I generally like Al's approach to controversy, where he says, "OK, let's check out whether this is true" and patiently dismantles wackiness. That's what he's after here, and I strongly support the idea of making sure you understand the real effect of your new assessment before you start jumping up and down and calling for bodily harm to the assessor.
But Al, I have to say I wish you'd go after this with a little more umph and point of view. I get the feeling I'm reading Heloise.
For readers of the Daily Courier in Prescott, Arizona. Comment and discuss. Be nice, now.
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Monday, April 9, 2007
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I encourage you to share your own views and experience with me and other readers. How you do that matters, and I'm committed to maintaining a place where readers and commenters can feel safe from adolescent BS. So here's the deal:
There are two kinds of anonymous comments: those by people who have a genuine fear of revenge from the dark side, and those from darksiders just hiding to avoid accountability. You may post comments anonymously, but I reserve the right to treat anonymous comments as found items that belong to me and do with them as I see fit.
If, on the other hand, you're willing to stand by your convictions and post under your own name or a regular handle, your comments belong to you, and I'll edit them only on egregious violations of respect for others.
If this doesn't work for you, I'm sure you'll be happier somewhere else.
this is a hugely important tool for the public and its presented with all the oomph of ..well steve said it first and better . I would like to add that the mission of this newspaper seems to be to get folks to not participate in local GOVT. by downplaying citizen participation and oversight in local issues .unless of course it serves the hey lets hurry up andgetallthisconcretepouredbefore thewaterissuecantbeignoredanymore andthe moneydriesuplikephleghmonthesidewalkatnoon crowd.
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