From my April 1st email correspondence:

“The Times-Call gets rid of three writers I liked (Betty Heath, Pam Mellskog and Scott Rochat), yet they still print your tripe that falls short of humor/sarcasm by a country mile. I know they can’t be paying you. Instead of writing, maybe you should join the circus next time it’s in town, they need someone to clean up after the elephants. You have plenty of practice shoveling big piles of poop.”                

Al Caholic

“Hey, (expletive deleted), you keep making fun of the RTD, which is doing its part to save us from the Global Climate Change crisis. So what if they haven’t built the Northwest Rail yet, it’s on the drawing board. How is the tiny RTD tax affecting your life? A few less six-packs of beer and less gas in your large replacement for lower testosterone level pick-up truck?”      

Ima Scolder

“I usually like the information presented by Johnnie St. Vrain, but your Jimmie St. Vrain gives me nothing but a pounding headache and nauseous feeling. What gives you the right to make fun of things under the label of sarcasm? I much prefer satire to sarcasm…yeah that’s it. Your Jimmie St. Vrain needs to do more satire and less sarcasm.”                                               

Will E. Makeit

“The World is crumbling all around us due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and you’re making light of the crisis with your recent article, “Diary of a Coronavirus Hermit.” You’re probably one of those irresponsible people that doesn’t keep 6’ social distance, wash or sanitize your hands often and you probably touch your face and other body parts often. I hope you run out of toilet paper and have to use pinecones. That will get the smirk off your face, buster!”                                     

Hiram Walker  

 “How dare you use your Boston Terrier (Dom DeBoston) as a foil in your juvenile articles. If he had a voice, I’m sure he’d tell you to take a long walk on a short pier. This borders on animal cruelty for the shame he would feel if he could read you’re illogical ravings. I suggest you take him to a certified pet psychic in Boulder and find out how he feels about being used without a say or at least compensation.”    

Kynda Harsch

“Just because you moved to Longmont in 1960 doesn’t give you the write to make fun of the onederful “Socialist” things making this former “cow-town” into a copy of the Nirvana that is Boulder. I think “OK Boomer,” every time you hate on the Boulder County Commissioners. The only Open Space problem we have is the one between your ears. You are probably a deplorable conservative or libertarian who is living in the past and can’t adjust to the “New Global Order.” You don’t seem to take the COVID-19 pandemonium very serious, based on your last article. What if our elected officials hadn’t taken the Nazi’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in that World War seriously? Well, we’d all be speaking Nazi now! Another pet beef I have with your articles is they tend to ramble on and on with no point. Besides changing your political beliefs, how about shortening some of your sentences so you keep the readers interested in what you are trying to say and not falling asleep in a roundabout sort of way. That’s all I have to say. All I am saying is give peace a chance.”                              

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