Our papers have earned over 200 journalism and community awards, while working hard to be a credible forum for communication, freedom of speech and diversity of thought in the opinion section for people and groups in town. We have appreciated what everyone contributes to our community. We aren’t always going to agree with each other I believe that makes life more interesting. We learn more from each other if we have diverse views, share those views and learn from each other. I intend to contribute my views and opinions to conversations that I believe are incredibly important to our communities. I learned decades ago, it's better to first seek to understand and then to be understood.These days there’s a lot to understand. Some people were very angry the last two weeks that I would h
