In my last post, I wrote about the Monopoly: Here & Now, the newest edition of Monopoly which will replace the traditional Atlantic City properties on the board with modern landmarks from a number of different cities in the U.S. To select which cities will be included on the board, the makers of Monopoly are letting fans vote online. At the time of this post, Atlanta ranks 17 out of 22 cities in the voting. That is just not good enough.
In the midst of outrage and desperation, I sought refuge in the hallowed art form taught to me by my father: letter writing. Do you have something on your mind that has been bothering you? Write a letter. Do you see something that needs to be fixed? Write a letter. Do you actually have spare time on your hands? Write a letter. It is democracy in action.
So today, I took it upon myself to write a letter to the editor of the Atlanta newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC). The way I see it, a banner headline on the front page of the paper should be enough to raise awareness and encourage people to vote.
Now, we just have to sit back and wait for the votes to pour in. As Diddy says, “Vote or Die.”
Been listening to this one a lot, pretty much the whole way through.
This novel was published after the Chilean-Mexican author's death, and I'm not even sure if it was entirely finished or not. It is broken up into five parts which, while connected, stand pretty much on there own. I have not yet made it to the grim part about the murders of hundreds of women in Mexico, so I have so far found it enjoyable and even funny despite some dark underpinnings. It's had a ton of critical praise, and I like it much more than my last foray into the violent novel genre: Blood Meridian.
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I would join you in your quest to put Atlanta on the Monopoly map, but I can’t seem to find Sherman Street. Maybe I should look for “Big Ass Swath of Burnt Land Street” instead?
Ah, I found it. I should have used “Scorched Earth” in place of “Burnt Land”. My bad.