I couldn’t do my job without all of you. Community communication is a crucial column concern.
And that’s why I make a real attempt to respond to everything that you send to me. But that has been more difficult over the last couple of years because the number of messages has been steadily increasing. And now it’s nearly impossible, because I no longer have access to my busiest inbox.
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