16522: Dorce: Re: 16511: Durban replies to Karshan (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: LAKAT47@aol.com

In a message dated 8/23/03 3:46:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Lance Durban
<lpdurban@yahoo.com> writes:

<< Maybe Greg has this contact information, but I'm sure there are many in
 this  group who do not.  So, in the interests of "transparency" and to enable
 those  so inclined to direct their questions to the right people, could you
 enlighten  us, Michelle?  Is there also a 10th Department ombudsman?

 And then, inhale deeply, and lighten up.  Granted your job as FOREIGN
 PRESS  LIAISON is no piece of cake, so your willingness to participate in
this
 Corbett  discussion is to be commended.  But, let's face it:  you are part
 of  the political establishment in the National Palace--maybe a small,
 non-Haitian,  female voice, but hey, it's an important voice, and one that I
hope is
 asking  the difficult questions offline, pushing that internal political
debate
 that  must consume anyone working in your office. >>
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I won't repeat my post on the same subject to Vishnusurf, in the interest of
not boring the list, but again, why the harassment?  "And then, inhale deeply
and lighten up" is insulting and humiliating not to mention Chamberlain-esque.
 Michelle has a voice, yes, but she is limited as to what she can say, as she
is employed by the government.  There's nothing odd about that.  If the
government is not forthcoming that is a problem but it is not her fault.
Browbeating and belittling her will not produce the information you are looking for.

Kathy Dorce~