"2010 Gov.'s Race May Be the One To Watch"

According to the editorial in this morning's Journal. link

The Journal editors are trying to gin up interest in the 2010 gubernatorial race between Heather Wilson and Diane Denish.

Ginning up;

1) To create or arouse strong feelings in (someone); move or excite.
2) To fabricate, invent or concoct (something), typically with deceitful intent.

On the other hand, voting begins this week in the APS School Board Election. And so far, not a word from the editors, and not a word from the Journal's education reporter.

I have it on good authority,
that the candidates have not heard a word from the Journal.
They have not been asked one single question,
they have not been asked for anything at all.

Votes will be cast before anything at all appears in the Journal.

We will hear from the editors on the subject of the school board elections, eventually. Some morning, a day or two after the election, Journal editors will berate voters for not showing up at the polls, for not giving a damn enough to even vote.

Shame on the Journal editors, and shame on whomever at the Journal, whose decision it is; not to cover the school board election. Shame on whomever at the Journal, who decided that fundamental and serious issues in the upcoming election will not be laid out for voters to discuss.

Voters in Albuquerque depend on the Journal. There is no other publication that voters look to, more than they look to the Journal for the information that they need to vote knowledgeably and intelligently.

Yet the Journal will give them nothing.

President of the New Mexico Broadcasters Association, and
school board candidate Paula Maes, would rather that the issues not be placed on the table. She would rather not be asked about administrative role modeling of the student standard of conduct. She would rather not be asked about the multimillion dollar relationship between her husband's law firm, the Modrall, and the APS.

What the Journal is doing, is called journalistic malpractice.

They could actually be sued for what they are doing.

Not that any board candidate has the power and resources
to successfully sue them.

So they, the Journal and the candidates with something to hide,
will prevail, just like any bully prevails in an environment he controls.

Shame on the Journal.
Really, shame on them.


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