[StBernard] Condemnation/Mitigation Issues

[Westley Annis]

Craig,

As you know, it has been my intention and will remain my intention to keep
this from turning into a NOLA type forum.  This is one of the reasons that
all messages are screened by me before going out to the public.

With that said, it is a very delicate line to decide which messages should
be passed through and which shouldn't.  Besides the actual content of the
message, I also look at the author and roughly how often they have sent an
email to the list.

I know who Jerry, or Jer., is and his position as a pseudo-parish employee.
Because of that I tended to give him a bit more leeway than others have
gotten.  Now that you have indirectly confirmed some of my suspicions and I
notice that the site he maintained is no longer active, he will lose that
extra leeway.

I don't know if being away from home for Christmas put some people in a foul
mood or not, but I have blocked a few more messages than usual, especially
on Christmas day.  Hopefully with the start of a new year in the next week,
folks will lighten up a bit again and get back into rebuilding.

Westley

-----Original Message-----


Jer,
 
Your public insults have been tolerated because of your freedom of speech,
but why not come out of the shadows about who you are and what your own
agenda is.  I'll be glad to speak about the motivation for my still being
here, despite losing my house and business like most everyone else, and the
significant disturbances in being present for my expecting wife and seven
children.  What makes this most difficult is the bashing that we receive
from ill-informed rumor stirrers who seem to only work for a negative
purpose.
 
There is too much left to do so this will be my only response of this kind
to you from this point forward.  Legitimate questions will be handled as
they have been.
 
Westley,
I understood your purpose during this recovery to be information
dissemination- this seems to be changing to another NOLA.com site-  If this
is so, it would be helpful for me to only receive legitimate requests for
information or questions that pertain to the recovery and rebuilding efforts
or requests for clarifications of the information that is out in the public.
I am glad to do my part.
 
Craig Taffaro