John in Kansas is a great catter who has helped many of us. He must have been having a bad day when he typed that angry post. Give him a little slack.

As for the newspaper -- in an age when most newspaper stories are downloaded from somewhere else, it was good to read an article such as that one, which was entirely original, to the point, and important to readers. To me that is more important than perfect English usage.

The thing I noticed wrong was the use of "poll" where "pole" should have been. Muscle memory, big deal!