Disturbia

Troubling news, at least for a newspaper man, out of Greeley where the city's lame-duck mayor publicly stated he hopes the Greeley Tribune folds. He made the comments during the Amy Oliver Show on KFKA. The paper has been critical of Clark's tenure as mayor and apparently some of the decisions he has made or all of the decisions he has made – bet they loved this one. This is troubling. Because, although Clark's declaration in no way means the Trib will fold, in fact it probably means they'll stay in business just to torture him – any public official lobbying for more than 100 people to lose their jobs in his own community is really sickening. How skewed is your perspective, how full of yourself are you when you can ask for that. Say you want the editor to get fired, say you want the editorial board to die in a freak Weld County Fair accident but there are a lot more people employed at the paper then the ones who put paper to pen and make you angry. Even more troubling is we won't hear the last of this. With newspapers down right now, plenty are attempting to get their kicks in. Some public officials annoyed by accountability are dreaming of a day when no one looks over their shoulder. If any public officials suggests to you their town would be better with out a paper, ask to look in their closet.