SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "No end in sight in war with Aspen City Hall"

(sigh...rolls eyes....seriously thinks about pouring a shot of something stronger than tea in her cuppa...)

'SandBox Nanny' thinks, for the reporter being Rick Carroll, he's done an OK job on this piece.

Oh, sure.  He digs and pokes and drags on and on in the flamer portions.  But overall, you 'kids' need to consider that it's pretty good, actually.

There is though, a question for our local reporters on both newspapers.

Have you ever thought about going after the real story instead of just playing stalkarazzi on Marilyn, Elizabeth and Mick?

That real story is the culture of Aspen that is struggling so mightily for change.  Right here in Carroll's article there is a plethora of possible angles.

There are the screams and wails of anguish for the all of a sudden demand to toe the line of law and accountability.  The job is 'hard' now. (Hasn't it always been the same job??!)  Boy, what historical story offerings there must be out there of  all the others like Marks and Milias who felt disenfranchised and never had the courage to speak up.

Then there are the calls of angst from folks wanting everyone to play nice but realize politics isn't paddy-cake.  Wonder what kind of stories they have and what they really want and need from their government.

Then we have the 'gadfly', 'bullies', 'alpha dogs' and 'elites'.  Isn't one of the roles of a high standard, good newspaper publication effective communication with its readership?  There is one stand alone for certain in this entire 'war with City Hall'.

So far, there hasn't been a single reporter or publication that's managed to get all sides to the table with some truly effective communication.

Go figure.

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