Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Northwest Herald Takes on Corruption in the Abstract and Far Away
Got to hand it to the Northwest Herald yesterday.
Its editorial cartoonist made me smile.
He drew a man in a bio-hazard suit spraying “Favors Be Gone” around a Cary School District 26 school.
A by-stander is asking,
But, a thought just seeped into my head.
There was a real corruption story in Saturday's paper, probably the least read paper of the week. (My story ran on Thursday.)
It was about the Chicago Crime Commission’s having delivered a 6-part report to the United States Attorney’s Office and the FBI.
It concerned divorce court in McHenry County, among other local governmental entities.
Instead of following up on that, the NW Herald is directing attention to the Cary Grade School District, which has no problem with corruption, as far as I know.
Also in the editorial cartoon’s spotlight are Governor Rod Blagojevich’s suspicious combinations of contributions and contracts.
So far missing from McHenry County’s newspaper of record is any follow-up on the large amount of work done by a private investigator and a retired FBI agent hired by the Chicago Crime Commission.
Am I too cynical to wonder why there has been no follow-up?
Could the coverage of the excellent Cary School Board action be a diversion?
Its editorial cartoonist made me smile.
He drew a man in a bio-hazard suit spraying “Favors Be Gone” around a Cary School District 26 school.
A by-stander is asking,
WILL THATMaybe it’s just me, but putting District 26 board member Chris Jenner’s anti-pay-to-play language on the front page of the NW Herald on Monday and, then, putting this cartoon on Tuesday is pretty extraordinary. (My story ran last Wednesday.)
STUFF WORK
AROUND THE
GOVERNOR’S
MANSION?
But, a thought just seeped into my head.
There was a real corruption story in Saturday's paper, probably the least read paper of the week. (My story ran on Thursday.)
It was about the Chicago Crime Commission’s having delivered a 6-part report to the United States Attorney’s Office and the FBI.
It concerned divorce court in McHenry County, among other local governmental entities.
Instead of following up on that, the NW Herald is directing attention to the Cary Grade School District, which has no problem with corruption, as far as I know.
Also in the editorial cartoon’s spotlight are Governor Rod Blagojevich’s suspicious combinations of contributions and contracts.
So far missing from McHenry County’s newspaper of record is any follow-up on the large amount of work done by a private investigator and a retired FBI agent hired by the Chicago Crime Commission.
Am I too cynical to wonder why there has been no follow-up?
Could the coverage of the excellent Cary School Board action be a diversion?
