Mr. Pahlke,
We've received your letter to the editor and would like to run it on our
Mailbox page for the Feb. 28 issue. However, for verification purposes, we
do ask that letter-writers provide a local street address. As I'm sure
you've noticed, only the street (no address number) is published. If we
have your permission to run the letter, may we get an address from you?
Thanks much,
Kat Hyatt
Copy Editor
Willamette Week
503-443-1528

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If I thought they were going to publish it I would have taken more time to craft it-


Why mention that your multi-referenced source, Michael Munk, is a "retired political science professor" when you could also, for the sake of context, mention that he is also a hard-left activist? He publishes something called "Portland's Red Pages" for goodness sakes. Why characterize him as some middle of the road concerned citizen?
His desire to try lawyer Scott Caplen in the pages of your paper has had his desired effect. The assumption of guilt before trial is a favorite tactic of extremists on the right and left. Mr. Munk himself claims he knows what innocent people "act like"! http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3315/8562/. You have no problem pointing out where Caplan lives and works but can't dig into Munk's background beyond his retirement status. I am sure the choir you preach to will eat it up. "Fake but accurate" seems to be the order of the day for the mainstream media.

Tom Pahlke