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June 25, 2020

Sullivan’s Salvos     6/30/20



In this edition:


*Happy Independence Day!
*Covid-19 update
*Black Lives Matter Déjà Vu
*The “Full Grassley”
*Did You Know?



*Happy Independence Day!
         Our 244th year is our most difficult in a long time. Still, happy birthday, America! We will get better!



*Covid-19 update
         Unfortunately, Johnson County is seeing a spike in new Covid-19 cases. Well over 80% of these new cases are people 25 and under.

         So, before you do what dozens have done before you, and write an email making demands of the Board? (Require mask wearing, close bars, or take some other step.) Please allow me to say for the one millionth time – we cannot do any of those things.

         Iowa’s GOP Legislators and Governors have been actively taking away the power of local governments for the past six years. So all these things you want us to do? We can’t do them. I wish even one tenth of the people who write me demanding an action I cannot take would have instead written the Governor or a GOP member of the Legislature.

         Can you sense the frustration? It is real, my friends!



*Black Lives Matter Déjà Vu
         I was looking through some old emails on issues of race, and I found a letter I wrote to the Press Citizen in 2012. While there has been progress made, it is certainly both too little and too late. This was 8 years ago. You can certainly see why protesters are not willing to wait.

City police stop blacks 10 times more often than whites By Rod Sullivan

Hawkeye fans: how would you feel if the Hawkeye football team was playing, and the Hawks had been called for 10 penalties, while the opponents had only been flagged once? 

Would you be angry? Would you demand an investigation? Would such a disparity be the talk of the town?

How about in basketball? Let's say the Hawks have been whistled for 10 fouls to only one for the opposition. 

Would you be frustrated? Would thousands of people be booing? Would our coach have a "T"?

Ten to one is the ratio of black to white police contacts in Iowa City. In other words, if you are black, you will be stopped 10 times for every one time a white person gets stopped. This is known as "disproportionate minority contact," or DMC, and our 10:1 ratio is the highest in Iowa -- and one of the highest in the country.

DMC information is public record. If you don't believe me, check for yourself. Iowa City does not fare well when compared to our peers.

I urge you to ask any black resident about this phenomenon. I have yet to meet a single individual without a horror story to tell. The frustration is palpable. People of color are angry about this situation, and deservedly so. It is not fair. Two people can fix this immediately. 

*Iowa City Police Chief Sam Hargadine could simply commit to lowering the ratio. The opposite has been true in the past; the ICPD has previously "cracked down" on the SE side. He could give the order. He could make it a departmental goal. Unfortunately, the Chief has chosen to pretend the disparity can be blamed on calls for service.

The argument goes like this: "We don't stop people; we only respond to calls from the public." 

Someone has called in about a "suspicious" black man, and the police are obligated to check it out. Even if this were true in every single case, the key is what happens next.

The officers have a great deal of discretion. They can simply drive on by. They can stop the person and question him. They can demand ID. They can resort to any number of charges if the person protests.

Police discretion does exist. Jaywalking is a crime, and it is committed hundreds of thousands of times every day in Iowa City. Yet few people get ticketed. Tickets are typically reserved for the rare instances where the jaywalker has caused an accident. This is an example of officer discretion.

*The other person who could fix this immediately is Iowa City Manager Tom Markus. Hargadine answers to the city manager. Markus could order the chief to improve our DMC ratio. Unfortunately, the city manager has chosen to ignore the issue.

So what can we do? Our only chance of improving this situation is getting the Iowa City Council to demand action. The council recently appointed an ad-hoc committee to look at issues of race. I am anxious to see what the council does in response to this group.

We would be outraged if the Hawks suffered from a 10:1 fairness deficit. Shouldn’t we be outraged that our fellow citizens suffer the same fate? 

And remember, what the Hawkeyes do is just a game. DMC is no game; it has deep effects on the lives of our friends and neighbors. We can and must do better.



*The “Full Grassley”
         There are many things in politics that make my blood boil. But nothing compares to the so-called “Full Grassley”. You know what this is, because we see it every year. A politician visits all 99 of Iowa’s counties. 

         Governor Reynolds just completed her drive by of Johnson County on Tuesday. As far as I can tell, no Iowa Legislators, School Board Members, City Councilors, or County Supervisors were informed of the stop. There was also no press availability.

