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35-563: On October 15, 2016, the Armed Forces Foundation made an announcement that they were ceasing operations after performing an audit of operations as a result of Patricia Driscoll’s resignation on June 14, 2015 and the subsequent indictment of the former President on federal charges stemming from a scheme in which she allegedly stole from the non-profit charity, defrauded donors, and lied to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and

70-642: A witch hunt for homosexuals in public schools, universities, and state government agencies, believing they were part of a Communist strategy to "subvert the American way of life by controlling academic institutions and by corrupting the nation's moral fiber." By publishing its findings, the Committee hoped to persuade the Legislature to enact comprehensive anti-homosexual legislation, and to "shock Floridians into accepting its program." [The report] viewed homosexuals as

105-720: A Republican for president only once, in 2004. Despite the Democratic trend in his district at the national level, Young remained popular, and rarely faced serious opposition. He only twice received less than 60% of the vote, in 1992 and 2012. Young was a member of the Appropriations Committee for his entire time in Congress, and was able to use that seat to steer millions of federal dollars to his district. His earmarks have been used for U.S. Highway 19, high tech jobs, healthcare for children, clean water, and defense contractors. This

140-452: A hunting camp in Florida, so the family moved there when he was 16. Young dropped out of St. Petersburg High School to support his ill mother, Wilma M. (Hulings) Young, and was wounded in a hunting accident. He married Marian Ford on August 20, 1949, when he was an 18-year-old high school dropout and she was 17, entering her senior year at St. Petersburg High School. When he was 18, he joined

175-470: A national registry for bone marrow donors in 1986. Now named after him, it lists nearly 10 million volunteer donors and has facilitated transplants for more than 50,000 people. After the 1994 Republican Revolution , House Speaker Newt Gingrich gave the position of chairman of the Appropriations Committee to Bob Livingston of Louisiana instead of Young, even though Young had more seniority. When Dennis Hastert became speaker in 1999, Young finally became

210-601: A statement late that same day. Young said he was not necessarily satisfied. "My wife was humiliated," he told reporters. He suggested that "sensitivity training" might be in order for the Capitol Police. On September 29, 2008, Young voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 . Young supported over $ 70 million in combined earmarks to two companies that employed his sons, both before and after they were employees. Young's son, Patrick,

245-714: A term limit waiver to retain his chairmanship of the Appropriations Subcommittee for the 113th Congress . House Republicans limit committee chairmen to a six-year term, but Young received two consecutive waivers extending this limit. Young served as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission from 1965 to 1967. He was also a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1984. Young married Marian Ford on August 20, 1949, when he

280-468: Is not a protest.' They said, 'We consider that a protest.' I said, 'Then you are an idiot.'" Young was angry about the way his wife was treated. "Because she had on a shirt that someone didn't like that said support our troops, she was kicked out of this gallery," Young said on the House floor the following day, holding up the gray shirt. "Shame, shame," he said. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer apologized in

315-552: The Army National Guard and served from 1948 to 1957. After finishing his service, he applied for a job as an insurance salesman and ultimately ran an insurance agency. In 1960 Young was elected to the Florida Senate , where he served from 1961 to 1970, and was minority leader in that chamber from 1966 to 1970. Until 1963, Young was the only Republican in Florida's upper chamber. From 1962 through 1964, Young served on

350-582: The Florida Legislative Investigation Committee , commonly known as the Johns Committee (for its Chairman Charley Eugene Johns ), a legislative panel that investigated the activities of homosexuals, communists and others thought to be subversive. In 1964, the committee released a pamphlet entitled Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida , which drew criticism at the time for its use of explicit photographs of homosexual acts. At

385-533: The House Committee on Appropriations from 1999 to 2005. He was the longest-serving Republican member of Congress at the time of his death. Young was born in Harmarville, Pennsylvania , a suburb of Pittsburgh , in 1930. He had Irish, German, and Swiss ancestry. He grew up in a Pennsylvania coal town in a shotgun shack . His father abandoned the family and a flood washed away their home at age 6. An uncle had

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420-641: The Purple Pamphlet , was an anti-homosexual propaganda pamphlet published in January 1964 by the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (FLIC) of the Florida Legislature led by State Senator Charley Johns . The booklet contained several pornographic images and a glossary of terminology used in the gay community . It was sold for 25 cents a copy, with a discount for bulk orders of 100 copies or more. The Johns Committee had for several years conducted

