LOVE NOTES TO LEO

From the Heart of an Old Cheerleader

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Leo, buddy…ya gotta minute…just a few things…

My name is “Obarski”—with an “i”—not a “y.” (As many times as you’ve trashed me in print, you’d think you might have learned that by now!)

By the way…I WAS a cheerleader, but how did you know? Check out photo above. That would be me---down front. Go Mt. Healthy Owls!

Leo…buddy…your memory must be as short as your…well, never mind…since you have conveniently forgotten that those you now depict as incompetent are the very people you endorsed when they ran for the commission. You…my friend…have taken “long distance flip-flopping” to a new level.

And, wasn’t it you who gave former City Attorney Andy Salzman your best literary “what for” every chance you got? Now, according to you, his successor doesn’t measure up either. You could always come and be our city attorney…couldn't you? Oh wait...never mind again...

Your reference to former Commissioner Jim Palamara as “the Brooklyn carpetbagger” was hysterical. Comparing a guy who has given decades of service to IRB to a northerner who moves south to loot and plunder is a bit of a stretch, even for you, Leo.

Maybe you, as our non-resident “yowler in absentia,” can set us all straight on the difference between a "citizen/taxpayer entitled to a say in his/her local government" and a "yowler." One who agrees with the commission and heaps accolades on them is an interested citizen; those who don't agree are yowlers?

(For those IRBeHEARD readers not in the Leo lingo loop, “yowler” is a 13th century Middle English term for one who utters a loud long cry of grief, pain, or distress. One who complains or protests with yowls. I had to look it up probably because I’m an illiterate who hasn’t spent enough time in the IRB Library!)

IRB yowlers are somewhat unique, Leo, in that they seem to have facts to back up their yowlerspeak. And the way I see it, being forced to repay nearly $1 million dollars in unauthorized loans to ourselves gives us yowling privileges…for decades to come. (Sorry, Leo...since you don't pay taxes here in IRB, your yowling privileges are hereby revoked.)

One potential problem, Leo…you seem to be agreeing more and more with the yowlers these days. Can’t have that now, can we, buddy?

And now for a favor, Leo...if there is ANYONE in IRB that you do like, could you let us know who those folks are before March so we know who (not!) to vote for?

I like to tease you, Leo, but your stuff is always good for a laugh or two—something we definitely need in IRB of late. We need you, Leo…even if it is just for the entertainment value.

Does anyone else (yowlers, non-yowlers and carpetbaggers alike) have anything to say to our old buddy Leo? Blog in and give him a gentle cyber hug.

Nancy Obarski
Beach Trail/IRB

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