There clearly is a disagreement between Ray and Karen as to the facts of the
marketing collapse of the Firehouse Market. Karen was involved and informed;
Ray was neither, but he doesn't care. Karen interprets newspaper accounts
and websites in the light of practical business experience; Ray is a
lifelong coddled Ivy-League non-profiteer with no interest in business and
no willingness to learn it, since learning would impair his power to issue
papal pronouncements on anything that is not his business, in a half hour on
line. Which is all he's good for.
It's town vs. gown, with Karen speaking for the town and Ray speaking for
arrogant Penn ignorance.
-- Tony West
Ray wrote:
thanks karen, you're summarizing what I've been pointing out, as far as
the disconnect between the premise about the firehouse's success and its
actual success. (and I don't see this as a disagreement between us). and
it looks like we're in agreement that the installation of dock street
(dormant since 2001) at the firehouse meant that local vendors first had
to move elsewhere. this 'moving around' is what I was pointing out to
bruce and al, offlist, in the first place. here is that original exchange,
in its original context:
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