{"id":18948,"date":"2014-08-06T23:03:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T06:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=18948"},"modified":"2014-10-28T19:44:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T02:44:34","slug":"rob-hayes-is-in-jail-and-would-like-to-hear-from-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=18948","title":{"rendered":"Rob Hayes Is In Jail, And Would Like To Hear From People"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Honestly, I would rather have illustrated this post with this cartoon<\/a>. But it looks like that cartoonist hates having his cartoons reproduced, so…)<\/em><\/p>\n

Several “Alas” folks have asked me if my old college friend and frequent “Alas” comment-writer Rob Hayes is all right. <\/p>\n

I’m sorry to say, Rob’s in bad shape. He’s had ongoing problems with money (or, more precisely, with lack <\/em>of money) and with drug addiction, and in May was arrested for bank robbery<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Yes, you read that correctly. It took me a while to believe it, too. (Insert joke about the free market not being that <\/em>free here.) It’s worth noting, if you missed it when you read that article, that this wasn’t<\/em> armed robbery; no weapon was involved.<\/p>\n

Rob will be in the system for a while – if all goes well for him, I’m told he could be out in a year – and I hope will get the help he needs. Meanwhile, I’ve been in touch with a friend of Rob’s, and she thinks it would help Rob a lot if people would write him. I know that Rob is fond of the “Alas” community, and I’m sure he’d enjoy hearing from us.<\/p>\n

So please use the comments here to post well-wishes or comments to Rob, or even to find some old comment of his you disagree with and give him a counter-argument (If I were Rob, I’d love a good argument.) Short comments are welcome, too. I will print out the comments and mail them to Rob, and I’ll also post any responses I receive from Rob.<\/p>\n

Please keep in mind that the usual civility rules of “Alas” remain in effect!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Honestly, I would rather have illustrated this post with this cartoon. But it looks like that cartoonist hates having his cartoons reproduced, so…) Several “Alas” folks have asked me if my old college friend and frequent “Alas” comment-writer Rob Hayes … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bob-behind-bars","category-prisons-and-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18951,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18948\/revisions\/18951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}