Subject: Please, no partisan editorials before the election Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:52:21 -0500 Message-ID: <B14120EE5C432443B21102F7925DAD0203FE8EAF@COKE.uwec.edu> From: "Hinnant, Katherine S." <HINNANKS@uwec.edu>
The Republican pull-out of the Chippewa Valley Voters Forum managed to
make news and headlines all over the state of Wisconsin. Several people
in Eau Claire submitted LTEs and "It Seems to Me" editorials to the
Leader Telegram about the Republican no-shows. Today, Margot Bouchard,
President of the local chapter of American Association of University
Women (one of the sponsors), called the L-T to verify length
requirements for the "It Seems to Me" space. She was told flat out by
Don Heubscher that no partisan articles about Monday's forum would be
published until after the election. He explained that he had already
received 8 submissions about the forum, and if he published those, he
would have to publish opposing viewpoints. He said they were already
overwhelmed by the marriage ammendment letters and editorials.
I know this is part of the L-T's larger election cycle policy, but "it
seems to me" that if Don Heubscher can devote a whole column to the
Chamber of Commerce debate, somebody should be allowed to write, even if
in general terms, about Monday's forum.