thanks to guys like this, the
city is filthy and polluted….
this week’s “hey abbott award” goes to charles sturcken, the spokesman for the
we need some protection from
this character and his department.
let us first establish a few
facts.
the waters of our rivers
which are actually estuaries are so dirty that you would not swim in them. anyone eating the
fish is nuts.
the pollution in the air over
this city is killing thousands of residents which is a statement straight from
city officials.
the children of this city
have a high degree of asthma and the rate of problem newborns is terrifying.
charles sturcken
does what all day? what
does his department do all day?
a better question would be,
can we look at your expense account charlie? how about looking at
the expense accounts of all the fat cat executives in your department? we wonder how many
of them actually live in the five boros?
charlie’s department, however, has
the time and money to threaten a citizen who was faced with the following
problem:
someone left cans of hazard waste
on this gentleman’s front lawn. he called charlie’s department to
help him get rid of them. instead of handling the
problem, they are going to fine the citizen because that material was on his
property.
charles sturcken
thinks that this is perfectly reasonable.
we are not surprised. charlie
and his department wouldn’t know how to do something for the good health of the
big apple if you brought the idea to them in one of their all-expense-paid-for-city-automobiles.
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