Las Vegas Review-Journal, 14 Mar 2009, HOWARD STUTZ
A Las Vegas Sands Corp. board member resigned Monday because he disagreed with last weekend's forced resignation of former company President Bill Weidner.
The casino operator revealed the resignation in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.
James Purcell, 78, a retired attorney and a Las Vegas Sands board member since July 2004, said in a letter to the company that it was wrong to force Weidner's resignation without "a full and open discussion of the potential consequences of the series of action that were planned."
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