         Note that those same School Board Members, City Councilors, and County Supervisors spend hours every week accepting feedback from people, regardless of the content. It is part of the job.

We are dealing with a few different crises at the current moment. It would have been nice to have an opportunity to share a thought or two. But, that is it for this year. The Johnson County box is checked until next year's stealth visit.

         Let’s be clear – this has always been a political stunt, and nothing more. But at least a few of the politicians doing it have taken the effort to talk to locals when they do it. The man for whom this tour is named – US Senator Chuck Grassley – ought to be ashamed by his inaccessibility.

         Since 2011, Grassley has held only THREE public meetings in Iowa’s ten largest counties. THREE! In other words, half the population of Iowa never gets a chance to ask him a question.

         Even worse, Grassley’s staff refuses to announce where or when he will be in a given county, so you can’t even hope to catch him walking to his car from the event you were not allowed to attend. And the press cannot react.

         I think this is what makes me so angry. The behavior is the exact opposite of the myth, but he gets away with it.

         The whole thing is shameful. I wish the media would quit simply printing his propaganda, and hold him accountable for his lack of accessibility to Iowans.



*DID YOU KNOW?  There were about 750,000 slaves in the US as of the writing of the Constitution – 18% of the US population. Southern states, concerned with losing political power, created the Electoral College to ensure they maintained power without allowing slaves to vote. The Electoral College remains with us today.



Anyone interested in learning more about County government should take a look at the County website- 

"Sullivan’s Salvos" is sent once per week to any interested party. It will give a brief update on issues of interest to Johnson County residents.

These messages come solely from Rod Sullivan, and neither represents the viewpoints of the whole Board of Supervisors nor those of groups or individuals otherwise mentioned.

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As always, feel free to contact me at 354-7199 or rodsullivan@mchsi.com. I look forward to serving you!

---Rod






June 17, 2020

Sullivan’s Salvos     6/23/20



In this edition:


*Laura Bergus Is Doing Great Work!
*Black Lives Matter – Dispatch
*You Can’t Make Me!
*Gracias, Rafael!
*Did You Know?



*Laura Bergus Is Doing Great Work!
         Though one of the newest members of the Iowa City Council, Laura Bergus has quickly jumped into a leadership role. And she is doing GREAT work! 

It is easy to criticize. It is much more difficult to try to get things done. Thank you, Laura! Please keep up the outstanding service to your community!



*Black Lives Matter – Dispatch
In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, I thought it might be worth resurrecting an idea I had back in 2014. 

I was working with LaTasha DeLoach. You may know LaTasha as the Director of the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center. You may recall that she was a member of the ICCSD Board of Directors (elected 2015). You may know her as a founder of G World. Well, at the time, she worked for Johnson County Social Services. And one of her duties at Johnson County was serving as the Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Coordinator for Johnson County. Several counties (Johnson being one) were under a federal consent decree to do something about the disproportionate numbers of people of color in the juvenile justice system. It was a long slog of building trust, creating data sets that did not exist previously, and slowly adopting policies. But over LaTasha’s time at Johnson County, we made measurable progress toward our DMC goals. We did not fix everything, mind you. But we made measurable progress.

I was impressed by her work, but the consent decree was limited. I wanted to do something about DMC in our adult systems. While LaTasha could not work on adult issues per her grant, she volunteered to help me dig into our DMC issues. This was magnificent, because she is possessed of knowledge and skills I simply do not have.

We knew DMC was bad in our adult system. It still is. So we began looking at where disparities come from. As it turned out, we found a common theme. Officers and command staff from every law enforcement agency in Johnson County had some variation of the same response: “We go where we are told.” The single biggest problem we had in dispatch was what we can now call the “Amy Cooper” problem. 

You remember Amy Cooper? She is the white woman who threatened a black man that she would call the cops and falsely accuse him. In fairness, most of the calls in Johnson County were not as egregious as Amy Cooper. But the calls were things like, “A black man is loitering outside my house.” “Black kids appear to be up to no good.” “I don’t like the looks of this guy.” 

It is not hard to see how this creates more DMC. If cops are always being called on you, you are going to have ramifications. Maybe you are just a bit intoxicated. Maybe you have a small amount of weed. Maybe you missed a court date. Maybe you owe the courts some money. Maybe you simply push back against what you rightfully view as harassment. There are a million things that can turn an otherwise-innocuous stop into charges and/or an arrest. An arrest that frankly, didn’t need to happen.

