Article on Westville in Monday's Newapaper
Liz - put in Councilors' packs. Fyi.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Goodsell" [leo@westville.org]
Sent: 08/19/2014 09:25 PM AST
To:
Cc: Teresa Tomlinson; Jerry Barnes; Glenn Davis; Bruce Huff; Mike Baker; Gary
Allen; Mimi Woodson; Red McDaniel; Judy Thomas; Skip Henderson
Subject: Article on Westville in Monday's paper.
August 19, 214
Mr. Larry Gierer,
Ledger-Enquirer
Columbus, GA
Dear Mr. Gierer,
It was a pleasure meeting you Sunday at the Concerned Citizens of South
Columbus program and was glad the press was there. I think it is important to
enjoy a friendly and beneficial relationship with the press. As you can tell, I
love to promote Westville and am excited about Westville coming to Columbus.
Unfortunately I was a little disappointed about the article on Monday morning.
I feel misunderstandings or misstatements may have occurred on these items:
1. The headline seemed misleading and did not fairly represent the program I
presented to the Concerned Citizens. What I felt was a well-received program
with thoughtful questions seemed tilted in a negative way for the readers of
the paper.
2. My goal and Westville?s goal is still to be in Columbus in 2015. We all know
that in construction projects, there may be some unavoidable delays. Perhaps
instead of leading with ?Westville won?t come until 2017,? perhaps a more
positive ?Westville coming to Columbus in 2015?could have served us all better.
I can assure you that we are doing everything in our power to make this move
happen in 2015.
3. Finally, I mentioned that all the staff ?will? have jobs at the new site in
Columbus. Publishing that the current Westville staff ?may? have jobs, places
doubt in their minds about their future employment with Westville. Some may
choose not to relocate and commute from Lumpkin to Columbus, but everyone has
been promised jobs at the new site.
Again, it was a pleasure to meet you and if there is anything I can do to avoid
any future misunderstandings or perhaps misstatements, please let me know. I am
willing to clarify items anytime in order to prevent this in the future.
Thanks again,
Leo J. Goodsell
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Leo J. Goodsell
Executive Director
Historic Westville
9294 Singer Pond Road
Lumpkin, GA 31815
(229) 838-6310
www.westville.org
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