YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY STORY AT WESTWORD.COM; SEND LETTERS TO [email protected] LETTERS TO THE EDITOR “THE FINAL COUNTDOWN, ” HELEN THORPE, OCTOBER 20 PUSHING THE ENVEL OPE Thanks for the pieces on the two Colorado Secretary of State candidates. This is an increasingly important job, and I’m glad to see Westword taking it seriously. Hilary O’Hara Denver Interesting interviews of Pam Anderson and Jena Griswold by Helen Thorpe. Noteworthy were Anderson’s answers regarding election integrity in Colorado, while Griswold wasn’t even asked about this. That may have had some- thing to do with the 30,000 election notices that in a “glitch” (wink, wink) were mailed to individuals who are not legally able to vote. We see Griswold go on and on about “mis- information” and “election deniers,” which involve a lot of projection. Hillary Clinton has never stopped talking about the election of 2016 being stolen from her. Stacey Abrams in Georgia has the same issue with her loss of the governor’s race, and she’ll have her tinfoil hat on after the incumbent there beats her again. It’s fi ne when the Democrats do it, from the look of things. Pam Anderson gets my vote for her vow to clean up the elections process in Colorado. I have my ballot and won’t turn it in until the day before Election Day. I advise others to do the same, meaning that they have to count instead of having time to alter results. That said, we will see positive news in other states, but I believe the unholy trinity of Polis, Weiser and Griswold will stay to con- tinue the destruction of the city and state we love. We’d like to hope otherwise, but as Peter Boyles stated, “Prepare to be disappointed.” Pat Desrosiers Denver I’m writing to thank Westword. Last month, I read an interview of Secretary of State candidate Pam Anderson by Colorado Public Radio longtime host Ryan Warner. Throughout the interview, Warner demon- strated his contempt for Anderson through the use of dismissive comments that sound a lot like gendered micro-aggressions. For example, at one point, when Anderson offered to share a couple examples of times she took the blame for faults in her offi ce, Warner said, “You don’t have to fl og yourself. Just give me one.” Later, when Anderson mentioned being featured in Time, Warner cut her off, saying, “Let me bring that up so you don’t feel like you’re patting yourself on the back.” He didn’t need to include the comment about ‘patting yourself on the back’ to fi ll in listeners. In stark contrast, Helen Thorpe’s interview of Pam Anderson in Westword felt like a breath of, dare I say it, “Fresh Air.” Thorpe asked simi- lar questions, but she left out the condescension and needless aggression: for example, when Thorpe brought up the Time article, she said, “You were featured on the cover of Time maga- zine along with Brad Raffensperger and other offi cials who are credited with fi ghting to save our elections process.” Thorpe gave her subject the space to talk, while Warner cut her off. As a consequence, we got a more nuanced picture of how Anderson felt about the Time piece. It’s valid for a journalist to have an opinion and to share that election-box ballad from time to time for an opinion piece. However, in a factual piece, audiences expect unbi- ased coverage, so it’s reasonable to expect a professional interviewer to demonstrate a professional attitude, even when they strongly disagree with their subject. Thank you, Westword and Helen Thorpe, for showing us that even in 2022, journalism can still have integrity. Charles Powell Denver “FAAAAR OUT,” GIL ASAKAWA, OCTOBER 13 THE NE X T S T A G E Loved Gil Asakawa’s admission of not ever wanting to admit his secret admiration for John Denver’s contributions. I was six and somehow loved him, too. Probably Muppets. In the wake of my fi rst Red Rocks concert experience (Maren Morris — don’t discount her or her writing) and in anticipation of my second, I am just in awe of the experience, and so enjoyed the article on Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. It makes it all the more im- portant for performers to have deference for the stage they stand on. Hope they value it. Claudia Emanuele Denver WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! Our October 27 issue with Karl Christian Krumpholz’s cartoon history of Cheesman Park was a real keeper — and not just because of the art on the cover. That will also be our last glossy cover for the foreseeable future. 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