Rotary Club Meeting February 5, 2009
New Canaan Rotary Club Bulletin - February 5, 2009
Lisa Wexler of Westport, our featured speaker, spoke to the members about second careers. And who of us these days do not need second careers?
A graduate of NYC law school and several white shoe law firms, Lisa has lately grown tired of the day to day practice of law and set her sights on becoming the next Rush, Sean or Rachel Maddow on talk radio.
Lisa gave herself a seven week sabbatical from her solo practice in Westport to attend the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. Then she tried to get a job on live radio. To her surprise, although there were radio slots open, all the radio stations wanted her to pay them for her time on the air. Which she did for a while, until she was finally spotted by WNLK/WSTC/WYBC who put her on the air, but still without any pay. Instead, she was told to get advertisers herself and she and the radio station would split the receipts. She has been doing this for the last year and a half and now has a regular show on these three stations called "Live with Lisa" at 1350/1400/1340 on your AM dial Mondays through Fridays from 8PM to 9PM and on Saturdays 10:30 AM to noon.
She was a very peppy speaker and no doubt her radio shows will be interesting, particularly if she interviews former Presidents of the United States.
Glenn Beck
We discovered to our dismay that John does not have the ability to walk and talk at the same time and our leader made him do one at a time. He then went to the front of the room to tell some jokes, one shockingly at the request of the very ladylike Caroline Clark. The joke proved that that we made a wise decision when Caroline was accepted into the fold because she apparently is as=2 0raucous as the rest of the group.
In the absence of an actual speaker, new member Ron Balzano, was asked to dazzle us with an impromptu speech. Since he is a lawyer that was not a problem. Ron entertained us with stories about some colorful business transactions, his background and his current status with Morgan Stanley. An amusing and fascinating talk.
Lisa Wexler of Westport, our featured speaker, spoke to the members about second careers. And who of us these days do not need second careers?
A graduate of NYC law school and several white shoe law firms, Lisa has lately grown tired of the day to day practice of law and set her sights on becoming the next Rush, Sean or Rachel Maddow on talk radio.
Lisa gave herself a seven week sabbatical from her solo practice in Westport to attend the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. Then she tried to get a job on live radio. To her surprise, although there were radio slots open, all the radio stations wanted her to pay them for her time on the air. Which she did for a while, until she was finally spotted by WNLK/WSTC/WYBC who put her on the air, but still without any pay. Instead, she was told to get advertisers herself and she and the radio station would split the receipts. She has been doing this for the last year and a half and now has a regular show on these three stations called "Live with Lisa" at 1350/1400/1340 on your AM dial Mondays through Fridays from 8PM to 9PM and on Saturdays 10:30 AM to noon.
She was a very peppy speaker and no doubt her radio shows will be interesting, particularly if she interviews former Presidents of the United States.
Glenn Beck
We discovered to our dismay that John does not have the ability to walk and talk at the same time and our leader made him do one at a time. He then went to the front of the room to tell some jokes, one shockingly at the request of the very ladylike Caroline Clark. The joke proved that that we made a wise decision when Caroline was accepted into the fold because she apparently is as=2 0raucous as the rest of the group.
In the absence of an actual speaker, new member Ron Balzano, was asked to dazzle us with an impromptu speech. Since he is a lawyer that was not a problem. Ron entertained us with stories about some colorful business transactions, his background and his current status with Morgan Stanley. An amusing and fascinating talk.
Leo Karl, Jr. then enlightened us about the dire straits of the car industry along with the facts that global demand has dropped by 40 percent, there is no market for leasing and the car companies are demanding additional collateral. All in all a glum forecast.
We have nothing to fear but recession and there will be a wild turkey in every pot
Frank Capra Blagojevich
We have nothing to fear but recession and there will be a wild turkey in every pot
Frank Capra Blagojevich
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