He never indicated his active

position with the Fayette NAACP chapter. Is he the president, CEO or a

disgruntled member? Does his chapter furnish the paper information reflecting

what they are doing, when they are doing it and who the guest speaker

will be? This is a two-way street: he advises you and you cover the event.

His accusation amused me because

I have always felt The Citizen gave fair and accurate coverage to all

walks of life from senior citizens to youth sports to organizations such

as his. His last paragraph really intrigues me. Allow me to paraphrase

the interesting part, "Sadly, African-American newspapers are usually

started because the mainstream media does not adequately cover African-American

oriented news and events." Once an "African-American oriented

newspaper is started in Fayette County, there is sure to be increased

competition for the limited available ad revenue and that will not be

good for you and your paper."

Mr. Beverly, I know this type

of literary extortion caused you to shake in your boots. I have always

enjoyed your paper and believe you to be a fair-minded editor. The only

suggestion that I would make to you regarding The Citizen is to start

a "Vent" column such as the one that used to appear in The Fayette

Neighbor. Many of us active local readers always enjoyed that section.

Keep up the good work, Fayette County needs you.

Jim Futral

Fayetteville