Pick On Someone Your Own Size!
ShareAfter being rewarded the Congressman Brian Baird and Rachel Nugent Scholarship, Centralia College student Kevin Nelson, in a letter he later wrote, noted he "promptly mailed the scholarship board a thank you note."
A gentleman, he is. But Nelson received a letter in response to his response -- from Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) himself.
After criticizing Nelson's note as "not very impressive to say the least," Baird offered Nelson some "friendly and helpful" suggestions, regarding the length, stationery and tone appropriate for a "sincere and heartfelt expression of gratitude." According to Nelson, Baird's response was received "roughly five months later."
Typed on scholarship stationary, Baird also sent the letter to the Centralia College Scholarship Office.
And how did we find out about this? Mr. Nelson, it seems, sent the letter to WA GOPers and urged them to forward it everyone who might find it interesting.
Baird comm. dir. Meghan O'Shaughnessy: "He's a former college professor. He had his educator hat on. It's unfortunate that Mr. Nelson has taken it to this extreme."
UPDATE: Rep./Dr. Baird wrote in to say that we misspelled "stationery." For which we humbly apologize...
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