Glenn wrote:
Matt your name has been used on the public listserv. I am sending you
this cc as a courtesy.
"As for the volleyball players, yes, they _were_ asked to send
representatives. Matt Grubel, who's a volleyball player, invited them to
our meetings many times. They never came. Gina came to a general
membership meeting to suggest a permanent court installation, and we've
been discussing this within the Board and PlanCom. Once again, Glenn's
lying. Maybe he's ticked that the volleyballers didn't pick him to be
their rep?"
Matt does not claim that he ever asked the volleyball group to be
"their representative." I know that others have been making these
claims and calling him a representative. You Siano, have now publicly
involved Matt with your lies. I asked Matt directly if he ever
claimed to be "the representative" of volleyball. His answer was no!
It's a waste of time to refute all of Glen's ravings in detail-- and
yes, they are _ravings-, utterly divorced from reality, and entirely
products of Glenn's need to present himself as a put-upon "activist."
But:
1. Never said Matt was their representative. Said Matt had asked them to
come. They didn't come. Didn't send a representative, either. Matt did
present their concerns at our meetings, but he was very disappointed
that they didn't come or appoint a representative.
2. It's revealing that while Glenn portrays himself as Mr. Volleyball,
they didn't ask him to be their representative.
3. Glenn never recruited me for the Festival: I helped out because I
liked the Festivals. Note how he has to believe that he's the source of
all that's good and fine in the world.
4. Tony never put me in charge of any dealings with the Festival. He
always dealt with Glenn directly.
5. Glenn no more owns the festivals than I do; they've been going on for
thirty years or more, and while Glenn would love to think of himself as
the festivals' heart and soul, the fact is that he's just one of many
organizers over the years.
I told the list this story as it occured in 2004 when Mr. West
convinced a Dept of Rec. employee to break a contract with me for the
use of the city's mobile stage. Siano at his side. It's an ugly
story to have to tell about one's neighbors. Nevertheless, it is an
important story to be told.
6. I've told the story before. Tony didn't try to have any contracts
broken. In fact, Glenn failed to take responsibility for the stage, and
tried to break an agreement he'd had with the FoCP and Rec. Ever since,
he's been peddling this story about how he'd heroically prevented Tony
and I from taking over the Festival. Ain't true, never was true, and no
matter how often Glenn resurrects it, it never will be true.
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