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Where’s the proofreading?

Mon., May 15, 2017

Lead story in the May 9 edition referring to Trump’s policies: “While many of his other promised policies — often enacted as executive orders — have been slowed by bureaucracy or by the courts themselves, the president’s judicial appointments have WENT largely as planned.”

Where was your proofreader? Come on, Spokesman, we expect better from an urban newspaper.

Linda Wylie

Sagle

Editor’s note: Editors have gone to the woodshed over this. Our apologies.

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