Here's the dilemma:
I have no interest in perpetuating this subject any longer yet my goal is to document the events. However, once I document the events, that itself seemingly becomes the next step in escalation of the events. A little confusing, no? I guess that's what I get for taking up the role of covering and at the same time being in the middle of these same events.
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Here's link to Marcia Nelesen story:
And here's link to Stan Stricker's summary of the events:
I will say this: I've been very impressed with the dedication and amount of research that Stan Stricker has done in order to bring the WCLO listeners a good understanding of the situation. While I could argue about the details (whenever a person is involved in a story, they will always feel that the journalist did not get it quite right - how could they, they weren't there!) I feel that not only Mr. Stricker has done a good job of summarizing the events for the listeners but he has clearly spent the time away from the microphone putting together sound clips, lining up and tracking the timeline of these events and so on. For what it's worth, as a news consumer, I'm impressed.
So there it is. As someone covering and writing about the news, I can't wait for the next chapter. As someone who is looking at actually having to do the work of fulfilling this public records request, I can't wait for this to be over. Our community has more important things to worry about and so do I.
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