do whatcha gotta do
Charley Belcher is a helluva guy.
I’ve had the opportunity to talk with him a number of times, and he’s a really cool cat. He’s had some personal issues lately, which bums me out, but with all the good vibes he and his family deserve, I’m sure things will turn out just fine.
You know Charley from Fox 13. He’s the Tampa representative that covers all of the American Idol nonsense from a local angle. 
He also stars in the Charley’s World segments that used to run on the 10pm newscast (HEY WTVT, bring Charley’s World back to the 10pm broadcast, would ya? PS, your "hotlinks" segment is lame.)
If you keep up with American Idol, you may know that contestant David Cook has been wearing an orange wristband in support of Charley’s daughter, Lindsey Rose. Lindsey Rose was recently treated for leukemia, and … well, I’ll just let Charley tell you the story.
Anyway, I’ve been keeping up with the news through updates on Charley’s MySpace page. The latest bulletin is terrible, but not very surprising:
Always someone out there trying to take advantage…
My daughter and her family are NOT selling wristbands… for any reason right now. We have not given permission for ANYONE to sell wristbands in her name or honor.
We WILL NOT sanction anyone to sell wristbands at this time… for any reason that is connected in anyway to my daughter and David Cook.
Please do not be fooled by imposters, or even people with good intentions who are doing things without asking first.
This was NEVER intended to be a fundraising effort.
If you see or hear about anyone offering to sell anything related to my daughter… please tell them they SHOULD NOT be doing such a thing… and report them to me.
Please repost this to all of your friends who could be affected by this.
Thank you,
-Charley Belcher
If you know of anything going on like this, let Charley know. If you want to be anonymous, leave a comment here, and I’ll pass it on to Charley.
By the way, wifey says David Cook is a pretty good singer, even if he sorta looks like David Jenkins.
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April 18th, 2008 at 8:39 am
OMG, he does look like David Jenkins! I have already given the teen permission to hunt him down and marry him while we are in LA, not Jenkins…Cook!
Some people are scum when it comes to taking advantage of situations like this!
April 18th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Viewing just the comment out of the context of the original post is pretty funny.
Thanks for the giggle.
It almost sounds as if the situation to which you’re referring is the fact that you’ll be in LA or the look-alike Davids.
Though I will agree that the world has way too many people that prey on the compassion and charity of the unsuspecting, and those that do are beneath scum.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
F*cking hell. Ok, you’re like the 4th person to say that. If only I were that skinny …
April 19th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Whoever’s doing this should be prosecuted to whatever extent our weak authorities are willing to pursue! Charley is one of the few good things going on local TV. Prayers and healing vibe to Lindsey Rose.