Michael Wolfensohn Must Resign

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New Castle town councilman Michael Wolfensohn has received his fifteen minutes of fame, and they're all rotten.  Evidently he didn't learn the lesson that if you do something that most people would find both mean-spirited and bizarre, that story will stick to you for the rest of your life.

Two teen-aged boys, were selling cupcakes and refreshments in Gedney Park in or near New Castle, New York.  They made $120 over one weekend, and were so excited about that, that they decided to do it again the following weekend.  A police officer pulled up and told them they had to shut down because they were doing business without a license.  Michael Wolfensohn is the man who turned them in.

When confronted with the public impression that a thing like this is newsworthy, Michael far from being apologetic and admitting he had made a bad move, defended himself.  It's one thing to make a mistake, it's quite another Michael to refuse to admit it and hide behind a legal code that was never intended to cover this sort of activity.  It's quite likely that the New Castle council will now vote to enshrine a modified code that can allow minors to engage in business without the necessity of paying outrageous charges.  I'm sure Michael will vote against it.  That's just the sort of person he is probably.  Fight to the end, even when you're wrong.

So Michael, here's your fifteen minutes of national fame.  How do you like it?  The pressure that can build from this sort of thing, should be enough to cause this mean-spirited, legalistic paper-pusher to resign.  If he doesn't, the stories around him will most likely just keep getting bigger and more personal, until he does.  Let's see.

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Dear WJ: This is a very new one for knol.

Congratulations for for coming up with such an original knol.

Sajid Khan - 17 Nov 2010