Friday, March 07, 2008

Larry Kelley: Nobody Loves Tweaking Amherst More

Poking around on the collection of Western Mass blogs known as Blognewsnet.com/pioneervalley, I found the very passionate and truly funny blog written by Larry Kelley. Larry and I have known each other, mostly through people we both know in advertising and business, for many years. Like me, he takes this blogging job very seriously, rarely missing a chance to put up an updated post, or add a photo to make it even more fun.

Today on his 'Only in the Republic of Amherst' blog his head was a classic: His Lordship's Carriage, a post that included a photo of the political-slogan covered rear view of an Amherst Selectboard member's Toyota Camry. With its dizzying array of political Korrectness, everything from the old saw about 'the military holding a bakesale' to the letters IRAQ with an 'N' falling right where the Q was. It is like so many Pioneer Valley Bumpers, filled with trite, unworkable sayings that just plain annoy me.

Larry agreed, and who else would put up that great headline?

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Blogger Larry Kelley said...

Nothing (except family, God and country) is more serious than blogging--although my wife would like to know when this “job” starts paying.

Mr. Weiss is actually the Select Board Chair and thinks of himself as a Strong Mayor (although he only precides over his Royal Court on Monday nights from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm). Of course we have a Town Manager who runs things 9 am-5 pm Mon thru Friday (or perhaps Mon-Thurs) for $125-K annually, who also thinks of himself as Mayor Boss Hogg.

The worst of two worlds.

Yeah, the comment I hear most from honest working folks (who always whisper it and ask me not to ascribe it to them in print) is that I say things they are thinking, but don’t have the chutzpa to trumpet publicly.

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