Letter: The question is why
Mark Lewis wrote what appears to be his last regular column in the Sunday, Oct. 27 print edition of the Vail Daily.
The question is why.
Lewis in his column stated that the management of the newspaper had decided to “stop publishing columns relating to national issues and politics and focus on local and state issues.”
Over the last few years, I have read most of Lewis’s Sunday columns and I have found them to be fair, and well-balanced with facts on both sides of the issues discussed with the conclusions left to the reader to decide.
To me, these columns were timely discussions on issues that affect our daily lives, whether the subject was local, state, national, or just items we are dealing with on a daily basis.
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As Lewis stated in his column, the newspaper has every right to determine what it decides to publish but the Vail Daily, as the leading newspaper voice in the Vail Valley, needs to accept the fact that most of its readers are intelligent and appreciate people like Lewis who take the time to express their views, which include items other than state and local. The readers deserve more than a “Vail Information Bubble.”
Now back to the question of why. I understand that this was a decision made by the editor and the publisher of the Vail Daily, which they have every right to do. However, I think that decision was short-sighted in light of today’s need to be able to discuss issues to help in overcoming four years of tribalism.
Ed Padilla
Eagle
