Dear Cyndy,

Thank you for your letter. Thank you also for the key,
which I foound in your letter in the mail box as I
drove to the transfer station a.k.a. dump with a minivan
full of plastic bags full of trash. The key is the second
piece of mail we've received here since our arrival on
May 3, - the first being a formal invitation from Leah
to attend her french horn recital on June 7.  but we're
in Konnarock and won't be able to attend.

Nothing from the plumbing board, no answer to two letters,
the last one by certified mail. Klemens and I are speculating
that the Board may ignore the Appeals Court on the hypothetical
grounds, if they were to be articulated, of the separation of powers.
A constitutional crisis! which would require yet another lawsuit.
Would I be able to stay alive long enough even to launch it?

I told the Appeals Court that the Plumbing Board was a Potemkin
Village in the Executive, far out of the reach of the Judiciary
to rehabilitate. But the Appeals Court didn't listen to me and
is trying to demonstrate that it can compel the Plumbing Board
to legality. I doubt it; but we'll see, and it will be interesting.

Interesting also that Mr Ciarmataro was arrested (and released on
bond) for having violated a restraining order obtained by his
estranged wife, and because he had done so using a municipally
owned truck, he was placed on administrative leave pending his trial.
I'm not sure how these circumstance will affect his testimony in
the coming hearing if he comes to testify. Where oh where is Lewis
Carroll when there's so much material for another chapter or two
added to Alice in Wonderland?

Good night, and my best to both yourself and Ned.

Jochen