Mailbag

Well, we had wanted to put up a couple notes we got in on the local school board election, but we're going to have to hold off on those for a day or two until we get some of these other emails up.

Dean McHenry wrote us to correct the false impression our post from yesterday may have created that McHenry was speaking as a representative of Active Claremont in front of the city council last Tuesday and in a recent letter to the Daily Bulletin.

The email mentions the Bulletin's article decribing McHenry as president of AC, but we also gave him that attribution, so we're assuming the note was meant for us as well:

Dear Editor,

In Will Bigham’s informative article “City Attorney Clarifies Letter’s Intent” (Daily Bulletin, October 11, 2007) I am identified correctly as the President of Active Claremont. But, lest readers think that attribution means I was speaking for the organization, let me state that is not the case. I was speaking solely as a private citizen. Active Claremont encourages citizen involvement in local government and the expression of a wide range of views. Indeed, we take pride in providing a forum for discussions emanating from various points of view. None of us speaks for the organization on such contentious issues. We appreciate the Daily Bulletin’s continuing efforts to provide us with important news about Claremont for it facilitates one of our organization’s goals: citizen involvement in our governance.

Dean E. McHenry, Jr.