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Springsteen Fan Responds
I usually never write to a paper, but after reading your article about Bruce Springsteen, I am very concerned that some of your facts are wrong ["Horrible Boss," WW, March 16, 2016].
First of all, I used to live in Monmouth County, N.J., not far from Bruce's home.
Bruce dislikes Chris Christie.
Bruce and his wife, Patti Scialfa, are very giving with their money. They are big donors to the Monmouth County food bank.
Bruce and Patti give money and horses to a riding camp for the handicapped.
Bruce and Patti give free tickets to cancer patients affiliated with his church in Freehold.
Bruce gives donations to a soup kitchen in Freehold where I volunteered.
One day at the beach on his motorcycle ride to Manasquan, he met up with a fan who could not get tickets. He took the person's name and sent him two free tickets in the front row.
My high-school friend tours with him, and Bruce treats him very well.
Bruce grew up very poor, but with hard work and determination he succeeded.
He deserves the best now. So stop belittling Bruce Springsteen.
—Faye Canape, Lake Oswego
Jordan Schnitzer's Son
Speaking as someone whose father was the same age as Jordan Schnitzer when I was born, it is irresponsible of him at his age to be this child's sole parent ["It's a Boy!" WW, March 16, 2016].
A revolving cast of nannies who can quit at any time are no replacement for a younger parent who will see him through to adulthood. I feel badly for his child.
—Mo Daviau
So, Jordan Schnitzter wants to marry Cory Sause and raise the child together, and then wants her not even on the birth certificate with no visitation, all within the term of a pregnancy.
Sounds like a cooling-off period is needed more than anything else. Surely some middle ground can be reached. No arrangement is perfect. It would save a lot of legal fees, too.
—"mtjim"
Excepting some of the interesting, nuanced issues that arise in surrogacy (which would've been a worthwhile story without dragging people through the mud), this story is fit for the likes of a desperate gossip rag.
How ignoble and lacking in taste to transpose private, sacrosanct decisions about parenthood to a cheap story that purposefully and needlessly casts Jordan Schnitzer in a negative light. Get a life, WW.
—t.rose@rosecounsel
Overloaded 911 System
The issues here are not just Portland and Multnomah County ["Call Waiting," WW, March 16, 2016]. Many if not all agencies in Oregon as well as many across the country face the same problems.
Emergency dispatching does require a special skill set. But even with the problems noted in this article, the quality of service is far higher than 40 to 50 years ago, when dispatchers were firefighters, police officers or untrained personal.
We as a society have allowed "the bar" to get very high, expecting an immediate answer to our call and an immediate response from fire, police or EMS.
—"KarlW"
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