Sandra Barnes
homemaker
“What I look at most is what’s happening every weekend – the calendar events. And I like the opinions and movie reviews. The Shredder was good for a while, but now it gets too off the wall, tries to be too funny.”
J.C. Johnson
auto parts retail manager
“I think my favorite part is that it’s alternative news for the average Joe. I actually don’t think there’s anything I don’t like.”
Carly Smoot
student
“I like reading about music and plays—the arts. I’m going to be really bored by anything having to do with the straight news.”
Chris Cielatka
grocery manager
“I like the fact that you guys are pretty much just a straight up, honest newspaper. I like everything about New Times.”
This article appears in Aug 28 – Sep 4, 2008.





