On January 31, 2008, I wrote a letter to the mayor of Berkeley, California, stating my position regarding his and the Berkeley City Council's position on the proposed ousting of the U. S. Marine Corps recruiting station in the city of Berkeley.
I passed that letter along to a couple of Marine handball buddies. They passed that e-mail/letter to the guys who play in the Semper Fi handball tournament at MCRD, who passed it along to still others.
In my wildest dreams I never envisioned the response I have received. I now spend ALL DAY answering my cell phone acknowledging that yes, I really did write "THE" letter, and receiving personal thank yous from Generals, Majors, Colonels, SGTs, PVTs, CEOs, COOs, talk-show hosts, and average everyday American patriots. I have received over 500 calls in the past two days (today is the February 8.) Likewise. I spend the balance reading e-mail from the same sort of people.
I am humbled to a degree that is hard to state clearly. I am emotionally overwhelmed with the positive response to my letter and want to thank everyone who has called me or e-mailed me to state their support.
My intention was never to shine the spotlight on me; it was to cause--to whatever degree I could--great fiscal discomfort to the city of Berkeley in retaliation to its un-American, cowardly, and despicable stance that the U.S. Marines are unwelcome, and uninvited intruders in that city.
If in my small way I helped light a fire that now appears to be blazing across the nation, I am proud of that, but I am more proud of the fact that I could, at a time when our heroes are fighting against those who would destroy us, help focus some attention to the vast debt, and undying respect, that we as a nation owe to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. My letter to Mayor Tom Bates is below.
Respectfully,
Brian G. Dennard
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Dear Mayor Bates:
In that you and your city have chosen to gravely insult the brave men and women, who have indeed bought you that right with their blood, I am informing you that my company will no longer do business with any of our current suppliers located in the Berkeley, California, metro area.
In that my company is an international resort real estate development, and do business with and am associated with, developers and investors worldwide, I am informing all of my contacts, associates and patrons that we will no longer do any business of any sort with anyone living in the Berkeley area.
In that we/MDG Resorts are currently building a state of the art mega-yacht marina, all of the suppliers of Marina equipment, all owners of Yachts, all suppliers of yacht materials and supplies, all yacht brokers and all tangential yacht business purveyors will likewise be informed that we will not do any business whatsoever with anyone from the Berkeley area.
Likewise all suppliers of building materials, both interior and exterior, currently associated with any of our several resort developments (Brisamar 300+ villas and 200+ condos: Porto Hussong,
www.portohussong.com 500+ condos,180 slip mega-yacht marina) both of which I might add have international recognition by virtue of glowing reports in Robb Report, Wall Street Journal, Yacht World, Forbes.
I will likewise inform all of our investors, most of whom are very wealthy yacht owners, casino owners, high net worth international businessmen, of our decision to essentially boycott all products and providers located in, or associated with in any way whatsoever,Berkeley, California.
Trust me when I say that having been in the real estate development business for over 35 years, our list of contacts and associates is long and very, very impressive. We, and I personally, are going to recommend that they ALL, along with us, boycott your city, its purveyors, suppliers, businesses, and charaties of every kind.
You have every right to choose to take the obnoxious anti-military stance that you have taken, and as stated, that right was bought for you with the blood of better men than you.
I, too, have every right to do all that I can to insure that your city suffers consequences arising from that obnoxious, sickening stance.
Cordially,
Brian G. Dennard
bdennard@cox.net
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