Time to clean house at 75 Fountain Street? – My Letter to Providence Journal Interim Publisher

Dear Mr. Szachara, as Interim Publisher of the Providence Journal you might be paying attention to the harm done in our community by your arrogant and ignorant editorial page editor, Edward C. Achorn. To be sure, he crossed the line of ethical decency in over-vilifying former Providence mayor, Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, who continues his respected and popular radio talk show at 630wpro.com.

But Mr. Achorn has also infuriated a good and decent man, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee.  I have before me Chafee's commentary at  RI.gov: "Elevate the Dialogue." Chafee quotes with clear approval the sentiment of one Jack O'Rourke who in a published letter in the Providence Journal (June 2011) wrote: "I find it clear that Edward Achorn is a hater.... who repeatedly attacks Governor Chafee personally."

Lately it has struck me that Edward Achorn is also a SCIENCE ILLITERATE who encourages a pseudo– open-minded skepticism of the  established science of global warming. Like Darwinian evolution, human caused climate change is a FACT not a THEORY. Can even a very pro-business newspaper afford to keep a science illiterate editorial page editor?

You might also take a critical look at other names on your page A2 Executive List: One Thomas J. McDonough has a strange hobby of spouse abuse: "twisting her arm while on the phone".

Time to clean house at 75 Fountain St., Mr. Szachara?

Submitted to: letters@providencejournal.com