“Our alderman is the invisible man. Calls unanswered, things not getting done…. The job isn’t that difficult.”
Robert Jones
Good work, Fioretti. Take notes, Waguespack.
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Ann Coulter is HST’s literary heir?! I’ve read a lot of criticism on HST and never heard him compared to Coulter once. Thompson was a maverick whose politics could be best described as libertarian (aka: hard to pin down), and though they’re present in his writing, they’re not the focus. Thompson used his twisted perspective as a method for delving into the heart of topics that every American could relate to; just see the McGovern campaign’s quote on Campaign Trail you mention in your article. That book contains some of the most intelligent analysis of American politics I’ve ever read, something you’re not going to get from Coulter. She’s a reactionary talking head and attack dog, but most importantly: a propagandist. You won’t find her on a “journey to the heart of the American Dream,” she’s too busy forging a brutal highway to some fucked-up nightmare.
BH
Fred (host of the later Sunday open mike) wanted me to thank you Dear Reader for recognizing the rare essence of Sunday Open Mike @ The Gallery Cabaret. And I want to thank you for the mention of my original act, Fairly Unbalanced, albeit by description rather than by name. I am the old lady; the metalhead is my “son-in-law” Greg and the Renaissance Faire Devotee his wife (and Fred’s daughter) Belinda (to whom I am Jewish Fairy GodMother). I do want to correct one error, though; I am a sexagenarian, not septuagenarian—won’t be 70 until 2112!
The letter from Paul N. Keller printed in your June 12 issue raised two eyebrows—both of them mine. One eyebrow was raised when he “fully disclosed” that he is a municipal attorney with 20 success notches in his TIF encounters. I don’t understand my eyebrow reaction when a municipal attorney supports a TIF request approved by the owner—I mean, administrative head—of the municipality.
