A letter in response to “Waiting for the Ax,” January 30: This article is complete sensationalism at its worst and does not reflect the opinions of all or even most of the residents of Massillon.
I have children in the city school system who are or have been student athletes. Yes, Massillon is a football town, but to insinuate that we would care more about a sport than the welfare of our children is absurd. The fact that a few of the boys involved in this may have been football players is a very small part of this story, but it is the part that many choose to focus on because it makes a better story…
This article appears in Feb 6-12, 2008.