Monday, October 23, 2006
Globe columnist rejects rights of co-op members
An American dream denied - By Steve Bailey, Boston Globe Columnist, October 18, 2006
John Walsh thought he was living the American dream. Until, that is, he ran head-on into Jonathan Winthrop. The two men come from very different worlds -- and Jonathan Winthrop has every intention of keeping it that way.Turns out that Winthrop (direct descendant of Governor John Winthrop) doesn't want to approve rags-to-riches Walsh, CEO of Elizabeth Grady, for the purchase of a unit in the co-op whose board he chairs. Walsh says Winthrop doesn't want him and his wife in the building because "we are not their kind of people", but admits the co-op board itself wants to buy the space. Winthrop may be being a jerk and a snob, but that's his right. Bailey quotes Walsh "What kind of example do I set if I walk away?" The example he sets is that he respects the rights of others. He should buy a Louisberg Square townhouse instead.
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"Winthrop may be being a jerk...."
Given from where he descends, there must be a jerk gene in that line.
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Given from where he descends, there must be a jerk gene in that line.
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