Editor’s note: This is an actual e-mail we received. We did not make this up.
To: Sean Nelson, Tricia Romano
Subject: Spokane Issue
Hello Sean & Tricia,
Yesterday a reporter with The Stranger (Amber Cortes) contacted me regarding a Spokane issue-in-the-works, saying she reached out to me because I used to live in Seattle and now reside in Spokane. (My grandparents have lived here since the 1940s, and I moved here to be with them.)
Regardless of any good intentions or fresh angles behind a Spokane issue of The Stranger, many folks here (especially in the creative community) are justifiably concerned about the negative effects that a Seattle-spotlighting-Spokane Stranger issue could have on us.
Simply put: Please do not come here.