Once dispatch orders a car to check a situation out, the cops are on their way. It is already too late. So we began looking at dispatch.

In Johnson County, law enforcement is dispatched by the Joint Emergency Communications Center (JECC). JECC runs out of a building behind Chatham Oaks on ground that was part of the Historic County Poor Farm. JECC is overseen by a 7-person board that includes the Sheriff, the Emergency Management Director, a County Supervisor, two Iowa City representatives, a rep from Coralville, and a rep from North Liberty. That group hires a Director (Tom Jones), who then hires staff.

LaTasha and I met with Tom. He shared some of the challenges of doing dispatch. Yes, the dispatchers could start asking more questions, but every extra question takes valuable time. And dispatch is all about quick responses. It was also interesting to hear Tom say that JECC sometimes got racist complaints. Callers sometimes said things like, “There is a (N-word) in my neighborhood.” He estimated that there might be a dozen or more 911 calls every year that were explicitly racist. Granted, that is a very small percentage of the thousands of calls they receive. But I still found it shocking.

So, what to do? LaTasha and I presented to the JECC Board, and requested that they come up with some type of response. I was thinking along the lines of the way in which fire departments deal with false alarms. You get one free, and after that, you are charged a fee for wasting public resources. Perhaps we could have law enforcement officers follow back up with people who made sketchy complaints. Explain to them that they were wasting public resources, and warn them that if they did so again, they would be getting a ticket for interference with official acts, filing a false report, or some other charge. 

Understand, JECC does not have the staff to do this kind of follow up. It would need to be law enforcement or whatever follows law enforcement as we know it. And I am certain this will be resisted; no one wants yet another task to do, especially one that will be unpleasant. But I really think this is critical.

I asked that the JECC Board, individual cities, and County consider this policy. It went nowhere. I think the time for an “Amy Cooper” law might be right now. I am going to send this to the various entities involved in JECC. What are your thoughts?



*You Can’t Make Me!
         I wrote a few weeks ago about adults who still say things like, “You can’t make me!” We are hearing a lot of these responses now. I wrote the following just a month ago: 

We are lucky to live in the USA. We have a longstanding Bill of Rights, and a legal system full of precedents. Most of us believe inherently in individual rights, including an individual’s right to NOT do something. In short, no one can MAKE you do something.

         There are some instances where an individual loses that right. For example, when a law enforcement officer says, “Please step out of the car, ma’am.” You can respond with, “You can’t make me!” but you will likely be getting a ticket for Interference with Official Acts. 

         In my experience, the person responding, “You can’t make me!” is rarely responding to a law enforcement officer. As a matter of fact, they aren’t even responding to any kind of order. Typically, the person who responds, “You can’t make me!” was politely asked to do something, and she refuses.

         This is not news to the person making the request. He or she understands our basic rights. He or she knows that they “can’t make you”. They simply asked you to do something, and you went straight there. That is why this response is so telling.

         Unfortunately, both the Black Lives Matter and Covid-19 crises are fertile ground for the “you can’t make me!” crowd. Because the person who goes straight to “you can’t make me!” does not care about others. And if we are going to recover from either crisis in any meaningful way, we are going to need to care about others.



*Gracias, Rafael!
         I was sad to hear that Center for Worker Justice Director Rafael Moratoya and his family are leaving Johnson County. Rafael has done really good work in his 4 years with the CWJ. More importantly, I will miss my friend. Best of luck, Rafael!



*DID YOU KNOW?  JECC takes approximately 150,000 calls per year.



Anyone interested in learning more about County government should take a look at the County website- 

"Sullivan’s Salvos" is sent once per week to any interested party. It will give a brief update on issues of interest to Johnson County residents.

These messages come solely from Rod Sullivan, and neither represents the viewpoints of the whole Board of Supervisors nor those of groups or individuals otherwise mentioned.

If you do NOT want the weekly E-mail, simply reply to this message, and type "unsubscribe" in the subject line. 

If you know anyone else who might be interested, just forward this message. They can E-mail me at rodsullivan@mchsi.com with "subscribe" in the subject line.

As always, feel free to contact me at 354-7199 or rodsullivan@mchsi.com. I look forward to serving you!

