Letters 10.24

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Racking them up.

I'm sure you are aware that Menino's best friend for life Ed Jesser is married to a woman named Connie Kastelnik, who happens to be the rep here in Boston for WALL USA [the company that has a 20-year contract with the city for street furniture, including newscondos, as mentioned in the News to Us, 6.11.08—Ed.]. Small world. The other item that had me laughing was the comment from Steve Murphy that the City Council was going to take a hard look at something. That would be a first.

MIKE

DORCHESTER

That's us: Lazy and Smarmy

Dear Dig,

I'm not going to hold a grudge against you for being uninspired, just don't be so fucking lazy.

Case in point: Laura Dargus' review on Forgetting Sarah Marshall (5.28.08). Why the fuck are you running an article on a film that premiered a full 40 days prior to the publishing date of the edition? Just because you are a weekly doesn't mean you can get away with being untimely.

Now, in her article, Dargus lists a TV show and four movies that Seth Rogen either wrote/directed/or acted in. Her writing implies that she had seen at least some or all of these programs, which means that if she'd watched Freaks and Geeks when it was actually on-air she would've had nearly a decade of intermittent exposure to Rogen and his surname. However, in the article she spells it incorrectly five times.

Names can't be typos. Try harder.

Also, David Day, don't think I've overlooked your nonsense. It is your prerogative to use your position as the exit pollster to smarm your way into the delicates of the fairer sex, just don't subject us to the cheesy self-aggrandizing record of it. Keep your masturbatory pick-up lines a private memory and print funny, profound, peculiar or interesting interviews on the back page of the Dig.

Also, glossy still sucks.

Lovingly yours,

DAVID

VIA EMAIL

More Laws!

When medical professionals abuse persons accused of mental illness, they violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act and state law. Few medical professionals know the laws, and some ignore them with vulnerable persons unlikely to bring a lawsuit (News To Us, 5.29.08). If they ignore existing state and US laws, why would they obey new laws?

The DPH spokesman is correct in saying, "Our position is that further legislation is not needed right now." What is needed is enforcement.

ROY

CAMBRIDGE