Its 1:04 am on Friday and I can't sleep so here I am. I want to say something about the story that appeared in a local newspaper which reports that our new city manager was asked by a news reporter for a "direct payment with the threat that if he did not comply, attacks through news coverage would follow."
This is nothing new since many of us have heard similar stories. Others have said that those running for political positions in our community often are approached by the local media and offered favorable coverage for a price. And savvy campaign managers accept the practice as a necessary evil.
Perhaps the time has come for all public agencies including the school, county and city to designate a public information employee who can feed the stories every morning to all reporters. This if nothing else will free our administrators to do the job they are suppose to do each day. And if the news is bad, so be it.
