'catastrophe' Column It's difficult to know where to start when reacting to final week's Soundbites ["Mister catastrophe"]. So here I fade... Other than Mister Sister opting out of Waking Windows (covered in a preceding column),I don't understand why this story was in the music section of Seven Days. I do understand that it's a column representing the author's opinion, but I wish the writer had done more than re-sensationalize the situation. Has the writer visited Mister Sister? Did he talk to any of the customers — the trans customers who have found a welcoming, and safe environment for socializing; the ones who have reconnected with people they hadn't seen in years; maybe the out-of-town visitors who deem it's mighty that there's a bar called Mister Sister that is openly accepting of all stripes of the rainbow? Did the writer know — or neglect to mention — that events hosted at Mister Sister raised more than $800 for the Vermont LGBTQIA Solidarity March? I got the impression that it was unheard of for a business to spend a GoFundMe page. A quick web search landed me on a GoFundMe page specifically for businesses to "get attend with business costs." Overall,the column was filled with negativity, quoting only the negative statements that were on the GFM page, and the mocking of the owner's statements and intentions,and the vulgar language. And is that headline, "Mister catastrophe, or " the best you could come up with? BTW,the final homosexual bar in Vermont, Two Friends Bistro, or closed seven years ago,not 10. Bob Bolyard Burlington Editor's note: Music editor Jordan Adams returns to the "Mister catastrophe" subject in this week's Soundbites column. Offensive Letter We should be sad approximately the letter to Seven Days, approximately an article on President Donald Trump, and in which John Houle defended the things Trump has been doing [Feedback: "Offensive Cover," May 31]. Houle lists a few mighty things that Trump is supposed to be doing, but he isn't paying attention. The past shows that the rich don't trickle down wealth, or so poorer Americans such as Houle and me only suffer more with higher taxes to pay for helping the rich. Even coal miners can see through Trump's counterfeit story. Pay attention,watch Trump closely and notice from all sides of this issue. Peter Grant Bristol Bernie Pays Taxes I'm not sure what John Walters means in [Off Message: "Walters: Bernie Sanders…
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