Re: [UC] City Paper Article: Baltimore Avenue Merchants + L&I + UCD

[Anthony West]

Michael wrote: > I think that a lot of people have been unfairly dumping on Eli Masar. > Eli has been instrumental in combating chronic illegal activity > on/near baltimore avenue, and is a really nice, approachable & > down-to-earth guy. Its funny how the City Paper has the nerve to >defame him without consulting the neighbors forced to deal with the >constant flow of problems spewing from Baltimore Ave. I've made a living in journalism for many years. Don't believe everything you read in the paper. Any paper. What I've noticed about Massar is that, whether demon or nice guy, he's a pretty *public* guy. He seemed quite comfortable with the microphone at the last SHCA meeting. I doubt he would file a complaint about a business with The Authorities without talking to that business first. So if a given business was hit by L&I, but it has no record of a problem with Eli, it seems unlikely that Eli caused their L&I problem. Of course Eli can cause an L&I problem. *Anybody* can cause an L&I problem. Maybe Ray did. Maybe Michael did. Maybe I did. Maybe the A-Space did .... But this sort of speculation leads nowhere. -- Tony West