I'll say it up front - it's been years since I've been a fan of the "Springfield News-Leader." Back before it was swallowed up by media giant Gannett, they actually used to publish news worth reading from around the Ozarks. In my opinion, though it's gotten "prettier" over the past few years, it's mostly fluff and mindless dribble.Now, it's smaller...or at least appears to be. I picked up today's paper for the first time in probably 2 months...and it's about the size of some of the other tabloids around town. Hmmm...I'll bet the subscription price didn't go down despite the savings a smaller layout provides. If I subscribed, I would be plenty ticked.
One gold nugget however was Sarah Overstreet's column on North & South Springfield. I agree with her, there is a distinct difference in North / South attitudes in town, and there always has been for as long as I can remember. Maybe it's the lack of police service to the area versus south side calls, maybe it's the resurgence of commerce in the area (that Wal-Mart on Kearney & Glenstone is damned cool), maybe it's the continual lack of neglect for that part of town by our city father's. Sarah is right...and about damned time someone said so.
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