Tuesday, August 22, 2006  Tully Eating Crow: Fifth Third Lawsuit
Dropped  After dismissing 7th District GOP congressional
candidate Eric Dickerson's campaign as a "soap opera" and
suggesting that his campaign had imploded because of a business-
related lawsuit, Star political columnist Matt Tully is eating a
little crow tonight. Dickerson's campaign has issued a press
release indicating that Fifth Third Bank has received amounts
owed it, and that its lawsuit has been dropped. Dickerson says,
through his press spokesman Stuart Hirsch:  In the past few
days, much has been made of a lawsuit filed against me by Fifth
Third Bank. The bank and I both know this action was unnecessary
but they had a right to do it. That is, after all, the American
way. Small business owners are routinely required to sign
"personal guarantees" to secure loans. This is often the only
way to expand or finance business operations.  In my case, I
signed a $2 million personal guarantee to buy new and used
vehicle inventory for my dealership