455-585: The Watergate Scandal . In the 1976 Republican primary for president , Young endorsed President Gerald Ford over California Governor Ronald Reagan . In 1980, Young endorsed moderate George H. W. Bush over Ronald Reagan in the Republican primary. Young opposed any spending cuts to the United States Coast Guard . He strongly opposed deficit reduction. He was instrumental in creating

490-459: The 6th District from 1973 to 1983, the 8th District again from 1983 to 1993, the 10th from 1993 to 2013 and has been the 13th since 2013) was once considered a Republican stronghold; the St. Petersburg area had been one of the first parts of Florida to turn Republican. However, it has become much friendlier to Democratic candidates in recent years, at least on the national level. Since 1988, it has supported

525-570: The Armed Forces Foundation on June 14, 2015 in the wake of allegations that she mishandled foundation money, according to ESPN’s Outside the Lines and Kickin' The Tires Bill Young (Florida politician) Charles William Young (December 16, 1930 – October 18, 2013) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 until his death in 2013. A Republican from Florida , Young served as chairman of

560-484: The Armed Forces Foundation, is a year-round recreational group therapy program that honors service men and women, veterans, and military families at races throughout the country by taking them to races and behind-the-scenes events. Starting in 2012, Kurt Busch and the Armed Forces Foundation dedicated races in memory or in honor service members and veterans. On November 7, 2014 the program was suspended due to allegations of assault by Busch against Patricia Driscoll, who at

595-733: The Humvee funds to buy equipment for Afghanistan. After eleven years of supporting the Afghanistan wars , Young turned against the war in 2012 after Army Staff Sgt. Matthew S. Sitton of Largo was killed in Afghanistan after sending Young a letter pointing out problems there and predicting his own death. Young's wife had also been trying to persuade her husband to oppose continued American involvement in Afghanistan. Young said "we're killing kids who don't need to die." On October 9, 2013, Young announced he would not seek re-election in 2014. Young received

630-664: The Purple Pamphlet provoked a backlash of criticism for its explicit photographs of gay men involved in sexual activities. A Dade County official threatened to bring legal action against the committee, and the Florida Attorney General "warned the FLIC to cease distribution of this 'obscene and pornographic' material." A gay book club in Washington, D.C. , sold reprints of the pamphlet for two dollars apiece. The backlash from

665-563: The age of 82. He had been hospitalized for almost two weeks after suffering a broken hip and fractured pelvis. Doctors could not perform hip surgery because of brittle bones caused by multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that forms in bone marrow. On January 6, 2014, Marian Young and the three children from his first marriage spoke out for the first time since Young's death. Marian said that her lawyer had specifically asked her to keep silent about her husband's affair with Beverly due to concerns that he would lose his congressional seat. Even though

700-403: The carriers of a degenerative disease that posed a greater menace to society than child molesters. [...] The committee expected readers to select a theory conforming to its own views, and the pamphlet portrayed gays as sex fiends who spent every free moment searching for anonymous partners, recruiting youth, or transmitting venereal diseases. Instead of becoming a best-seller as its authors hoped,

735-742: The chairman. Young strongly supported increases in defense spending and sent letters to Congressman John Kasich , Chairman of the Budget Committee, recommending an increase in DOD funding. Young strongly supported the F-22 Raptor . In a 1999 The New York Times interview, Young stated, "In my short life I've been shot, I've been hit by a truck, survived an airplane crash, I've had my chest opened and my heart rebuilt. And it's sort of hard to get me flustered after all that." In 2005, Young received 3,570 earmark requests from members of Congress, because it

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770-419: The conflict in Afghanistan. AM General, which makes the Humvee, has been a contributor to Young's campaigns. Young denied that his actions "put American lives at risk", pointing to an urgent Marine Corps request to improve crew protection on existing Humvees as reason enough to preserve some funding for additional vehicles beyond armed forces requirements. Nonetheless, Young's committee approved $ 613 million of

