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Apparently I offended an administrative staffer for the Booker T. Washington National Monument. Sorry!
In a recent article for Environment & Climate News, Heartland Senior Fellow James M. Taylor reports how global warming apparently is causing angry, profane outbursts among high-profile members of the media.
I’m here to report the plague affects administrative staffers for our National Monuments, as well.
Heartland recently mailed a copy of Environment & Climate News to Ms. Melissa Johnson at the Booker T. Washington National Monument. She had been added to our temporary comp mailing list as a “friend” – not sure why, but I’m looking into that. She clearly wants to be no friend of Heartland!
Here’s an exchange of email:
From: Johnson, Melissa [mailto:melissa_johnson@nps.gov]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 9:30 AM
To: Diane Bast
Subject: STOP SENDING MAIL!!
Stop sending mail to this address. This is a federal site.
Booker T. Washington NM
12130 Booker T. Washington Hwy
Hardy, VA 24101
Melissa Johnson
Administrative Support Assistant
Booker T. Washington NM
12130 Booker T. Washington Hwy
Hardy, VA 24101
Phone: (540)721-2094
Fax: (540)721-8311
From: Diane Bast [dbast@heartland.org]
Sent: 8/7/2014 9:35 am
To: Melissa Johnson
Re: STOP SENDING MAIL!!
Ummm, I would not have thought that “a federal site” cannot accept mail from a federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service.
Nevertheless, we will search our database for that address and stop sending any mail to that address.
Diane Carol Bast
Executive Editor
The Heartland Institute
One South Wacker Drive #2740
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312/377-4000
Fax: 312/377-5000
www.heartland.org
From: Johnson, Melissa [melissa_johnson@nps.gov]
Sent: 8/7/2014 10:13 am
To: Diane Bast
Re: STOP SENDING MAIL!!
I do not appreciate your tone or stupidity. Why is the Executive Editor handling inquires about their mailing lists? Your unprofessionalism is clearly a reflection on the garbage you peddle. THIS IS A NATIONAL MONUMENT NOT A PERSONAL ADDRESS! See the attached document below on how the label was made out.
The address is:
Booker T. Washington NM
12130 Booker T. Washington Hwy
Hardy, VA 24101
Your mailings are considered junk mail. I will be keeping these emails for further evidence of your harassment. I know who you people are. You might want to read the following:
http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2013/09/09/heartland-institute-nipcc-fail-the-credibility-test/
Now, I’ll admit I was a tad snarky in my original reply to Ms. Johnson. But come on: She’s the one who sent me an email with an ALL CAPS subject line! And then she complains about MY “unprofessionalism,” “tone,” and “stupidity”?
As tempting as it might be to keep Ms. Johnson on the mailing list, we’re not into wasting money at The Heartland Institute … and sending her anything presenting environment and climate issues from a sound science, common-sense perspective clearly would be a waste of money.
