Cat fight alert!
Yeow!
Janet the Bookworm Berns really dished up some nastiness about Madame IKO in the letters column of today's Monroe Snooze.
I won't get into the particulars, but Janet called Councillady Compora everything but a John Iacoangeli (the ex-mayor that Janet despised too).
Actually, the letter indicated that Compora is a latter day Sen. Joe McCarthy, the blowhard red-baiter who blacklisted everybody in the post World War II days.
Faithful Monroe city council watchers know that Compora is doing her best to make life miserable for Mayor Al Cappuccilli and his cronies (methinks it must've been a campaign promise).
It's great theater, but sometimes a bit ill-focused and ham-fisted.
Whatever.
But two things are kind of funny about the Berns letter, which was really cool no matter whether you agree with it or not.
One is that Berns and Compora are a lot alike. The main difference is that Compora seems willing to spit in your face while Berns prefers back-stabbing, which she turned into a high art during the Iacoangeli administration. I guess turnabout is fair play.
Which brings me to the second point: McCarthy was big on blacklisting. It tarnished the reputation of individuals and sometimes ruined their careers.
I applaud Berns for voicing her opinion. But do you think she knows or cares at all what it might do to her business? My guess is quite a few folks already have her store on their blacklists.
My mom ran a business for many years in the Monroe area. She was very conscious about her public image and its affect on her business. In fact, she never wanted to put her picture in any ads because she always said half the people who saw it would hate her because she was too pretty and half would hate her because she was too ugly.
Either way, it wouldn't be good for business.
Janet the Bookworm Berns really dished up some nastiness about Madame IKO in the letters column of today's Monroe Snooze.
I won't get into the particulars, but Janet called Councillady Compora everything but a John Iacoangeli (the ex-mayor that Janet despised too).
Actually, the letter indicated that Compora is a latter day Sen. Joe McCarthy, the blowhard red-baiter who blacklisted everybody in the post World War II days.
Faithful Monroe city council watchers know that Compora is doing her best to make life miserable for Mayor Al Cappuccilli and his cronies (methinks it must've been a campaign promise).
It's great theater, but sometimes a bit ill-focused and ham-fisted.
Whatever.
But two things are kind of funny about the Berns letter, which was really cool no matter whether you agree with it or not.
One is that Berns and Compora are a lot alike. The main difference is that Compora seems willing to spit in your face while Berns prefers back-stabbing, which she turned into a high art during the Iacoangeli administration. I guess turnabout is fair play.
Which brings me to the second point: McCarthy was big on blacklisting. It tarnished the reputation of individuals and sometimes ruined their careers.
I applaud Berns for voicing her opinion. But do you think she knows or cares at all what it might do to her business? My guess is quite a few folks already have her store on their blacklists.
My mom ran a business for many years in the Monroe area. She was very conscious about her public image and its affect on her business. In fact, she never wanted to put her picture in any ads because she always said half the people who saw it would hate her because she was too pretty and half would hate her because she was too ugly.
Either way, it wouldn't be good for business.
posted by The Observer at 2/17/2007 12:56:00 PM
3 Comments:
I'm not sure that stating your opinion is a bad thing. It seems that Ms. Berns was finally fed up with Ms. Compora's behavior. I tend to agree with her. Compora is a total loon who needs to be stood up against. She falsely accused all of the other council members of some wrongdoing, and all have been innocent. She needs to be stopped!
It takes a strong person to voice their concerns against a council person who is not up to par. I applaud Ms. Berns for taking the position which she has. It is certainly the right position. Compora is doing absolutely nothing in her council seat except campaigning for Iacoangeli, oh, and making a complete ass of herself. As for Ms. Berns losing business, I don't believe that will happen. Most intelligent people who frequent book stores can see through the deceit and lies of Compora, the Councilwench.
HECK; THAT LETTER MADE ME WANT TO GO DOWNTOWN AND BY A BOOK FROM JANET.
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. WATCH COMPORA LEAVE THE ROOM DURING THE MEETING. NO DOUBT TO GET CELL PHONE DIRECTIONS FROM IACONAGELI, AS SHE CANNOT THINK ON HER FEET, OR FOR HERSELF.
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