Charlie - - - THANK YOU!! Thank you very much! Thank you very much for saying what NEEDED to be said. SMAAACK! <--- Barb smacks Ivan> ENOUGH ALREADY! You're like the "boy who cried wolf." Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Charles T. Meyer, M.D. <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 9:58 AM Subject: Re: Open letter to NPF, and Mr. Larry Hoffheimer >Ivan and Dennis, > >I am choosing to reply to Dennis because I don't want to repeat Ivan's >letter one more time. > >I am not a member of NPF but IMHO, your (Ivan) charges against NPF are >half-truths and innuendo. Having intervened on your behalf several years ago >and having talked with Larry Hoffheimer as well as others regarding the >incident there are clearly facts which you omit. If you choose to fight this >(and it is not black and white) it should not be on the list again >especially as an open letter. Do not be a divisive force on the list >Several years ago I was supportive to you- hearing only your side of the >story. Your battle with NPF has no place on this list regardless of its >merits (which IMHO are quite limited). It is a private affair between you >and NPF and making it public only puts doubt in the minds of its potential >contributors which no doubt is the purpose of you making it an open letter >again for at least the 3rd or 4th time. You have built up a following of >supporters regarding your problem with the City of Portland many of whom are >new to the list. Don't harm the credibility of NPF once again or your own >credibility. > >I am not a signer of your petition regarding your taxes, because of this >previous experience with you but I kept my mouth shut because I felt that >the list was uniting behind your cause and overall this was a cause that >most of the group could get behind and support. It was helpful to you and >not harmful to the list and I don't know the facts. But now that you are >trying to parley your support into part of your vendetta against NPF and >Larry Hoffheimer, I will not stand idly by and watch a replay of previous >list threads putting you in the position of the poor persecuted Parkie that >everything goes bad for. Ivan, what role do you play in all of this? You >have done so many good things in your life, don't turn into the bitter >"victim" that you are fast becoming. > >Charlie > > > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Dennis Nestler <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 7:24 AM >Subject: Re: Open letter to NPF, and Mr. Larry Hoffheimer > > >> IVAN, >> >> LET'S NOT START THIS STORY OVER AGAIN. PLEASE. >> >> Dennis >> 58/52