The Three Periods
by John Weckerle
When I read the letter I sent to the Mountain View Telegraph this week, I saw multiple instances of the ellipsis (three periods) that indicate removal of text. Because NM-Central does not experience the space limitations of the print media, the full text of the letter as submitted is provided:
“SOME PEOPLE STILL DON’T GET IT!” is the seemingly ever-present (and, in my opinion, rather inappropriate) tag line that opens a letter from Kathryn Cleaver (Telegraph, June 26) regarding the legality of contributions by the Town of Edgewood to such events as the summer music festival and Run, Rally and Rock. Ms. Cleaver asserts that the Town attorney, Marcus Rael, has informed the mayor that such funding violates the law. In fact, Mr. Rael has not made such an assertion at any time of which I am aware. Rather, he expressed concerns about the way the Town was going about such funding in the context of the anti-donation clause, but stated that there could be ways in which the Town could fund the events. This was reaffirmed at the Edgewood Town Council meeting last Wednesday, at which Mr. Rael stated categorically that such contributions could be made, and discussed concerns that would have to be addressed in order to do so legally. It is perhaps as yet unclear as to what the specific problem with the previous process was, but the fact that the funding can be done within the confines of the law was, once again, established without any doubt.