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The Great Race plot thickens

Mimi Baca's article on the history of the Great Race is probably as accurate as it is going to get, since she had more to do with that race than anyone else.

Mimi and the PRX organization that organized the race didn't have the funds necessary to purchase a "Mayor's Bowl" to be held by the city that won the race each year, so Susie, my wife, bought the Mayor's Bowl at Christian's of Copenhagen and donated it for that purpose.

William Glennon
Palm Desert

No one seems to know what's become of the bowl.--Editor

Saratoga News isn't doing its job right

As a resident of Saratoga for more than 30 years, I have tried to be a good citizen and work in the best interests of the community.

I expect the same approach from local newspapers, especially when they are almost a monopoly and claim to adhere to professional journalistic standards, including fairness and community responsibility. In the case of the Saratoga News, I don't feel it measures up to its expected role in the community for three reasons.

First, the Saratoga News covered the last Saratoga election in a biased and unprofessional manner that was clearly one-sided and misled the public. As a result, our city government is now in a serious decline due to financial problems associated with the loss of the utility tax and has become far less effective in providing the services we expect in Saratoga.

Second, the Saratoga News has censored negative [comments about] the new City Council in [past stories, and I believe the paper did this in] order to give the new members they favored a more positive spin.

Third, a few weeks ago, the DeCinzo political cartoon in the Saratoga News put down community concerns about children seeing Internet pornography at the library. The cartoon passed off the problems of the sex orgies shown on the Internet as the same as the coverage of humans in the National Geographic and showing classical works of art.

If the Saratoga News wants to be a respected newspaper, I recommend they focus on helping the community understand the issues and not slanting the news. They have a professional responsibility to provide less partiality and more old-fashioned straight journalism in reporting and political cartoons.

Are there any others who believe as I do, or am I alone?

Jack Mallory
Kirkdale Drive

Correction

In the March 4 edition of the Saratoga News, a caption to a photograph of a Saratoga Recreation Department yoga class incorrectly stated that instructor Nancy Jamello was in the photograph. Jamello, in fact, did not appear in the photo.

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