I think the sentence as it currently exists is fair and accurate In 1999 former radical activist Bill Ayers who had hosted a fundraiser for Obama in 1996 joined the board 13 this association would later draw scrutiny during Obama s 2008 presidential campaign 14 The reference to Ayers is wikilinked so anybody wanting to know more about him can research at their leisure and draw their own conclusions An encylopedia should help people draw their own conclusions not push them to have any particular opinion