With a lottery lumpsum of $70,000,000, I would have supported my own community based drive for funding with a donation of $35,000,000 first. For the remaining $35,000,000, a tribute of $15mil to my CL leaving $20mil left.

That $20,000,000 could be used for friends, tipping, whatever else.

There wouldn't really be any need for a 'credit stock investment' with the remaining amount, after the above had been allocated.

Always an excuse. Always subterfuge, always with the cloak and dagger routine. More artifice, more contrivance, I ran a competition, a competition that your ancestors and their friends did their best to derail. I had reached out for donations but didn't get any offers, my association with your bloodline saw to that, so I had to finance the competition myself. $30 million of my own cash to get the ball rolling. It was only then that others decided to assist, and the pot rose to 125 million.

I was only an associate when I started that competition Keating, the 30 million was hard come by, and it was 30 million that I could have spent on so many other things I and my CL needed. But I had a desire to do good for the community, to better the community, to reward the community. As Satoru has said, you knew you were asking for donations, asking for other peoples money. If you truly believed in yiur cause you'd have put it ahead of your own selfish machinations, but of course you didn't. Your actions and response this day reveals the true you for all to see. You only come to the streets for you. To line your pockets with the freebies from city hall. To listen to the sound of your own voice. To belittle and disparage those you dislike and to climb upon the pedestal that you have placed yourself upon. 

Everything you do you do to inflate your own ego, and none of it is ever done for the betterment of the community. A leopard never changes its spots, and you are no different. 

"Always trying to dodge everything. This is all you have to say after Mr. Lincoln_Lawyer speech? You're a joke and after this, only morons would believe you don't think about anyone other than yourself. Thats your true good cause. YOU and your POCKETS."

Marishka laughs disdainfully and walks away.

Strolling by and I here Mr_Keating speaking about a good cause of some sort. Not really knowing much about the topic, but seeing such competition in the streets I’ve decided to match 100% of tips accumulated by the deadline. Leaving my mailing information I can only hope to be contacted when it’s time for collecting.

After going over some numbers not only do Puzzled look confuse, but realizes the 1% of richness is a title not owned. Doing some calculations and some adjustments in his ledger it’s comes time to make a correction. I will still match up to 100%, but at a maximum of 10 million. Having to change such mind with a quickness he puts down his scotch and grabs the nearest glass of water to him. 

I'm not a big deal and $3,000,000 is quite a lot of money for me. I just thought it would be nice to have a good cause, you know? So I put it up, in full. Not a promissory note; I'm not one of these, "I'll match a 5th of whatever you do" type of guys, I just put my fat wad up there for all to see. I'd like to know if this is moving forwards or whether I am due a share of your $70m winnings if I bought $3m tickets.

Sammy laughed at what was happening here...

"Ah, yes, I too am the King of whimsical fairy land and pay the mechanic before my car is fixed. What is this, some kind of ponzi scheme? At this point, I would rather give my funds to 'Tommy's Rap Battle' as it at least is more structured than just 'a good cause yet to be determined'. I increasingly grow tired of the streets only being plagued by whatever bloodline feud this is."

Responding to Mr_Keating ...

"I suppose there is some agreements to be had in your statement of..."

He who shall not be named and his relentless hostility against me, whilst on the one hand flattering, detracts from the solid work being done here.

"But this still does not change the fact that you are crowd funding a project with no mission statement, direction, or true goal. I think it is a fair ask that if you truly want buy in from other members of this thing of ours... then at least give us a legitimate sales pitch."

Originally the premise was for the people who wanted to contribute to bring their ideas out here so we can try and decide what to do with the fundraising. Unfortunately many just saw Mr_Keating here and jumped on a hatred bandwagon without actually suggesting anything. 

Coming up with creative and fun ideas for people to participate in is not exactly an easy task, and that's without the logistics that come with making sure things are judged properly and people are actually participating. When I saw this idea come out I was actually excited to see what people had in mind for the next big thing, but again I'm disappointed with the outcome. 

Now, I haven't been counting but I believe I've only heard two ideas be put forth. One from myself, and one from Lincoln_Lawyer. I'm happy to put money up for some Good Causes, but it sure is hard to do without any here. 

I also offered some ideas, Dr Ken, but that's ok. Nobody ever remembers poor Gerwyn. I guess it might have been hard to hear me with trolls like Keating and Lincoln Lawyer around. 

Right you are Gerwyn_Price, its hard for legitimate voices to be heard over the nonsense sometimes. Even though I missed it originally I appreciate you bringing some ideas out here to us. 

Reviewing your contribution I think there are some very good ideas you have. I'm all about promoting street activity and getting new people involved as well. I'd like to see something along those lines get the funding they need to happen.