I met David 20 years ago.  He has always been like a father to me. Because of our age difference, one can say it was like a father/son or mentor/mentee relationship.  I like to think of it as master/apprentice sort of a relationship. Although seemingly an anachronism, it was quite fitting.  In ancient times, it was an honor as it was now.  I will miss him and his stories dearly.  Although his 2 a.m. phone calls would bug me sometimes, I would give anything I own to get one more at any hour.  My name is Santiago, 760-521-4030.

I met David in 1987 when he hired me to write for The Plain Speaker, an iconclastic newspaper he and Bob Mitchell published in Jacumba, California. We remained friends for the next 26 years. I'll miss him, even the 6 a.m. phone calls from the West Coast.
Hank Garfield
Bangor, Maine

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David Anthony Alvernaz

February 4, 1942 – August 6, 2014

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