An Open Letter to Bob Matthews. RE: A Debate with......
August 22, 2018 Mr. Matthews: I have been an off-and-on listener to your show since it premiered in 1985. You are a rarity in talk-radio: someone who, regardless of one's opinion, argues in a reasonable manner, with evidence to support your claims. You are also willing to let callers contribute without talking over them. I listened to the segment on your August 15 show, in which you and several callers discussed a potential on-air debate between you and Alan "Brother Wease" Levin , the morning shock-jock on WHAM 1180's sister station, Radio 95.1 (WAIO FM). I respectfully ask that you reconsider pursuing such a venture. It is not because you can't score points in a debate with Levin. It is because Levin is an insufferable, intolerant bully who is not willing to debate. Ask Bob Lonsberry . The same Bob Lonsberry who, in 2003, questioned then-Mayor-For-Life Bill Johnson's fitness to run Monroe County during his race ag...