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I received a submission from a senior administrative staff person in a state Extension office. The article discussed problems with doing meaningful personnel evaluations in Extension and concluded that Extension has accumulated "a lot of dead weight that is seriously undermining effectiveness." The author asked that, if accepted, the article be published anonymously. "I would put my Extension career in serious jeopardy if this were published under my name. But I can't have this published with my name on it. It's just too risky. The system can be very vindictive." The policy of the Journal of Extension is not to publish articles anonymously. The author withdrew the manuscript and said, "Maybe I'll resubmit it after I've retired-if I still care then."