Dear Piece of Trash ~ Cleveland Councilman Sounds Off Against a Drug Dealer

[pinkies up]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

JULY 19--Incensed by the most recent arrest of an alleged drug dealer, a Cleveland politician wrote the perp a scathing, profanity-filled letter that referred to the man as a "crack dealing piece of trash" who should "go to jail or the cemetery soon." In a July 12 letter, a copy of which you'll find below, Councilman Michael Polensek, 57, tore into Arsenio Winston, 18, after learning of the teenager's arrest earlier this month on a felony drug trafficking rap. The letter's writer and its recipient are pictured above. Winston's bust came in Cleveland's 11th Ward, which Polensek has represented since 1982. Writing that jail or a funeral home would be Winston's next stop, Polensek noted, "Quite frankly, I don't care which one you get to first as long as your dumb stupid ass is out of my neighborhood." While Polensek defended the confrontational letter in an interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Winston's mother said she considered the missive a threat to her son and was conferring with her lawyer. (1 page)

Go to Smoking Gun to read the letter
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive....html?link=eaf

Will this become a new trend?

BWHAAAAAAA!! I don't apologize for laughing. Sometimes people need to hear the truth. Why sugar coat the letter? Too funny.

[sbx_six_eye]

Now that's what I call a letter...lol...the sad thing is that it may cost him his office.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by sbx_six_eye

Now that's what I call a letter...lol...the sad thing is that it may cost him his office.

I'm a native of Cleveland which is why I was so intrigued by this. I am not sure all of the areas that the 11th Ward encompasses, but it might not cost him his office at all. There are other city councilmen who have a lot of DUIs and have those alcohol monitors for their cars, but they are still in office. Only reason he would be voted out is because his constituents are majority Black and they get an opponent in the next election. Otherwise, he will stay in.

[AlphaFrog]

I throughly enjoyed the letter and hope more people take a cue from it. If they're not hearing it at home, they need to hear it somewhere. Kudos to the Councilman for stepping up and saying something.

[sbx_six_eye]

Ok..cool...we need more leaders that will stand up to do what they have to do...but if that had happened down here...it would have been a whole 'nother story...I guess it just depends on where you are...

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by sbx_six_eye

Ok..cool...we need more leaders that will stand up to do what they have to do...but if that had happened down here...it would have been a whole 'nother story...I guess it just depends on where you are...

That and how committed the residents of the ward, district, etc. are to voting to get rid of politicians like him if that is their mindset.

But I am sure we will hear about Al Sharpton raising ruckus over this sooner or later.