Inbound, Outbound, Fogbound.
The local Morning Star newspaper's Letters section has, in the last month, received four known submissions from residents concerning the area's outrageous water rates, the failed water referendum and the need to review the Master Water Plan.
Is the Morning Star showing a duplicitous hand?
Are they so enamored with the shared bed of Greater Vernon Water officials and a handful of "yes man" politicians that Editors have--on their own--decided the water issue is simply a minor fury among the public, and that it will pass?
Are they so deluged with Letters--on topics so varied and pertinent--that Editors throw up their hands and settle for printing Dave Smith's diatribe on the performance successes of Elizabeth May and Andrew Weaver of the Green Party today?
Tough decision, that one.
Yawn. Double Yawn.
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"The only in-depth the newspaper concerns itself with is the swimming pool," puffs Kia.
Lucky indeed they hold a monopoly in the North Okanagan.
Where it's never foggy by the way.
I couldn't agree with you more! I only look at the paper for the "Letters to the Editor", skipping over the car ads and avoiding the endless discussions of soccer, hockey and other sports that fill the back pages. What would be so difficult about adding a couple of extra pages of letters when a topic as important as this confronts the community, and how about fairly printing them in relation to the volume of criticism or support ? One never knows it the "other groups" that Juliette Cunningham refers to as "unrepresented", might not be writing in support of the status quo!
ReplyDeleteI'm certain the "unrepresented" submissions would find a way in there...*grin*
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