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Posted By: Tom Lawrie

Bob,

You do realize that the story in VCBC was written by Adam Warshaw (an attorney) and not by Don Betz, right? While obviously Don is responsible for what appears in VCBC's pages, his own voice would probably come through in an editorial as opposed to a story under another author's by-line. I live in Baltimore and talked to Don about the story a few times; I believe he printed Adam's story verbatim, and so the comment about SCD was not a slight by Don towards SCD. I think if you look at the more "unflattering" stories since Don purchased the magazine, most have been submitted by other writers and are generally well-researched.

Under Dennis Purdy, VCBC's attacks were usually written by Purdy in a pretty sarcastic tone, with facts and opinions intermixed. I don't think you can really equate the two editors.

Take care,
Tom