This leaves, however, two questions that have puzzled me for three years now. First, why did the Herald find it so urgent to report at such length, originally, on this patently frivolous lawsuit? Could it be that you found the titillating topic so utterly irresistible? Or was it that Todd Risberg, an elected politician, deserves extra public abuse, the way you singled out Alison Dance, in the process of violating a state regulation? Has good copy finally trumped honest community service?

And second, and now obvious: Why, three years after the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, does the Herald still find it so compelling to “report,” practically daily, on this incredibly boring topic? As I recall, La Plata County voted 67 percent for the legalization of the sweet weed. That is, three more than the number of the ballot initiative – No. 64, remember? One keeps wondering, when oh when would the Herald finally have pity on its long-suffering readers and lay this inane topic to its well-deserved final rest?

Tom Givón

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