805-546: The display of political ideology on clothing in the U.S. Capitol. Young's wife was asked to leave shortly after anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan was ejected for wearing an anti-war T-shirt. Beverly Young's T-shirt stated: "Support the Troops — Defending Our Freedom." She argued with Capitol Hill Police officers in the hallway outside the House chamber. "They said I was protesting," she told the St. Petersburg Times . "I said, 'Read my shirt, it

840-533: The divorce became final, Young married Beverly Angello, who had worked as a secretary in his congressional office and was 25 years his junior. Young and Beverly had two children together: Charles William "Billy" (who was born in 1984, while Young was still married to Marian) and Patrick, in addition to Beverly's son, Robbie, from her first marriage. On October 18, 2013, nine days after announcing his retirement, Young died at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland at

875-508: The divorce records were sealed, many journalists at the time "knew about the affair and the [extramarital child's] birth, but believed such issues fell outside the public's right to know." Terry, Pamela and Kimber also claimed that they had only heard from their father sporadically in the three decades following the divorce. Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida , also known as

910-537: The public about her salary and benefits. The Honorable C.W Bill Young Financial Assistance Fund, named after former Congressman Bill Young , once provided direct financial assistance to service members and their families facing financial hardship through injury and other service related situations. The Armed Forces Foundation, in partnership with Southwest Airlines , once paid for the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team's travel expenses during

945-568: The season. The team consists of 29 veterans and active duty soldiers with a variety of injuries. Operation Caring Classroom was the foundation's annual Veterans Day education initiative to help increase understanding and support among children for military families across the United States. Started in 2009, the NASCAR Troops to the Track program (T2T), presented by Bank of America in partnership with

980-655: The time was the President of the AFF and his former girlfriend. On March 5, 2015, it was announced by the Delaware District Attorney that no criminal charges would be filed against Busch, citing a lack of evidence. Patricia Driscoll served as President of the Armed Forces Foundation from 2003 to 2015. According to the ESPN's OTL, Patricia Driscoll, the former girlfriend of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, resigned as executive director of

1015-434: The time, Young said of homosexuality: "Our report tried to show it in its true light – it's a very repulsive subject." Responding to reports that reprints of the pamphlet were being sold as pornography for a gay audience, Young said: "This indicates how bold the homosexual is becoming and further proves the necessity of state government taking the lead in responsibility for preventing these confirmed homosexuals from preying on

1050-494: The youth of the state." In 1993, Young was asked about his involvement with the report by the St. Petersburg Times and said: "I am not supportive of homosexuality, but that's the decision of the people who are involved in it. If someone wants to engage in that sort of behavior, that's their choice." Young also stated that the committee was largely inactive during his tenure due to the illness of its chair, Charley Eugene Johns , and that he

1085-460: Was a major reason why he was able to hold onto his seat for so long even as it became friendlier to Democrats at the national level. It is considered extremely difficult to defeat an Appropriations Committee member at an election, especially if the member is a subcommittee chairman ("Cardinal") or the chairman of the full committee. In 1974, all four Republican congressmen from Florida said they would support impeaching President Richard Nixon over

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1120-435: Was an 18-year-old high school dropout and she was 17, entering her senior year at St. Petersburg High School. They had three children: Terry, Pamela, and Kimber. In 1985, after 36 years of marriage, Young divorced Marian. As part of the divorce agreement, Marian received $ 2,000 per month in alimony in exchange for agreeing to seal the divorce records and not speaking publicly about it during Young's lifetime. Eight days after

1155-461: Was hired by defense contractor SAIC when the company received earmarks requested by Young. In 2009 Young signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any Global Warming legislation that would raise taxes. In 2011, Young resisted a request by the Pentagon to transfer $ 863 million in funds from Humvee production to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for

1190-613: Was his last year as chairman of the committee. He believed that requests for earmarks should not be publicly disclosed. In March 2006, Young spokesman Harry Glenn said "This has been the policy of the committee for years. It's internal correspondence from one member to another." From 2007 to 2008, $ 167 million in earmarked funds came to the Tampa Bay Area. At the State of the Union Address on January 31, 2006, authorities expressly prohibited

1225-470: Was not involved enough in the committee to be either proud or regretful of its work. Young was elected to Congress in 1970 from what was then the 8th District and was reelected 20 times. With the exception of his first term, he represented a district located almost entirely in Pinellas County . The district, which changed numbers four times during Young's tenure (it was the 8th District from 1971 to 1973,

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