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February 19th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Soooooooo…… gonna print it and tell the rest of the class what’s going on??
February 19th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
No, on behalf of the receiver mostly, but also because I wanted really to make the larger point that this sort of stuff is happening, and it’s shining a different light on the people who voted that way than they would like you to see. So the details are less relevant than the fact that it’s happening.
February 19th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Who would blame them? As embarrassing as it is, Mr. Schor’s email (which yes, I have seen personally) demonstrates where the real divisiveness lies in this city. And who is being “raked through the coals”?
February 19th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I was thinking the same thing PC! I read it expecting a big expose’ and then…
February 19th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
…what a tease. You have to start levelling the playing field here. These folks wouldn’t hesitate to leak something to the paper. You guys are playing by the Marquess of Queensbury rules and they are streetfighters. So instead of being so cryptic and vague, grab the bull by the ballz and heave-ho. This blog is the only answer to the slanted spin-style journalism that the voter gets in this town and you’re really doing us a disservice when you don’t name names. You’ve lost a little off your fastball lately. It’s almost as if you’ve been threatened and hopefully that’s not the case. Any half-assed lawyer could help you with your first amendment rights.
February 19th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Lynne, if the councilor’s response was from a city email account then I believe it’s public record.
The fact that you’ve made referrence to it has already put the councilor on notice that the receiver has talked to you.
I for one would like to see what our esteemed city father had to say.
February 19th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
I wanted to point out how thin a skin these folks have, as well as the fact they are using very poor arguments for why they voted the way they voted. It’s likely many people responded to all of the four councilors, and with the vindictive tone of that response, I didn’t want to get specific.
It wasn’t via email, ER, though I’d be interested to find out for sure if email sent via city email IS public record, just for my own edification in the future…
February 19th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
All email sent through city hall email channels is public record.
February 19th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Too much to do to go on to long over ‘he said, she said’. The votes and the ways in which arguments were made speak for themselves and the point remains that city councilors can vote no if they want. Now the burden is on those of us who think the decision was incorrect to convince people in the city that the vote was incorrect and that if we want to keep services up and taxes down, improve the schools, succeed with the Hamilton Canal Project, fill the potholes, etc. there needs to be attention paid to just what the entire council intends to do when it comes to leading on economic development. Though on this particular vote the shortcomings were obvious to those of us who favored the consolidation of cultural planning, to me there is an overall lack of attention being paid across the board to several issues including foreclosures and their affect on neighborhoods, the continued loss of manufacturing jobs in the city like the recent closing of the furniture company, the relationship between increased crime and the economy, and the like. Name calling either way won’t help the city take on these very large structural problems. I’ve said it before and I will say it again there needs to be leadership from the city’s major employers and institutions and similar entities in the Merrimack River Valley to get on with the business of building a better economy before we all slip slide into a dark hole regardless of how we feel about art, music, theatre, and dance.
February 19th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
PC:
We lost our fast ball? I thought you were part of the team and were our ace pitcher.
Lynne:
You and I have had this discussion before how I have found that the majority of individuals who are involved in the arts are not politicized; I hope this wakes them up, mobilizes them and they get involved in the process.
February 19th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I like posting here on Tuesday nights…it eliminates the “American Idols”. I look back upon the past year and feel that lately we’re seeing a kindler, gentler LiL and if you’re gonna make an omelette you’ll have to crack a couple of eggs.
February 19th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I gotta say, PC is right
February 21st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
So “Left In Lowell” bows to the Sun and Rita? Then I will no longer particpate in “Left In Lowell” and I urge homeowners to leave the city.
Nite
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:22 am
Excuse me? Bows to who? Give me a break, guys.
Look, there’s battles and then there’s battles. I could have chosen not to post this at all.
Someone came to me with this information and they did not want to be named, or referenced in any way that would get back to them. Can you blame them? Given what we know about how politics in this city works?
If it were just about me (say, a response *I* got instead) you KNOW I would post it in full naming names. You all know better than that. In fact, keep reading, because I’m working on something now.