I thought I’d give this a shot first but thanks, good idea.

I have had several responses to my message about Mike Stafford…we could use a few more. The guy worked in Toronto radio for years and truly needs help. I would just ask that if you read this, you can put yourself in his position…scary and unimaginably difficult. If you can help, even a little, please Interac me at pshurman@gmail.com and I’ll make sure he gets what comes in within moments…already have, I won’t ask again so please consider this now. Thank you!

I am doing what I can and sure, Twitter is fine if it helps. But I am being careful to make sure he’s cool with this. Thanks Randy.

To your comments, mic’em, it is not for me to publicly discuss Mike’s predicament. Suffice to say that his to-and-fro with Corus is far from over, he has a family, and he’s got significant health issues. In other words, packing up and heading for Kitchener or wherever is not the easy thing it was for some of us 50 years ago…and he’s in his 60s. To be honest, I have been friendly with Mike but we were never BFFs…I am a young 75 and not in Mike’s situation. I thank God and foresight for that but I could have been and ‘there but for the grace of God go all of us' in this once wonderful business that no longer is. If you can help, you’ll feel good. If not, well, you be you! I sincerely thank those who have contacted me and offered some assistance for our colleague.

Last edited by shurmanator (January 14, 2023 6:26 pm)

Thanks for expanding the original post Peter. I sympathize immensely , I'm not in a current position to offer much more than good thoughts and trying to keep my own head above water in this economy. If anything changes, I will be happy to try and contribute. 

This ‘thank you’ post may seem a bit late but some of you were still assisting our friend Mike Stafford up to last week. Without sounding too ‘cap in hand’ or embarrassing Mike (He feels bad enough), I’d like to thank everyone who helped. I also want to tell you that Mike is having to fight his own private war and has to eat and feed a family at the same time. If you have thought about helping him, please do it. I have handled the donations by accepting your Interac gifts and turning them around so Mike gets them immediately. To aid in this, please address what you can to me via Interac at pshurman@gmail.com — I know how grateful he is!

Last edited by shurmanator (February 6, 2023 1:02 pm)

Live in Lakefield wrote:

It might help if Mike had an online presence. I get that he is embarrassed but the help might flow his way if we knew why he is still chasing what is due to him after a year and a half.

I agree with you and I have had several similar messages. I do not 'tell' Mike what to do but I do commiserate with his plight and hope others do too. Mike has some decisions to make about precisely what you're suggesting...up to him. And I hope everyone will hear from him soon.