Worst biz-dev application we’ve received yet!
I get it that the Sun printed their April Fools edition three weeks early, but really: Heroes that collect rare and endangered abalone for questionable use in raising money, albeit for a good cause (“needy Marin students”); and Zeros “who should be castrated”?
And surely you jest in perpetuating the rantings of a lunatic [Dr. Harte] who would use his position as a “healer” and his “Jewishness” for wild and inappropriate insinuation directed at his detractors. Is ad revenue really that desperate?
Then we have an inspiring piece on the trials of Olivia Davis, a young singer/songwriter with cystic fibrosis, that unfortunately reads like a plug for her new CD.
Perhaps the publisher’s Page 2 plea for market managers/business developers to join the Sun staff gives us a clue.
Richard Wasserman, Point Arena and Mill Valley
Hi Mr. Wasserman,
You have a point about the abalone. Before I wrote the Hero about the abalone dinner, I looked into the issue. There are several types of abalone, with two on the endangered list. Strict laws govern the gathering of the mollusks. I believe that the diver mentioned in the piece observed the restrictions when he gathered the abalone that he donated for the dinner.
I’m not sure why you pulled out the quote about “needy Marin students.” If you think that none exist, you couldn’t be more wrong.
Castrating physically aggressive men is just a dream of mine, but it works wonders for dogs. I hope that most readers realized that I was being facetious. You guys can keep your testicles. Just take a deep breath and count to 10 before you pick up that gun and shoot, stalk someone, or pull a stranger from a car and beat him unconscious.
Best,
Nikki