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In my town, there's still a local paper, and they send out that one person, who is reasonably neutral, to report on what happens during, say, city council meeti
by davidw 8y ago
In my town, there's still a local paper, and they send out that one person, who is reasonably neutral, to report on what happens during, say, city council meetings. Without that person, you just have what the councilors say, what Angry Neighbors report (the parking! won't someone think of the parking!), or maybe a long, long, tedious recording that no sane person can sit through to make heads or tails of what happened.
That's super important stuff and has a lot more impact on my life than many things in DC.
From the article:
> Susan's a Daily Camera subscriber, but she mentions Boulder's local paper recently raised the subscription price by 25%.
This is, in part, a result of tariffs by the Trump administration:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-publishers-worry-about-pricier-newsprint-new-tariffs-n865416 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-publishers-worry-ab...
- vkou 8y agoFor a few years, I was that person in my village. At least, I like to think I was neutral in my writing. There were two political cliques, and one of them occasionally behaved in incredibly jerkish ways (And would regularly have between 0 and 40% of the council seats).
- lurquer 8y agoHow much is due to the tariff?