 |
 |
Mary: Great letter! You really got to the heart of the matter in a clear, attention-getting manner At 02:59 PM 9/13/98 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 1998/09/13 12:43:57, Mary Yost wrote: > ><< > It took me three tries, but finally I wrote a letter to the editor > that was short enough that the LA TImes printed it. They only > lopped off a couple of sentences at the end. It appeared in today's > Sunday edition, circulation 1, 385,373. As my dear departed > mother always said, "Fools names and fools faces are often seen > in public places." But this fool hopes that some people will read it. > Here's what they printed: > > "When Janet Reno speaks, one million Americans don't listen: we're > too busy watching her hands. If the tremor is bad, we fellow citizens > with Parkinson's worry that the stress is getting to her, making her > medications less effective. We're cheering her on: "Go, Janet! > Show the world that people with Parkinson's can handle real work > and cope with the daily roller coaster of slow motion vs uncontrollable > shakes". Most of us hide our disability on the true assumption that > few people understand what Parkinson's is. This is despite the fact > that the most recognized man in the world, Muhammad Ali, is > standing up for us. > > "After a five-year, quiet, persistent, grass roots campaign for federal > funding, the Udall Bill for Parkinson's Research was passed last year. > Then Congress played a cruel trick: It didn't appropriate funding for > the bill in the budget! " > > "Mary F. Yost > coordinator, LA Metro Young Onset Parkinson's Network" > >> > >congratulations mary! >if this is the action of a fool >then i want to go to fool's school! >persistence wins! >and wins big! > >your impressed cyb-sys > >janet > >[log in to unmask] > > Carole Cassidy Director of Developmenet and Community Relations The Parkinson's Institute 1170 Morse Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 408-542-5628 direct line 408-734-8522 fax