Citizen Just Doing It's Job - Printed in Laconia Citizen 8-8-06
Editor, The Citizen:
In an article entitled "Newspaper criticized for lawsuit" I learned The Citizen recently filed a Right-to-Know suit against the town of Tilton when, to quote the article, "... the town refused to release a taxpayer-funded independent assessment on the practices of the office of the town clerk."
Because of this suit Scott Davis, a member of the search committee to select a new town administrator, is asking the Tilton Board of Selectmen to no longer use The Citizen for help-wanted ads, or legal notices, etc.
Mr. Davis said, "Under no circumstances should we spend money [with The Citizen]." Sour grapes Mr. Davis?
Listen, The Citizen is a newspaper. Last I knew one of the things that you do when you're a newspaper is a little thing called reporting the news. I know it's a pretty unpopular idea these days. But there have been, as you are now fully aware, laws passed to protect the people's right to know as well as freedom of the press. These laws are also in place to promote as transparent a government as can be reasonably had.
That being said, I don't think The Citizen will go out of business without Tilton's business. So, good luck with that. (Sour grapes!)
In an article entitled "Newspaper criticized for lawsuit" I learned The Citizen recently filed a Right-to-Know suit against the town of Tilton when, to quote the article, "... the town refused to release a taxpayer-funded independent assessment on the practices of the office of the town clerk."
Because of this suit Scott Davis, a member of the search committee to select a new town administrator, is asking the Tilton Board of Selectmen to no longer use The Citizen for help-wanted ads, or legal notices, etc.
Mr. Davis said, "Under no circumstances should we spend money [with The Citizen]." Sour grapes Mr. Davis?
Listen, The Citizen is a newspaper. Last I knew one of the things that you do when you're a newspaper is a little thing called reporting the news. I know it's a pretty unpopular idea these days. But there have been, as you are now fully aware, laws passed to protect the people's right to know as well as freedom of the press. These laws are also in place to promote as transparent a government as can be reasonably had.
That being said, I don't think The Citizen will go out of business without Tilton's business. So, good luck with that. (Sour grapes!)
posted by M.C. Steve | 11:35 AM
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