Objective Dearth Lamented
Following in the steps of Jay Benanav, Dave Thune becomes the second St. Paul City Councilman to notice the Pioneer Press editorial page is no longer in orbit around the local DFL headquarters. From the City Pages Letters section:
Since our local daily paper became a partner in the chamber of commerce's effort to reelect the mayor [Randy Kelly], there has been a dearth of objective editorializing.
I'm not sure what's funnier, the attempted demonizing of private business (does anybody hate the Chamber of Commerce anymore? Even City Pages readers?), the pining for the "objective" standards of the Ron Clark-Glenda Holste era of editorial control, or the fact that Dave Thune's final court of appeal is the Letters to the Editor section of the City Pages.
UPDATE: In the Thune letter, Greg from What Attitude Problem? spots an oxymoron:
What I want to know is wtf is "objective editorializing"? Isn't that a little like long shorts, jumbo shrimp, college education, et al?
Yes, not to mention tight slacks, head butt, and living dead. Coincidently, all terms also occasionally associated with the St. Paul City Council.
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