HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 14 Correspondence from Craig Enberg, Springfield, Oregon Regarding the Simpson's Contest
Dear City Council,
I wrote a letter to the Springfield Bulletin stating my concerns with the frivolity and
grasping quality of our official effort to become the "real Springfield" as far as the television
publicists of the Simpsons are concerned. I have one other serious problem with the
campaign which I want to communicate to you rather than the general public. Whose idea
was it to paint "EI Barto" on the statue as though the graffiti was that of a Mexican gang
member? Are we not aware of the volatile nature of race relations here and throughout our
country at this time?
Even while giving ourselves up to the euphoria of pursuing dollars, it is a good idea
not to throw our thinking caps away in a burst of whoopee.
As always, I thank you for your public ,service and do not intend this a personal attack
on any of you, since I hold you all in high regard. And to end on something positive, thanks
for your vote on the liquor license for the Main Street bar. It is already obvious your concern
has done something to improve the sidewalk scene at that location.