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Ah yes, my Monday morning mail, always something there to lift the spirits. Here's an excerpt from today's best missive. Sean Daly, driving old folks to a slow, boring death one reader at a time.
St. Pete Times,
My wife's mother is in an assited living facility in Dunedin and I try to save the Floridian for her each day. Like most seniors, she enjoys the crossword, puzzles and on occassion, the comics.
Your Floridian, Aug 25, 2007 reached a new low in content....
The article about MIA (the rap singer from India) was a real attention getter. Does this guy Sean Daly realize hip hop/rap has seen it's day?
Do you realize that this segment of the paper is the one part that seniors read? Hip hop reviews drive your readership away. Whatever you have left.
Less people read newspapers than ever. Why alienate that segment of the population that actually do read your paper by printing such trash?
Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.
THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers rock Tampa Bay. To hear the latest "Stuck in the 80s" episode now, 
It must be great for your ego to know that you can ruin an entire newspaper all by yourself.
What power!
Posted by: Greg Jones | August 27, 2007 at 11:12 AM
I love it. As a long-time resident, I'm glad to know that Mr. Airstream is alive and well.
Posted by: GlennS. | August 27, 2007 at 12:38 PM
Reason # 1,465,476,587 why it's time to vacate the Sunshine State and head to an area of the country whose readership uses the newspaper for something other than a trayliner for their pet ferret's cage.
Posted by: Guy | August 27, 2007 at 03:31 PM
Sorry for the earlier note, luv. I hadn't had me tea yet when I did all that complainin'.
Posted by: Keith Richards | August 27, 2007 at 04:00 PM