Editor's Notebook
A funny thing happened the otherday. I’d been out doing interviews and came back to a lengthy batchof voicemail (except during production week, there’s usually no onein the office but me). A fellow named Barry identified himself as ahappily married, straight family man from Guilford, and he had picked upa copy of the March issue of OITM with Pat Robinson’s storyon Representative Nancy Sheltra’s latest anti-gay move. He wascalling to let me know what happened with the so-called“nopromohomo” nonbinding resolution at their town meeting.“We all went to lunch,” he said, “and then we came backand every seat in the hall contained a publication and a letter againstthe ‘gay agenda.’” He was calling because he thought we,as “watchers and guardians for civil rights,” needed to knowabout the tactics being used against us. And, he said, “Keep up thegood work.” Thanks, Barry.
Andspeaking of “nopromohomo,” I’ve been asked by a fewpeople whether we tracked how many towns considered the controversialresolution, and how many towns passed it versus how many passed over it.The answer is nobody apparently has tracked the complete results. I madean editorial decision that the measure and its primary proponent havealready received more than enough coverage in these pages, andthere’s no need to gloat.
Corrections:
As in anytransition, the new person is bound to make a mistake or ten. And I did.As the paper of record for our community, we strive to be as accurate aspossible. I will do my best to correct errors of fact, attribution,affiliation and the like. It helps if you bring them to my attention viaemail or voicemail or letter.
- In the March Issue wetrust you all found the rest of the “Civil Unions Not Taxing”article on page 6, despite being directed to page 4.
- The masthead list of contributors for the issue incorrectly includedsome contributors from the previous issue. It should have read: KevinThomas Althouse, Michael Alvear, Euan Bear, Alison Bechdel, Crow Cohen,April Elizabeth, Robert Kirby, Bennett Law, Amber Leventry, ErnieMcLeod, Tim Miller, Joel Nichols, Eric Orner, Dean Pratt, Pat Robinson, Matthew Thorsen, and Jason Whipple.
- Howdy Russell’s first name was misspelled in “MourningMom.”
- Amber Leventry’s (“Barbies& Trucks”) town of residence fell off the page. She lives inWilliston.
- In Crow’s Caws, ChickyPalmer’s husband’s name is Don (not Ron).
- The column moniker for Michael Alvear should have been “SlouchingThrough Gomorrah.”
- And we hope that not toomany of you waited until Saturday to meet at Pearl’s for “sipand dine,” as the photo cutline suggested, since the calendarlisted the gathering for Fridays.
Back CoverReactions: It was interesting to see that the most vocal oppositionto the artwork on the back page of last month’s issue came frommen: two letters and a phone call. The caller canceled his subscriptionin disgust. Two lesbians, friends of mine, mentioned the inflatablepenis on the back page but assumed printing and placing it weren’tmy decisions (as the new person in a temporarily shared position) andthat it wouldn’t happen again on my watch. Stay tuned.