12/18/15
I sent the below letter to the Wall Street Journal in response to an editorial piece castigating
Donald Trump for working with Mob associated concrete contractors in 1980s New
York. They published an abbreviated,
and edited, form of this letter this morning, i.e., Friday, 12/18/15. I’ve posted the note in its brief entirety
here for your reading pleasure:
12/12/15
Okay, we get it; you Wall
Street Journal editorial writers don’t like Donald Trump. But while there are certainly legitimate
reasons to be opposed to, or at least concerned about, the guy, you choose to
attack Mr. Trump for dealing with Mob connected concrete contractors. (“Trump
and the Goodfellas,” 12/12-12/13/15) Can you imagine that? A construction magnate in 1980s New York
using Mob related concrete contractors? Criticizing
big time New York real estate developers for dealing with the Mob in the 1980s
is like accusing an Olympic swimmer for coming into contact with chlorinated
water.
Congrats on your comment in the WSJ. Totally agree. And congrats on retiring from teaching. Geof
ReplyDeleteThanks, Geof, but, while I'll no longer be at Columbia, I haven't retired from teaching; I'll still be teaching at NIU, Elmhurst College, and, for at least one more semester, COD.
DeleteGod bless you and yours at Christmas and always.