I first asked Frank Shaw at Vanguard Realty in Brighton, MA to stop sending me junk mail in January 2008, through a contact form on his Web site. He ignored me. More junk mail arrived in late March, so I asked him again, this time using both the form and a phone call. He sent… Read More: Frank Shaw / Vanguard Realty: Another junk-mailing Realtor »
In today’s Boston Herald: Learn from Israel Monday, January 11, 2010 The Israelis do not use racial profiling for airport security (“European response mixed to new U.S. security demands,” Jan. 4). They use profiling, which includes patterns of behavior, coordination of intelligence and sophisticated modeling of which country of origin as but one factor. Interviews… Read More: Family “Letters to the Editor” Score: +1 »
I recently joined Zipcar. I have been incredibly impressed in all of my dealings with them. Some examples… Like just about every other company nowadays, Zipcar has a form on their Web site you can use to send them a message. However, unlike most other companies, they also publish an actual email address you can… Read More: Zipcar! w00t! »
As I’ve discussed at length, I recently switched from Comcast internet & phone to RCN + Vonage because of dissatisfaction with Comcast’s business model (i.e., rip customers off at every opportunity), pricing (i.e., not at all competitive) and customer support (i.e., awful). I thought this afterthought might be amusing to some… When the RCN installers… Read More: Comcast Tech: “Comcast already disconnected? But I’ve got to disconnect… »
Recently, I wrote about trying to figure out what to do about my gutters. Ned Stevens says three of them needed to be replaced at a cost of $600. New England Gutter Kings says that they can be repaired for only $400, and for $1,360 I could install gutter covers that will be warrantied against… Read More: Gutters and gutter covers — a third opinion »
I’m hoping that someone out there who knows more than I about rain gutters, who has done work on their own gutters similar to what I’m considering, or who has used one of the companies I’m considering, will be able to provide some helpful insight and advice… We use Ned Stevens (NS) to clean our… Read More: Advice needed: What to do about our gutters? »
To: letterstoeditor@bostonherald.com To the editor: On Dec. 10, Joe Fitzgerald wrote about Irina Koltoniuc, his favorite Christmas-loving Jew, for the sixth time (“Jewish immigrant champions Christmas”). Does he keep writing about the same woman because he’s too lazy to find someone else, or because he can’t find any other Jews willing to talk about how… Read More: Joe Fitzgerald’s token Christmas-loving Jew »
From today’s Herald: “Comeaux, 49, took the officers’ weapons and handcuffed them together in the back of the vehicle…”
Last week, I received, via email sent to one of my synagogue’s contact email addresses, a flyer from someone at the Westboro Baptist Church, announcing the protests they were planning on holding this week in front of Jewish institutions in Boston. I was appalled, and my initial reaction was to make a big deal out… Read More: Mea Culpa on Westboro Baptist Church visit »
November 26, 2009 Jack Swartz, President The Vilna Shul 18 Phillips Street Boston, MA 02114 Dear Mr. Swartz, I am writing to you because my efforts over the past two years to resolve this matter through The Vilna Shul’s executive director, Steven Greenberg, have been unsuccessful. Over two years ago, I embarked upon an ambitious… Read More: The Vilna Shul: We just don’t feel like removing you… »