White People ~ at it Again

And, speaking of internet time ~ I got behind here. Worked like a demon over the weekend and responded to three CFP's, all related to the book. We'll see what comes of all that activity.

In other news, looks like white people are at it again, this time in Montauk, out at the tip of Long Island. There's this story in Newsday about a hate crime, and the controversy to follow:

"The tensions first surfaced publicly during a rare standing-room-only hearing in Montauk in February 2003 about Latino immigrants who were living in hotel rooms -- the only affordable housing they could find -- and who faced eviction. At that meeting, one local asked why officials "would want to turn Montauk into the Bronx of the East End. We don't want Hampton Bays out here. We don't want Freeport out here." Montauk, he added, "is turning into a hole." "

Fortunately, one of the white guys in Montauk says this:

""We get along much better than 98 percent of the rest of the world," said Paul Monte, the president of the Montauk Chamber of Commerce and manager of the famed Gurney's Inn. "I think we should pat ourselves on the back."

Nice response.