Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 31, 2007

I met Joey about 10 years ago. He showed the puppy-dog eyes to me, and, well, four months later I was pregnant.

I can't explain what came over me, but I needed to lose this loser, and so I did. After seven years of him bouncing from job to job, I gave up and agreed to his relinquishing his parental rights without his having to pay a cent of the over $30,000 in back child support that he had incurred.

The kicker is that the last time he ever saw my child was nine years ago.

I just want those who are even contemplating donating to Joe Watson's cause to read this and think for a minute: If he wouldn't pay for his own child, do you really think he would give you a cent if you were in the same situation [as he is now]?
Name withheld by request