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It’s not very often that we get an email from a celebrity. The last one was a few brief conversations with William Sanderson’s (Larry of Darryl & Darryl fame) wife about getting him to do an interview with Vermonter.com. Unfortunately for us, he became quite busy with the new “Deadwood” HBO series so we were moved to the back burner.

That’s ok though because we recently received an email from one of those famous “where are they now” celebrities, the infamous Vermont Teddy Bear “Crazy For You Bear“. Here’s what he had to say:

“I can hardly bear what I’ve been reading in all the Vermont news lately (yes, bears can read along with other things we can do in the woods). It seems like only yesterday when a firestorm of controversy erupted over my Valentine holiday debut. Yes, I had my ten minutes of fame but it was not under the best of circumstances.
Now, I am reading that several communities have turned their collective backs on mentally ill Vermonters, by adopting a “not in my back yard” position. Hmm, bless my fuzzy butt. Aren’t many of these same folks the ones who so vehemently objected to my presence just awhile back, claiming that my very existence was offensive to the mentally ill? Perhaps. This “bearly” makes sense and curls the tufts on my ears with befuddlement!

Ok, so the good folks of Vermont (or whatever woods they wandered in from) weren’t crazy about my Valentines appearance (although a lot of enterprising folks on Ebay just LOVED me to death). As a tolerant, “let bygones be bygones” type bear, I can live with that.
Mentally ill folks deserve the right to live in nice places too. Whether it’s Greensboro, Westmore, Stowe or Woodstock…wherever. Grin and bear it. Why do elite, so-called “gold town” communities try to pawn off people they view as undesireables to poorer communities who don’t have fat wallets and million dollar homes?
As a famous Vermont author once wrote in his many correspondences to yours truly, “You know, we might be slow and simple people, but when push comes to shove, we’ll often defend even some of our worst enemies. Loyal to one another is an understatement.”
Respectfully submitted,

Crazy For You Bear