> Well, Werner, we've been friends for a long time now, and I > always value your opinions. Even while you are being persecuted (and > I do not use that term lightly) by the good old boys who have run this > town into the ground, you still hold your own ground and tell it like > it is. You demonstrate time and again why they didn't want you as > City Historian and are using what amounts to fascistic tactics to run > you out of here. You've been more than a Historian, I believe; you've > been a prophet. To paraphrase the Good Book: "A prophet is never > honored in his own time and place." They're not interested in > prophets, but only profits; and because the Sanders council is not > listening to the former, it surely won't realize the latter. This > council has already lost the city millions in ratables, has squandered > tens of millions of dollars of land and buildings for a pittance, and > now have nothing to show for it. (Even Esau got a bowl of mush at > least when he gave up his inheritance.) You are the conscience, albeit > a sometimes prickly one, that they are trying to ignore. And because > deep down they know you are right, they despise you for it. Thanks > for standing your ground even though it has cost you so much in so > many ways. > Frank D'Alessandro >
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