I first became involved in News is a Conversation and, later on, the various other blogs, because invested in writing, and that I also believe in the talented people who make newspaper journalism what it has been and is today. I have always wanted for my journalism, the articles I read to be concise, on-target, accurate and well-written. As strident as this demand might seem, I wish that Blogs ascribe to those same lofty goals. I challenge anyone who Blogs regularly to reach for those goals; make me laugh, cry or simply educate me in new or unusual pathways, but please do not bore me. Most of the comments I have read today in the various blogs about River Park Square increasingly sound like an old 78 RPM record that is stuck in the same track, playing the same fragments of a tune over and over again, until someone comes along and judiciously bumps the needle.

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