sam sloan wrote:

help bot wrote:

OTOH, GM Evans has taken a very negative stance
toward the USCF for quite some time, and in view of
this, why would anyone expect them to show kindness
in return? Kindness seems to be exactly what Mr. Parr
is asking for here, albeit after the fact.

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This is ignores the fact that Evans is popular with the readers.

But the readers do not have the power; the editor,
and the other officers of the USCF have the power.
Heck, I was a reader for many years, but not once
was my opinion a factor in any such decision.

He is
the most popular columnist we have. When Evens was fired, two other
grandmaster columnist were fired at the same time. Nobody has even
noticed that they are gone.

Not true. This fact was discussed right here on rgc.
As I recall, Mr. Parr and I seemed to agree that Key
Krackers should have gone ahead of Evans on Chess.


I have not received even one letter complaining about the other two
grandmaster columnists (plus two non-grandmaster columnists) being
fired, nor have any such complaints been posted to this forum, but I
receive letters complaining about Evans being fired all the time.


Perhaps that is because Larry Parr organized a
letter-writing campaign in support of Evans, but not
the other two GMs. In addition to requesting that
complaints be sent to Chess Life, Mr. Parr has
spent a good deal of time bashing the new editor
*specifically* for his firing of Evans, not the other
"victims" you mentioned.


Any magazine editor who refuses to listen to reader complaints (not to
mention board complaints) and refuses to bring back the most popular
writer the magazine has ever had, deserves to be fired himself.

It seems to me that this would be a decision made by
the same person or group which hired the new editor in
the first place. In other words, they would have to not
only realize their supposed error, but admit it publicly.
What are the odds?

Larry Parr keeps claiming he has no problem with
the editor having the right to fire Evans; but in the very
same posts, he demonstrates that he not only does
have a problem with it, but will continue to have until
doomsday. Personally, I am strongly against this
sort of micro-management; especially when it is the
obvious result of special interest meddling, as here.

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