executive education and he taught in the Executive MBA Program. Contact Dan Weston at twestongp@aol.com, or at The Weston Group: (972) 897-8379. 2. www.cdg-inc.com
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Published on: 3/1/2003 Last Visited: 12/11/2007

Other Sources: Dan Weston, founder of The Weston Group, Dallas, which coaches CEOs and senior managers. twestongp@aol.com. 3. Optîmance - Our Team
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Published on: 5/5/2003 Last Visited: 5/5/2003

Dan Weston - senior director
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Dan Weston With over 25 years experience and background in academia and expertise in management and management consulting, Dan aids executives in career transitions, as well as supports management teams in carrying out major organizational changes.

With a chemistry degree from Rice University, and an MBA from Harvard University, Dan was the Principal with the Weston Group and has previously held senior executive positions for Greyhound Lines Inc. and an oil field service company. Dan has also served as Associate Dean for External Affairs for the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (SMU).

Is there a particular reason you don't like this guy?

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Stinky The Clown

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Mon Mar-10-08 05:07 PM
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4. He strikes me as hellbent to separate people from their money

I am put in mind of the "I've fallen and I can't get up" people.

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Shakespeare

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Mon Mar-10-08 05:19 PM
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5. NPR did a long profile of him a few years ago--I think he borders on sainthood.

Edited on Mon Mar-10-08 05:24 PM by Shakespeare

I used to feel the same way you do until I listened to the NPR story. The (Bush) government despises this guy, because he's helped so many people get motorized chairs (legally) through Medicare who were initially turned down. From the impression I got during the interview, he cares deeply about his customers and the freedom that mobility can give them. He's even paid for several chairs himself.

I'll edit my post if I can find the interview with him--it might change your mind.

edited to add: found it!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4194892

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Stinky The Clown

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Mon Mar-10-08 05:39 PM
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6. Thank you for that. I confess guilt to judging books by their covers.

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Shakespeare

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Mon Mar-10-08 05:41 PM
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7. Oh, I was guilty of the same thing.

Edited on Mon Mar-10-08 05:43 PM by Shakespeare

Parts of that story literally had me in tears, btw. What kind of country is this that we have to make it so hard (and in some cases impossible) for people to get such basic things they need? In the larger scheme, the stupid scooters aren't even that expensive (the most immediate example being our dear ThomCat, who was in dire need of a motorized chair, and was turned down by his insurance company).

I went from seeing Weston as a scam artist to seeing him as a humanitarian/entrepreneur.

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anitar1

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Mon Mar-10-08 05:07 PM
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3. Sorry to be so biased but Dallas backgound says

it all for me. Have often thought that Repugs physically resemble one another.

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