An open letter to Bruce White:
Thanks for the update. But, I no longer get Don's posts - thankfully. Someone taught me how to use one of those handy, nifty Outlook tools/rules that eliminates e-mails that I never want. (No offense Don. I'm just not a wanta-changea-library kinda guy.)
And Bruce, I'm not so much impressed that you really called these guys as much as I'm impressed that you correctly pronounced Don Saklad's name when you called them, AND THEY understood it - before hanging up. It means that you (from Texas) must have said it correctly and that they (from Boston) understood you. Good job.
You see, I'm from Tennessee - and rednecks like me just can't correctly pronounce northern names too well. Again, good job!
-----Original Message-----
From: White, Bruce [ mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Contact your favorite Boston candidates. council
condidates. mayoral candidates.
Don Saklad [[log in to unmask]] wrote:
>Contact your favorite Boston candidates...
>about council denial, delay, difficulties with access to
>. city council minutes,
>. public records freedom of information,
>. sunshine open public meetings,
>. open government principles
Don, since I know you are monitoring this listserve I thought I'd pass on
that some of us (well, maybe only me) are behind your quest to fix the
appalling problems at the Boston Public Library. It is a disgrace and I
agree something needs to be done and soonest.
So, as you suggested, I called a couple of the candidates on the list you
provided, even though I'm not sure any of them are my favorite. They were
all extremely friendly and courteous. But I did find it strange that when
I said "I am calling to support Don Saklad's efforts to change the way the
BPL works..." I'd next hear a deafening silence and then a dial tone.
Now, I am not sure if it was something I said. Or maybe it was that my
attempt at sounding like a Bostonian just wasn't very convincing. You know,
that special twang in the accent that only a New Englander can produce. I
have to admit that it is extremely difficult for a Texan (or is that a
Virginian,, Kansan or Southern Californian - you have to excuse me, I moved
so many times, can't tell what I am any more) to produce the inflection
correctly. But at least you can't say I didn't give it that old (business
school) college try.
So I wish you luck in your endeavor to get those horrible and dreadful
people at the Boston Library (including the Radical Research Librarians) to
shape up or ship out. Keep up the good work. For what it is worth you can
count on my support from down here in wonderful SoCal.
Speaking of wonderful, it's off to another round of golf at the weekly
Hacker's Club outing here in sunny and beautiful San Diego. By the way, did
I say I really hate paper - wait, oh no, isn't that Whitaker's line? Must
be rubbing off on me...
Bruce L. White, CRM, PMP
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