Just what did Jim Larsen’s column regarding microchipping family pets, then ultimately teenagers mean? I can’t believe how something as innocent as microchipping a family pet turns into some sort of twisted science fiction column you created to do what, fill space?

I can’t believe that you actually hope to sell more copies of the local scandal sheet by writing such crap right above an order form for the Whidbey News-Times! I don’t know where you came from before, but I think that Oak Harbor just may be a little too tranquil for such “logical steps” that you write about.

Do me and probably the whole community a favor and put down your laptop and just concentrate on editing a local paper that has numerous spelling errors, misquotes, lack of factual basis and definite one-sided reporting. If I read another outrageous column from you in the News-Times, consider my subscription cancelled.

Harry Hawn

Coupeville