content no show

<?php
    $today = date("F");
    $supplier = get_the_title();
    $sani_supplier = sanitize_title($supplier);

// *** echoes sanitized title
    echo "1".$sani_supplier;
// *** echoes title
    echo " 2".$supplier;

?>
<!-- Left Nav-->

<!-- Content-->
<?php
    global $post;
    $args = array(
        'numberposts' => 1,
        'post_type' => 'suppliers',
        'taxonomy' => 'suppliersTax',
        'term' => $sani_supplier,
// *** 'suppliersTax' => $sani_supplier, <--went back to way I was doing before, was ignoring the arg
        'post_status' => 'publish'
    );

// *** echoes sanitized title
    echo "3".$sani_supplier;

    $homeSOTMHeader = get_posts( $args );

    foreach( $homeSOTMHeader as $post ) :   setup_postdata($post);

// *** only echoes sanitized title when title is a single word, otherwise nothing
    echo " inside foreach".$sani_supplier;
?>

<div id="supplierHeader">
    <div id="supplierLogo" class="alignLeft">
        <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {the_post_thumbnail();} ?>
    </div>

    <ul id="companyHeaderInfoHorizontal">
    <?php
        $meta = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'sp_homeHeaderCompanyLink', true);
        '' != $meta and print "<li><a href='$meta' target='_blank'>Company Site</a></li>";
        $meta = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'sp_homeHeaderProductsLink', true);
        '' != $meta and print "<li><a href='$meta' target='_blank'>Browse Products</a></li>";
        $meta = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'sp_homeHeaderContactsBox', true);
        '0' != $meta and print "<li><a class='inline' href='#contactsModal'>Contacts</a></li>";
    ?>
    </ul>

    <div id="sotmSeal" class="alignRight">
        <?php $meta = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'sp_SOTMMonth', true);
        if ($today == $meta){ ?>
            <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/SOM_Seal.png" />
        <?php } ?>
    </div>

<?php endforeach;?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
</div> <!-- supplierHeader -->