---Rod






June 11, 2020

Sullivan’s Salvos     6/16/20



In this edition:


*Protests
*Black Lives Matter – A Couple Stories
*RIP Mary Jo Welch
*Did You Know?



*Protests
         As you know, the murder of George Floyd has led to protests across America, including in Johnson County. I have been trying to participate, negotiate, and play a number of roles. It is exhausting. But not nearly as exhausting as being black in America.

         One thing I hope we can all consider: multiple things can be true at the same time. You can demand justice over the murder of George Floyd, and also be upset that people painted the Old Capitol. You can have mostly good cops, and also a few bad ones. You can have mostly peaceful protesters, and also a few vandals. You can be a genuinely kind and caring person and also have racial blind spots. Many local African Americans support the local protests; some do not. Some support certain parts of it. It is not always a case of either/or; often our world is “yes, and”.

Please pay attention, listen, learn, and be safe. It is going to take a lot of us a lot of effort to make things better.



*Black Lives Matter – A Couple Stories
         I have had a few friends lately urge me to speak publicly about some of my experiences as the father of 3 African American children and the foster father for dozens more. I have resisted this, mainly for two reasons. First, the stories belong to the kids as much as they belong to me. Secondly, I have not wanted to have anything I said take away from anything a person of color might have to say. But some friends continue to prod me. (Looking at YOU, Tony Currin!) So I decided to share a couple of positive stories that illustrate some of the incredible help I had from African Americans as my kids were growing up.

         I have known Orville Townsend a long time. I ended up on a slow pitch team with him when I was only 19 years old. Speedy is about 20 years older than me, so I was always amazed at how he outplayed all us youngsters at 40 years old. As I got to know him, I found him to be a great guy and powerful voice who really wanted the best for all people. I later worked alongside him in the human services field, and it was clear that Speedy was perhaps THE most preeminent leader in the local African American community.

         Well, not long after the kids moved in, Orville approached me and said, “We need to make an appointment for you to come to my office.” I asked what was up, and he said, “It’s about your kids. The only black adults they see are working at McDonald’s or pushing a broom. God Bless those people – they work hard. But your kids have to know they can have more. They cannot be it if they do not see it.” That was the first time I ever heard that phrase.

         So one day I took the kids to Orville’s office. I had been there dozens of times, but I had never seen him behave so formally. He was dressed to the nines; a purple suit and tie with a bright yellow shirt, as I recall! We sat down in his office, the walls covered in professional, academic, and athletic awards. He asked the kids what they wanted to be, but they were too young to have any idea. (I think my son’s answer was “a farmer and a clown”.) But he made the point – “You can be anything you want to be. You can be the boss. You are good enough to do this.”

         One thing I have learned as a parent is this idea of “you are good enough to do this” is not something every family feels the need to say. As I have grown older, I have spoken to lots of people who grew up differently from the dominant demographics – they were people of color, LGBTQ+, had a disability, or maybe were just very poor. While lots of our kids grow up very self-confident, many of our kids grow up scared and insecure. While some of our kids go into the world TOO full of themselves, many others go in lacking self-confidence. Orville knew black kids needed to be told “you are good enough to do this” early and often.

         Orville has been a friend for a long, long time now. He came here in the very early ‘60s, when the number of African Americans in Johnson County was probably less than 100, and he knew every individual. Now we have over 12,000 African Americans, and many do not know who he is. They should. Speedy has done a lot for this community, and he has done a lot for my family. 

         Another person who has helped us tremendously over the years is my friend Monique Washington. Our kids went to school together K-12, and our middle children are best friends. Over the years, Melissa and I have gone through many instances of self-doubt. Were we doing things right? What if we screwed something up? Through it all, Monique has met us with unconditional positive regard. She has always had our back – always. And when we have screwed up, she has said, “It’s OK. We are all doing the best we can.”

         I remember an instance from a few years ago – I won’t mention any names or what happened, just to protect reputations. As it happened, I caught a couple of boys doing something wrong who were very good friends of both my kids and the Washingtons. The boys said, “Mrs. Washington told us it was OK.” I laughed, pulled out my cell phone, and said, “Bullshit. I have known Mrs. Washington since you boys were in kindergarten. And I know better. Let’s call her up.”

