RUINED MORNINGS

RE: “Too Close to Home” [Letters, Nov 4], in which a reader gloats about having gotten in on Portland homeownership while it was cheap to do so, and an advertisement submitted by a local bar.

DEAR MERCURY—Shame on you for awarding NAWD the letter of the week last week. If this sort of ugly, mean-spirited self-righteousness is what we consider “assertiveness” that deserves reward, then this city truly has gone to shit. That letter ruined my fucking morning.

Jeff

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  • THOMAS TEARFUL

DEAR MERCURY—I was truly disappointed to see the full-page ad for a bar in last week’s issue that showed a woman going down on a man, apparently because of the allure he possessed for working there…

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Marjorie Skinner is the Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, author of the weekly Sold Out column chronicling the area's independent fashion and retail industry, and a frequent contributor to the film and...