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Cartoon was insulting to Don Abel, locally-minded businesses
  
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It would seem appropriate for the Empire to apologize publicly for the cartoon depicting the business as leeching off a national chain store. Don Abel's is a longtime Juneau business that has undoubtedly been a longtime advertiser in the Empire.
The cartoonist must not be aware of Don Abel's long history in Juneau, just as the current ownership of the Juneau Empire also must not be aware.
The Empire's editorials many times do not even touch on local issues and are reprinted from other newspapers that are available on the Internet. With the availability of news on the Internet, the Empire shouldn't be so flip as to insult a longtime business that contributes to its advertising revenue.
Murlin G. "Mike" Everson
Juneau
