Tuesday, August 7th, 2007...3:51 pm
Say What? (Pt. 2)
The Star ran an editorial a couple of weeks ago urging citizens to get registered and file for early ballots because, gosh darnit all, this election is muy importante.
(They didn’t really say it that way. Heaven forbid the Star use a bit of Spanish in their editorials for fear of causing apoplexy in the likes of Harry D. (Dog Dude (Blue Heeler)))
The editors at the Star seem to have caught a case of what medical experts have taken to calling Doasisaynotasidoitis. They will, for the second election in a row, run no endorsements in the primaries. Granted, this isn’t the most exciting election this year. However, in one race, the one in Ward 1, the primary will decide the election as there is no candidate filed from any other party. With the retirements of José Ibarra and Carol West, one third of the council will be brand new come January. You’d think that the state’s second largest daily would take an interest in such matters, but no dice.
3 Comments
August 7th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Consider the source. The Star’s editors are the same big brains that issued a “front-office special” directive to Scarpinato, which resulted in his story last Spring about the Tucson delegation’s “lack of clout” in the Legislature. The same Legislative delegation that includes Tim Bee, Jonathan Paton, Phil Lopes, etc.
They’re too dumb to understand politics, and they’re too damn ignorant to be aware of what they don’t know.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
When I was an editor of an independent Tucson/SW Ezine, I steadfastly refused (against the will of the editorial collective) to endorse political candidates. It is not the role of newspapers or tv stations to endorse candidates. Indeed, to remain credible reliable sources of impartial news, these organizations must refrain from endorsements.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Not to split hairs, but there is now a Ward 1 Green write-in candidate, Beryl Baker. See:
http://www.tucsonaz.gov/clerks/pdf/CandidateListing.pdf
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