         Monique was at my house in 5 minutes. She loaded those boys in her car, and started letting them have it before they were out of the driveway. A couple hours later, the boys called me and apologized for doing what they had done and for lying about her involvement. I said, “I’ll bet you wish you hadn’t mentioned her, don’t you?” They both chuckled and said, “Yes, sir!” It is one little story, but it illustrates one of the hundreds of times Monique has had our backs over the years.

         The old African proverb is very correct – “It takes a village to raise a child.” We are very lucky that Orville Townsend and Monique Washington live in our village! Actually, let me restate that: we are very lucky that we live in their village!



*RIP Mary Jo Welch
         Mary Jo Welch worked in the Johnson County office of the Iowa Department Services from approximately 1975-2000. I worked with her frequently, and I had great respect for her.

         In her private life, Mary Jo was an environmental advocate, a pro-choice activist, and a vocal Democrat. RIP, Mary Jo.



*DID YOU KNOW?  UI archivist David McCartney has done outstanding work cataloging the stories of the protests of the 60s and 70s in Iowa City and at the UI. Check his work out at: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/sixties/



Anyone interested in learning more about County government should take a look at the County website- 

"Sullivan’s Salvos" is sent once per week to any interested party. It will give a brief update on issues of interest to Johnson County residents.

These messages come solely from Rod Sullivan, and neither represents the viewpoints of the whole Board of Supervisors nor those of groups or individuals otherwise mentioned.

If you do NOT want the weekly E-mail, simply reply to this message, and type "unsubscribe" in the subject line. 

If you know anyone else who might be interested, just forward this message. They can E-mail me at rodsullivan@mchsi.com with "subscribe" in the subject line.

As always, feel free to contact me at 354-7199 or rodsullivan@mchsi.com. I look forward to serving you!

---Rod






June 3, 2020

Sullivan’s Salvos     6/9/20



In this edition:


*Black in America
*Election Results
*Thank You!
*More Joni Ernst
*Trump Doing Good?
*Did You Know?



*Black in America
         Of the people I love the most, a majority are black. And I feel obligated to let you know how they are feeling. They are sad, angry, scared, frustrated, disappointed, and exhausted.

         They are tired of feeling this way. They do not want to be killed. And I am going to try to help. Are you?

         If so, you can start by not telling black people how they should feel or how they should grieve.



*Election Results
         Probably the strangest election in Iowa history is in the books. Let’s look at the results: 

         On the GOP side, Johnson County (and the Second District) chose Marianette Miller-Meeks to be their candidate for Iowa’s Second US House District. Miller-Meeks has been in this position before; she lost to Congressman Loebsack in ’08, ’10, and ’14. We shall see if 4 times is a charm.

         In the Democratic race for US Senate, Theresa Greenfield surpassed the necessary 35%, and will be the Democratic Party nominee. I supported Kimberly Graham, who is absolutely wonderful. I am also incredibly impressed by Admiral Franken. I hope both run for other offices in the future. Theresa Greenfield was the establishment favorite. I appreciate her labor roots, but she needs to explain to me what is wrong with everyone having health care and greening our economy. I don’t get it, honestly. But this is what big money buys you. I wish Chuck Schumer would stick to worrying about Wall Street and let us Iowans decide on our own candidate. 

In House District 85, longtime State Representative Vicki Lensing was being challenged by UI Law Professor and Democratic Party activist Christina Bohannan. Bohannan cruised to victory, earning 66% of the vote. This is pretty unusual in Legislative politics; maybe the press will finally decide it is worthy of an article!

In the race for Sheriff, Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputy Brad Kunkel defeated CR Police Officer Al Fear by a margin of 82-17. Brad is a GREAT guy who will be a GREAT Sheriff; I am very happy for him!

And in the final contested race, County Supervisor, the 3 incumbent Supervisors were reelected with 77% (Green-Douglass), 69% (Porter), and 65% (Sullivan) of the vote, respectively. 

         This was an unprecedented election, with all registered voters receiving a vote by mail request. It appears that when you make voting easy, people vote – the 2020 turnout of 29,007 (32%) was far greater than the record of 18,675 set in 2018. I hope we learn some lasting lessons from the administration of this election!



Thank You!
There is a lot going on in our County and our Country. Honestly, local politics is low on the list of important topics right now. But I would be remiss if I did not say something about being renominated.

