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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Welcome Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> towntalk-bounces@riverdale-park.org [mailto:towntalk-bounces@riverdale-park.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dwight Holmes<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> rayray2448@comcast.net<br><b>Cc:</b> Adrienne Allegretti; towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RP TownTalk] Cafritz Vote<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I would like to welcome Ward 5 Councilman Ray Rivas to TownTalk! Great to have him on board.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:05 AM, <a href="mailto:rayray2448@comcast.net">rayray2448@comcast.net</a> <<a href="mailto:rayray2448@comcast.net" target="_blank">rayray2448@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I guess you have not visited ward 5. So please when you go for your next walk thru town please at ward 5 and meet with him and his community. If this is not doing anything for the people then basically you might not be able to comprehend the love that I have for the people.<br><br></span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Sent viadX2 on Verizon Wireless™</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>-----Original message-----<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adrienne Allegretti <<a href="mailto:adgealleg@hotmail.com" target="_blank">adgealleg@hotmail.com</a>><b><br>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org" target="_blank">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org" target="_blank">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</a>><b><br>Sent: </b>Thu, Jul 12, 2012 13:54:16 GMT+00:00<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Subject: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Re: [RP TownTalk] Cafritz Vote<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Melissa,<br>I have to highly disagree with the factualness of this statement you made:<br><br>"The council people do not meet with the people in there wards, walk the streets of there wards or?particularly?want to hear from the people who live in there wards."<br><br>I can attest to seeing and talking with numerous council members, John and David included as well as our mayor, walking and biking around town, attending nearly every Farmers market and town event and chatting with people, saying hello and seeking opinions. <br><br>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:49:55 -0700 (PDT)<br>From: Melissa Avery <br><br>In my?experiences?the town government is a closed society, not particularly interested in the opinion of the citizens. the ?entirety?elected by less than 200 citizens out of a citizenry of close to 3000.?<br>The council people do not meet with the people in there wards, walk the streets of there wards or?particularly?want to hear from the people who live in there wards.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TownTalk mailing list<br>To post to the list, send mail to <a href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org" target="_blank">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a><br><a href="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org" target="_blank">TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org</a> is for automated subscription processing only<br><a href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk" target="_blank">http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</a><br><br>For more information about Riverdale Park, visit <a href="http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info" target="_blank">http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>TownTalk mailing list<br>To post to the list, send mail to <a href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a><br><a href="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org</a> is for automated subscription processing only<br><a href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk" target="_blank">http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</a><br><br>For more information about Riverdale Park, visit <a href="http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info" target="_blank">http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>