Thu, Oct 16, 2003
Big Fuss Continues Over ANN's Favorite "Little Guy"
We continue to get feedback (fallout?) on the incident,
finally "reported" in the Washington Post, wherein our beloved Wes
Oleszewski (author of "Klyde Morris") was menaced by a guard at the
FAA building, as the cartoonist tried to take a picture of it.
We pointed out some of the
more-ridiculous aspects of the Post's story (they're not an
aviation paper, you know); the FAA, of course, had to pick up
on it, too. Here's the FAA's take on the incident, courtesy of an
ANN News-Spy:
A SLOW NEWS DAY: The Washington Post ran a piece
this week about aviation cartoonist Klyde Morris trying to take a
photo of the FAA headquarters from the outside, only to be turned
away by FAA security who told him to vamoose. The article suggested
this might have been in retaliation for the cartoonist's attacks on
the FAA in his weekly comic strip. Nice try -- but no
cigar.
It doesn't make for nearly as good a story, but it's far more
likely the security guard had no clue who Morris was and in line
with security measures in this post- 9/11 atmosphere has been
instructed to look with suspicion at anyone taking a photo of a
Federal building.
-- Gerald E. Lavey, Manager, Internal Communications, FAA
[Note that Mr. Lavey, too, doesn't know the difference between
Klyde Morris (the fictional ant) and Wes Oleszewski (the real
cartoonist). That's probably because he reads the Post,
where they don't clearly differentiate between
reality and fiction --ed.]
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