A Farewell to Jesse Kelly in Song Form
To the tune of "Bye, Bye, Blackbird":
Pack up all your campaign signs
Talking points
Parroted lines
Bye Bye Jesse
When you have gone far away
We will see a brighter day
Bye Bye Jesse
Many here in Tucson just can't stand you
A road map to Texas we will hand you
Hit the road
Off you go
To live large off stimulus dough
Jesse Bye Bye
William C. Thornton
The Editor Needs Thicker Skin
Though I never manage to get very far into the Tucson Weekly, I can reliably depend on Jimmy Boegle's weekly fit of pique on Page 2, where he is seemingly obliged to respond to every miscreant who has ever maligned him or the paper.
How necessary is it to call out the "twits" who mocked the front-page error while, on the other hand, offering a not very convincing justification on why it really wasn't the editor's fault? ("The Power of an 'M,'" Editor's Note, June 14.) How about: "I apologize. I'll try not to let it happen again."
I don't know how it's possible to be so thin-skinned and defensive and remain in the newspaper business. After all this time, he might try just taking a deep breath and letting it roll off. There, isn't that better?
Steve Hahn
