Dave Brussat sings " Downtown "

 Good morning Dave. While reading your zestful column
   this morning I could hear in my mind's ear the popular
   Petula Clark hit song " Downtown ".
      So charged with enthusiasm was it for life( " this
   is living " ) in the NEW downtown Providence.
       No quarrel with gentleman Norm Jagolinzer, but you
   might enjoy the NPR station WGBH 89.7 fm even more.
      I hope NPR raises the money they need to stay on
  the air waves. I have not heard from " Fernando " in
  months.
      Downtown Providence also deserves a bigger and better
  library. And perhaps a new police station.
     I say this politely: Downtown deserves YOU !

     Warwick is the perfect example of a suburban ghetto.In
  due time I will move back to good,old Providence. All I
 need is an apartment for the " upwardly mobile " renting
 at cheap lowlife rates!

        Have a nice day, Dave   -ron


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response from Dave Brussat:

Ron - Thanks for your swell note. My column has been so grumpy in
recent weeks that I felt I had to pull out all the stops and not allow
any nabobs of negativity to splash the placid equanimity of my optimism,
such as it is. Meanwhile, I think I'll hire one of the homeless to carry
behind me, at a discreet distance, a boom box playing Petula Clark's
masterpiece, which I also adore. Then I can walk around town feeling the
lightness of being that comes from having one's own theme song (as if I
were living in the opening segment of my own TV series).
     Again, many thanks.
     - Dave