Never Suggest the Std-Ex Lacks "The Juice"

The Standard-Examiner ran a hard editorial this morning, concerning County Attorney Mark Decaria's long-delayed "Vangate" report. Several readers have brought it up in one of our lower comments sections already, and yes -- we believe it is the kind of strong statement we'd like to see coming out of our home-town newspaper on a very regular basis.

And for those of us who may from time-to-time entertain the notion that the Standard-Examiner is largely irrelevant to the political discussion in our community, take a gander at what just arrived in our email box, just a few short hours after the Std-Ex morning edition arrived on our front porch.

We present this morning for our gentle readers' attention our just-now html-converted version of the document we've all been waiting for-- straight from Mark Decaria's office -- and hot off our electronic presses:

Mark Decaria's 11/1/06 "Vangate" report.

We're posting this now, without our own analysis or editorial comment.

You can bet your boots though, that we'll be talking more about it later.

We won't ever again suggest that the Std-Ex lacks editorial juice.

And don't let the cat get your tongues...