I am not sure what exactly what you would
like to know about me, but I am more than willing to speak with anyone who
has questions. I had not intended to be a stealth candidate, I did try to
make my positions known on issues if there is a particular issue or issues
you would like me to talk about, e-mail, call or write me and I will
respond.
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On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Bill London wrote:
> Thanks to Joel Hamilton for encouraging comments on the Daily News and
> election coverage.
> My angst has a slightly different focus. I remain surprised by the
> lack of coverage of the stealth candidate Peg Hamlett.
> The other candidates were incumbents and their positions
> relatively well known. With Hamlett, however, what did we know? She was
> on the tree committee and thus presumably likes trees. She worked for the
> heart association and so presumably liked hearts. After Steve Cooke asked
> for responses to issues of the day, I saw one message posted in
> response on the 2020 list (not in the DAily News) with little
> information. Perhaps there were more messages, or a DAily News story, but
> if so, I missed them all. Anyway, we didn't get to know about her
> positions before the election by reading the News. Will we ever?
> And now, to continue this diatribe against the Daily News, a
> virtual spanking to the paper for violating the basic journalistic rule of
> always (at least) spelling everybody's name correctly. Ken Olsen,
> remember him? He must have worked for the Daily News as a reporter for a
> decade. His name must have appeared in the paper several thousand times.
> But when it appeared on Thursday on the front of the Arts section (in the
> story about a booksigning for his book about Vernon Baker), his name was
> spelled Ken Olson. A small irony, also, is that the cover of the book was
> used as the illustration for the article, and Ken's name appears--properly
> spelled as Ken Olsen--on that cover. Right next to the repeated spelling
> of Ken Olson.
> BL
>