On July 1st Mayor Bloomberg himself will appoint a resident of public housing to serve on the voting board of the New York City Housing Authority. http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/residents/resident_board_member.shtml
Here is why the Mayor should appoint Dick to this covented position.
https://dickwatch2.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/nycharesidentboardmember.pdf
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Good letter: not overly serious, nor overly folksy either.
Specifying your apartment location might aid the letter readers in assessing your candidacy, although that’s probably what all that yellow is 🙂 .