I say hurray for Mike Quintana! He should be proclaimed a hero. He has shown city officials that John Q. Public has had all he can take! Now it is up to them to either make some major changes or be willing to accept the blame for what happens.
Name withheld on request
Slipped Discs
Thank you for printing the letter from Mark Naber in the March 5 issue, mourning the demise of KBCO-FM. I, too, still cannot believe how far they've fallen and how little anyone seems to care. Moving here from Connecticut six years ago, I recall being knocked out by how exciting their playlist was and how much information their disc jockeys shared with their audience.
Many thanks to Westword for its musical reporting and for filling some of the void. Recent work by Michael Roberts and Lisa Traxler (the Pat DiNizio profile, "Not Standing Pat," February 12) was very much appreciated.
One thing I can say about KBCO: At least I enjoyed to the fullest the 1992-1993 era when they shined, because I knew how special it was. New England radio died many years before Denver's did; I knew a good thing when I had it.
T.E. Shahwazarian Jr.
Denver
Culture Clash
I am writing about the March 5 Artsbeat column, which references the Denver County Cultural Council.
The writer implies that the non-discrimination policy requested of all grant applicants for the Denver SCFD Tier III funds means that all organizations have to "constitute" a membership that includes people of all ages, races, sexes, colors, creeds, religions, national origins, sexual orientations and disabilities. This is, of course, not the case.
The DCCC, guided by its governing ordinance from the Denver City Council to institute procedures that "shall expressly prohibit any and all discrimination on the basis of age, race, sex, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability," has instead insisted only that all organizations that request public monies through the SCFD process institute a written non-discrimination policy that includes all of the groups mentioned and that they do not discriminate against any of these groups in their own activities and policies.
John B. Woodward III
Chairman, Denver County Cultural Council
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