Reckless Activism

Already been yelled at by a member of the U of L Alumni Board, to which I was recently elected, and I haven't even been to my first meeting. Actually, the member in question is my buddy, and she gently chided me for circulating the following letter to my fellow board members, saying that it isn't kosher for me to politicize my new position:

Fellow Board Members:

I'm gonna hit the ground running with a little political activism, if you don't mind. I had a conversation with Tyler Allen (who became my buddy during the congressional campaign) and he complained that during his meetings with Jerry Abramson, our dear mayor chided Mr. Allen by asking him repeatedly, "are you an engineer?"Well, Tyler may not be, but we are. I humbly request that all engineers, urban planners, or others with qualifying technical backgrounds join me in telling Mayor Jer that we support the 8664 initiative. For those of you who do, the string below will automatically generate a simple e-mail message that will be directed to the mayor's office. A copy will be sent to an account on one of my company's mail servers. If you support 8664, I strongly urge you to sign this e-mail message and send it to the mayor. I'll print copies of your messages and deliver them to Jerry when (if) I can get a meeting with him. Please forward this message to anyone at U of L (or even at UK, if you know any engineers there ;-)

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mailto:mayor@louisvilleky.gov?cc=8664@jwmit.com&subject=I%20support%208664&body=%0dMayor%20Abramson:%0d%0dI%20am%20an%20engineer,%20and%20I%20support%20the%208664%20initiative.%20In%20my%20professional%20opinion,%20removing%20I-64%20from%20Louisville