GOOD LUCK

Editors, Daily Planet:

I’m sorry to hear about the massive payroll fraud that has damaged the finances of the Daily Planet. However, it does seem “two of a pattern” because in the last mayoral election the Planet supported Shirley Dean. Those of us who were progressive activists in the 1980s and ’90s especially learned the hard lesson that Shirley was not an authentic advocate, but a “Ponzi” person who always held “progressive cards” but routinely let us down when our backs were against the wall or when we had something creative to give to the city’s polity.

I’ve been hoping the Daily Planet will take a “straightforward progressive path,” as it has often seemed to intend to do. With advocates like J. Douglas Allen-Taylor and a host of other good people on board, this has continually seemed within the realm of possibility. Well, good luck!

Andrew Phelps