1. I shall gleefully continue to burn this crap in my woodstove all winter long. Keep up the good work!
—Chris Haindel
2. Whoever is “PB,” terms come to mind…twit, jerk, ass, etc.
—Linda Gillard
3. What were you thinking, or were you?
—Bob Stillson
4. I hesitate to even waste my time replying to a third rate media source such as this paper…
—JR
5. Oh Brianna—sweet, sadly misinformed Brianna.
—Lance Hardy
6. …orientation hustlers…
—Jon Jegglie
7. Maybe if you cut back on binge watching dramadies and actually got to know a little about the diverse group of humans that call this beautiful awesome place home you wouldn’t write such an ignorant piece.
—Patrick Trowbridge
8. The Source Weekly arts and culture editor informed me yesterday that they have zero interest in even hearing my new CD, even though it is a fund raiser for the herd of white buffalo here in Bend, and even though the players involved have multiple gold records and have recorded with the Beatles, Rod Stewart, David Bowie, and many others. I was however invited to drop a free CD for their staff to enjoy, which I declined, remembering that this paper has never even reported the number of our white buffalo accurately-ever. It’s hard to call that good, kind, or fair work.
—Charles Button
This article appears in Dec 24-31, 2014.
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Congratulations, TSW. You’ve just become an internet troll…
Sounds like it’s time to appease the readers and not just the advertisers. I religiously obtained and read the Source about 4 years ago (and prior) it seems like it has lost a lot of integrity, a lot of variety and has become geared only to the young, drinking crowds, which seem to encapsulate the same fashions, hangouts, musical taste and lifestyles. I’m only 36, but I feel like I don’t related anymore.
Ryan, I agree with you. In prior years, the Source actually had a good investigative journalistic approach (unlike the Bull…). Issues like the Urban Growth Boundary and the tactics developers used to get their Westside land developed, rather allowing progress in other Bend areas were clearly explained.
While I read the Source for entertainment, it seems to have become a tool of the Chamber of Commerce/Visit Bend machinery.
The citizens here deserve a newspaper that courageously investigates the ‘powers’ here and lets voters know the who,what and why decisions are made and who really is benefitting.
Not nearly as prestigious as making the worst letters of the year list as I did around a decade ago, but this still carries a measure of accomplishment despite the exclusion of some of my finer work from the other seven slots here.
As a post script, I will note that everything I said with relation to the referenced story has turned out to be correct, except that I thought Michael Sam would shame some NFL team into giving him a guaranteed contract. Turns out he wasn’t even good enough at football, or orientation hustling, for that.