I was renominated on Tuesday with 65% of the vote. This is one of those contests where being third out of four counts as a win! I will take it! Needless to say, I have several people to thank:

1.   My wife, Melissa Fath. It is not easy to be the spouse of an elected official. I am SO blessed to have Melissa as my partner!
2.   The voters. I have worked really hard. I think we’ve accomplished some great things. It feels great to know most of the voters approve!
3.   My Treasurer, Gary Smith. Keeping track of the money and filing the official reports is tedious, thankless work. I could not serve without Gary’s dedicated behind-the-scenes service!
4.   The other candidates. Primaries make us all better!
5.   The Iowa City Federation of Labor and Teamsters 238. The endorsements mean a lot, deep in my heart. I am so proud to be a delegate to Iowa City Fed!

There are plenty of other people I could thank, but readers would grow weary of the whole list. Please allow me to just offer a big THANK YOU! to everyone who helped with this election. I promise to do my best to make you proud!



*More Joni Ernst
         I got some great feedback last week on something I wrote about Senator Joni Ernst’s desire to cut Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment. I wrote: “I honestly don’t know if she is stupid or devious. I guess it doesn’t matter.” 

I was challenged by a reader, who rightfully pointed out that I am urging people to be kind on one hand, and casting dispersions toward Ernst on the other. I thought about it awhile, because it is a very fair point. My response was the following: 

“Like a lot of people, I am not always great at following my own advice! I do think, however, there is NO justification for her position. And sometimes, it is not simply a matter of opinion. Sometimes there is a right and a wrong. And she is DEEPLY wrong. The US is already the most unequal country on earth. We cannot afford to make more cuts to our poorest residents. I am a Christian, and I find this deeply immoral.”

         I really do believe that this is no longer a disagreement. It is not a matter of opinion. We are now dealing with profound issues of right and wrong. And I am not going to minimize the severity of her position. If she doesn’t understand, then she needs to. If she does understand, then she is willing to do something I believe to be quite evil. Yes, evil. If you can in good conscious take more from our poorest so you can give it to our wealthiest? What else do we call that?

         At the same time, the reader I corresponded with is not wrong. I need to do better. I appreciate being called on the carpet. I will try to make that point in a different way next time.



*Trump Doing Good?
         I have a constituent in the Lone Tree area who is a strong pro-Trump advocate that occasionally sends me unkind letters and emails. He wrote me an email the other day noting that Trump donates his salary to charity, and Obama never did that. Here is my response:

I am glad President Trump is donating back his salary. I don't feel a President has to do that - she/he deserves to make a living. But if she/he can afford to do so, sure, that's good.

The problem as I see it is that is a smokescreen for all the ways in which President Trump is violating the Emoluments Clause. I'm sure you support our Constitution. The Emoluments Clause is right there in the Constitution!

Let me give you a few quick examples. For starters, President Trump's golf alone has already cost taxpayers $134 million dollars. That is 335 years of Presidential salary. Plus, a lot of that money goes right back to him, as Secret Service pays for rooms at Mar-A-Lago and other Trump properties. The first part is just wrong because it is so extreme. The second part is the part that is unconstitutional.

Then you have foreign leaders staying at Trump's hotel while in Washington; that is a problem, too. Ivanka's deals with China. The list goes on and on.

So, in fact, I can't really see where praising President Trump for donating back his salary makes much sense, when he is scamming taxpayers at the same time. 



*DID YOU KNOW?  Five states – Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, and Washington – conduct what are commonly referred to as all-mail elections. In these states, voting is conducted primarily, although not necessarily exclusively, by mail. 



Anyone interested in learning more about County government should take a look at the County website- 

"Sullivan’s Salvos" is sent once per week to any interested party. It will give a brief update on issues of interest to Johnson County residents.

These messages come solely from Rod Sullivan, and neither represents the viewpoints of the whole Board of Supervisors nor those of groups or individuals otherwise mentioned.

If you do NOT want the weekly E-mail, simply reply to this message, and type "unsubscribe" in the subject line. 

If you know anyone else who might be interested, just forward this message. They can E-mail me at rodsullivan@mchsi.com with "subscribe" in the subject line.

As always, feel free to contact me at 354-7199 or rodsullivan@mchsi.com. I look forward to serving you!

---Rod