{"id":4459,"date":"2010-04-17T14:49:09","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T21:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:20:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:20:31","slug":"take-that-saltzman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/17\/take-that-saltzman\/","title":{"rendered":"take that, saltzman!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Classical Beaver<\/a> has a great open letter to Commissioner Dan Saltzman, which I reprint here in its entirety:<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter being alerted to the Mercury\u2019s blog posting this week [\u201cShould City Pay To Send the Symphony to NYC?\u201d], <\/a>I can only assume that many moons ago, young Daniel Saltzman must have been emotionally damaged by some unspeakable terror at band camp, anxiously guarding against any possibility of hearing the bassoon once more.\u00a0 How else can one explain his rage towards the Oregon Symphony?\u00a0 Seemingly every other week we hear of the city\u2019s police gunning down another vulnerable citizen, which barely elicits a mumble from meek and mild Commissioner Dan.\u00a0 However, mention a one-time request for 0.007% of Portland\u2019s budget to help the symphony accept national recognition at Carnegie Hall, and Saltzman\u2019s passion surprisingly erupts: \u201cOver my dead body!\u201d\u00a0 I suggest the symphony sweeten the deal for the commissioner, and create a provision in the monetary request allowing Schnitzer ushers to taser any snoozing concertgoers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Classical Beaver has a great open letter to Commissioner Dan Saltzman, which I reprint here in its entirety: \u201cAfter being alerted to the Mercury\u2019s blog posting this week [\u201cShould City Pay To Send the Symphony to NYC?\u201d], I can only assume that many moons ago, young Daniel Saltzman must have been emotionally damaged by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[2240],"class_list":["post-4459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-city-of-portland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-19V","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12617,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/23\/help-save-the-waterfront-concert\/","url_meta":{"origin":4459,"position":0},"title":"help save the waterfront concert","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, the headline says it all. 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