Kudos to the Glens Falls Chronicle. The weekly has surprisingly become the primary source of information on the city's mayoral race. The paper asks all five candidates in the race two questions each week, then publishes the answers in their entireity. This is shockingly simple but exceedingly useful to voters who want to be somewhat informed.
I've had my fair share of disagreements with The Chronicle in the past; friends have criticized me, perhaps not without reason, for being too harsh on them. But maybe both I and the weekly's editor have mellowed out a little. The paper's undignified editorial rants against the daily Post-Star seem to have diminished in frequency and nastiness... even if there is occasional backsliding like references to '(The Post-Star's managing editor) and his Saddam wannabes.'
While more prominent and well-staffed local publications abdicate their self-ascribed civic duty, I applaud The Chronicle and editor Mark Frost for picking up the slack.
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