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Barbara Blaine, the founder and national president of the troubled and contentious group SNAP, has just resigned.
An email announcing the resignation was sent to members of SNAP earlier today (Sat., 2/4/17) (screenshot (jpg)) followed by a separate email with a statement by Blaine (screenshot (pdf)). It was then reported in the Chicago Tribune and other outlets.
Blaine’s announcement continues a tumultuous past few months for SNAP:
* Just a couple weeks ago, SNAP’s former director of development, Gretchen Hammond, dropped a bombshell lawsuit on SNAP, asserting that SNAP “exploits” victims and “routinely accepts financial kickbacks” from Church-suing contingency lawyers in the form of “donations”;
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