Who Was That Cranky, Old Scribe?

Cindy Hval: “Oh, the stories you hear at book-signing events! Saturday, a youngish man stopped at the table and asked about my book.
When I mentioned writing for The Spokesman-Review , he said, “I was written about in an opinion column, once.” Intrigued, I asked why he was featured and he launched into his tale of woe. “See, I was working at the KFC and this old, cranky looking dude came in. He was like, totally, old and totally cranky and I didn’t want to make him crankier, so I offered him the senior discount. BOY! Did he get mad.Then the next week there I was in his column and he’s complaining about the KFC kid offering him a discount. I was like, ‘Dude, you’re old and cranky, take the damn discount!’” This happened several years ago, but I’m quite confident the columnist was Doug Clark, because I’m pretty sure Jim Kershner ,or D.F. Oliveria wouldn’t berate the KFC kid in print. I could be wrong. Moral of the story: Don’t tick off a newspaper columnist.

Question: So which SR columnist would be most likely to be cranky about a senior discount?