The Majestic Leo Marble by R. J. Lee

Author:R. J. Lee [Lee, R. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Madville Publishing
Published: 2024-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

Leo and Lake were huddling at his dining room table, drinking coffee and munching on the last of the Napoleons Susie Landry had baked and brought up the day before in honor of Leo’s evening recital consisting of “Some Enchanted Evening”, “A Cockeyed Optimist” and “Dites-Moi” from South Pacific. They were nearly through streamlining the form letter they had promised Terrence they would create for the Coalition, and Lake was reading the paragraph with the real meat on it out loud one final time:

Please understand that I have no quarrel with Miss Bryant’s right to her opinion, misguided though it may be. I believe in freedom of speech as much as the next American. This letter is not about that. But the Commission has hired Miss Bryant to promote Florida citrus products, a job she has performed admirably for a number of years now. She has rightly become identified with wholesome products that are good for one’s health. However, she has now embroiled you in religious and political controversy which I am sure you would agree is, as the saying goes, bad for business. Almost no one would disagree with her ability to achieve your objective of increased consumption of your products. Will that ability continue in the future now that she has become the center of controversy?

Along those lines, this letter is to inform you that I will no longer be purchasing any Florida citrus products for the foreseeable future. Obviously, it is your decision to continue using Miss Bryant as your spokesperson. Just understand that it will come at an economic price for you. I wish it were otherwise. I bear no ill will against the Florida Citrus Commission, itself, because I am very certain that you could not foresee something like this developing in your wildest scenarios when you put Miss Bryant under contract.

Lake shot Leo a quizzical glance. “Sounds very polished to me. Do you think we missed anything of importance?”

“Nope. I think we’ve summed it up perfectly,” Leo said. “It couldn’t be more professional. We just need to remind everyone to use respectfully yours as their signoff. And not to include any P.S.’s or impromptu phrases containing vulgarity or temper tantrums of any kind. That would likely get their letter thrown in the trash can.”

“Check.”

“So I’ll get busy running off copies for our next meeting, and we’re good to go. I predict the corporate bigwigs at the Citrus Commission will sit up and take notice.”

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