Political Quotes

“Times have been hard for the newspaper business; but this week, the Pueblo Chieftain experienced an especially tough loss--the retirement of its editorial research director, Tom McAvoy. Tom is a native of Pueblo, Colorado. He graduated from Central High School in 1964 and from CSU-Pueblo. After receiving a master's degree in journalism from Ohio State University in 1969, he spent a year working in the AP's Denver bureau until he accepted a teaching position at his alma mater back in Pueblo, Colorado. During the summers, he worked part time in the Chieftain's newsroom; and in 1977, the position became full time. When Tom began his career, these were the days of Woodward and Bernstein, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gloria Steinem. Investigative reporting and gonzo journalism just don't exist like that anymore. These were also the days before emails and cell phones, and stories were literally filed over the wires. Tom is, without a doubt, what one would consider ``old school.'' In 1983, Tom took over as the political beat reporter for the Chieftain, working out of its Denver bureau for the next 21 years. He covered the State capitol, three Governors; and he remembers what the Colorado legislature was like before term limits. I've had the opportunity to work with Tom not only at the State capitol in Denver, Colorado, but at the Chieftain.…”