Publisher's Note

On Mistakes and Solutions

You may have noticed a few errors in our paper last week.
   Like we billboarded our empirical weather report, but forgot to write it.
   And we neglected to update the dateline.
   And there were far too many spelling and layout mistakes. We strive to be perfect in this area so we are slightly chagrined and embarrassed by our lapses. We are taking steps to improve our process—adding more scanning equipment and assigning two additional people (Chris and Leroy) to production. Please bear with us, as we are determined to get it right, but please also continue to let us know when we goof. After all, you 15,000 readers are also our ultimate proofreaders.
   There is one other thing that might help.
   We don't close the paper until the end of City Council meetings on Tuesday nights, as we want the news to be as timely as possible. But...2:30 a.m.!? First of all, how can people make rational decisions at that time of night? Some of the Council members even have jobs and work all day before taking up the City's business in the evening. And. then, they make crucial decisions that affect all of us—like approving a $345 million budget. I, for one, never shop at that time of night.
   So how about starting the Council meetings at 4:00 p.m., taking a 45-minute break for dinner at 6:30 PM (like the rest of us), resuming the meeting and mandating an absolute adjournment at midnight? Council meetings might have larger audiences, Council members would be more alert (more people might even run for Council if they knew they wouldn't have to keep ghouls' hours) and, in all likelihood, better, more lucid decisions would be made.

Michael Rosenthal
Publisher