Topic: Strictly Business

Mortal Promise

Date: 2017-10-26 08:47 EST
"The question of addiction regarding certain types of businesses and facilities in the city was brought up in questions to Samuel Adder during his campaign. It invites the question as to how much responsibility does a business owner have to customers to curtail their activities if they are a potential danger to themselves or others. I'd like to meet with Samuel to discuss this at his convenience."

It had been close to a month since the end of the election, and until this week Samuel Adder's public appearances had been minimal, sometimes coming or going from his office but disappearing completely from the social scenes of both RhyDin and Stars End. But this week the virtual radio silence broke, beginning with a return to the Golden Bough construction site, an appearance at the opening of Club Zenith, and finally a letter posted to Colleen MacLeod-Fenner.

Dear Madam Governor,

I hope that this letter finds you well, if busy, and that the business of governance has not yet consumed you! I am ashamed that I have not reached out to you since our contest ended; I must confess that I miss the parts that we both played in it. But I am sure you are relieved as I am that the election is over, and that we have a little more energy to spare — if only a little — towards the pursuit of our goals.

In your acceptance speech, you mentioned your desire to meet with me again regarding business owners, customers, and their respective responsibilities. Given recent venue openings by Shining Cities Entertainment and how often similar enterprises are launched in RhyDin, I feel that we should meet at your earliest convenience to discuss your views and your intentions regarding the business community as governor.

I look forward to seeing you again soon.

Sincerely yours, Samuel Adder

PrlUnicorn

Date: 2017-10-28 01:59 EST
A courier returned the following:

Dear Mr. Adder,

I am in good health, thank you, and hope you are as well. The way life goes, I am often so busy that I forget what spare time or energy means.

Much like some bars cut off customers? alcohol supply if they have become a danger to themselves or others, I think casinos and other such venues should make it a standard practice to cut off credit lines, etc. to people when they hit certain limits. This is especially true if they are known to have issues repaying what they owe. It's not cost effective for any business owner to have to, for lack of a better phrase, suck up large scale losses. While that won't necessarily stop people from becoming addicts, it could slow or halt the escalation of the problem.

You are welcome to join me in my office any afternoon next week to discuss the issues at hand. I could suggest a less formal venue, however, the Rhydin gossip columnists would have a field day with something like that.

I look forward to meeting with you.

Sincerely,

Colleen MacLeod-Fenner