Dear Tim
I hope you’re enjoying your new job, I heard you got the shaft when it came to a company car. Hopefully Kerry threw out all those half empty, Starbucks Carmel Macchiato’s piled up like a miniature Mt Everest on the back seat before handing over the keys. I wanted to let you know how things were going back here in Worcester since you’ve been gone. Everyone has lost their fucking minds.
Our buddy Rick Rushton want’s your old job, someone told him pushing for higher taxes was the way to get it. Yea, I know. I hear Mayor Lukes was admitted to Worcester Med not long after the announcment, seems she ruptured her aorta from laughing so hard. Maybe you could free up Joe O’Brien for a few hours to explain to him, traditionally, we don’t push for higher taxes until after the election is won. Because as it stands now, everyone is sort of confused.
Mike O’Brien gave everyone raises, that was nice. But now the fine folks running for City Council this year have nothing to talk about. We all love Bobby Moylan, don’t get me wrong, but it’s hard to make a case about the condition of streets and sidewalks when you give the guy in charge of them a $20,000 (American) raise. I hear Councilor Smith has been working day and night to come up with new talking points for his website to replace the once golden ’streets and sidewalks’. All those house-wives in his district found it real easy to relate with the want for better sidewalks as they took their morning walks up and down Barry Rd, in the street. Poor guy.
Oh, this is a good one. Wal-Mart is coming to Worcester. Real classy, huh! I wonder if they’ll sell Tapas? Most American cities at least feign disgust when Wal-Mart lawyers come knocking. What, with it’s broken business model, destructive power over local economies and general douchebaggery. But in our case, Preservation Worcester showed up to offer their support. P-r-e-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n Worcester. Apparently Preservation Worcester LOVES three dollar mini-blinds and a great deal on potting soil. Your pal Bob Spellane has my copy of WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price, maybe you can pick it up some night on the way back in from Boston? In the meantime, could you think about stopping in some Tuesday on one of those after meeting, meetings? I think your former colleagues could use a hand.
See you March 1st,
-b
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