Pardon my epistle, can you pass me a missive?

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Bill Donovan
Independent correspondent

GALLUP — It’s a case that could be called “Letter, letter, who’s got the letter?”

At the center of this story is a letter that one city official says is not actually a letter. And, yes, to really understand what this story is all about, it wouldn’t hurt to know what the definition of “is” is.

It began on Wednesday when the Independent learned that the local firefighter’s union had a “no confidence” vote against the city’s fire chief, Robert Soto. The newspaper was told that a copy of a letter about the vote was hand carried to the city manager’s office the previous Friday.

A reporter immediately called City Manager Gerald Herrera and asked him if he had seen the letter. His answer was no.
Yet, logic would indicate, said Independent officials, that if the letter was hand delivered on Friday, by Wednesday, Herrera should not only have seen the letter, he would have had time to actually read it as well.

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