As usual the James administration blames the messenger. This letter below was sent to the membership by the NAC Membership Committee in reply to press coverage of John James' arrest, guilty plea to a felony, and sentencing by the Gramercy Park area local paper Town & Village.
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Signatory to this letter and recent Board of Governors member Eben Bronfman is employed in the office of Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau as a lobbyist. Upon learning of his participation in this letter, the DA's office demanded he resign from any official activities at The National Arts Club. For full coverage of the arrest, guilty plea, and sentence, click image.
The Management Committee letter only responds to the Town & Village article, disparaging its motives and its credibility. It did not attempt to refute the reports of John James' arrest and guilty plea covered by the New York Times, New York Post, or the Daily News.
Big deal! Saddam Hussein could get 100% of the vote.
Is the report on John James true or false? Yes or no? Is its continual coverage of The National Arts Club being born out? Go to T&V Press Page link to access all the articles of its ongoing expose. True or false?
Actually, they control a number of the apartments in the club and use them for various purposes. Give us a break.
We'd never guess a felony conviction, a half million dollars in penalties, and mandatory time in a mental institution was due to a technical violation.
What put John James in
violation of the law was the fact that he abused the NAC's charity status, not that "no one in ... authority was aware."
We can tell by the nightly crush at the club. As for the 400% membership increase: Can you pronounce the word "art?" Good. You're in.
T&V always calls Aldon for comment, and he never returns their calls.
Letters to the editor on an article the same day the article first appears? How do you pull that one off?
Can't make a charitable donation? Oh well, might as well commit tax fraud. Oh, the boredom!!
