"The decision to abandon the council was made as employees criticized the inclusion of the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation. " Note that TheVe

"The decision to abandon the council was made as employees criticized the inclusion of the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation. " Note that TheVerge does not name Kay Cole James. Ms. James served as Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources under then-Governor George Allen and was the dean of Regent University's government school. She is currently a member of the NASA Advisory Council. She is the president and founder of the Gloucester Institute, a leadership training center for young African Americans. In other words, she is eminently qualified. Yet Meredith Whittaker organized people against her because she disagrees with her politics. Ms. James has not one incident on record where she caused harm to anyone. She is merely the head of a conservative think-tank. Diversity of thought is very important. I feel little sympathy for the trouble-causers.