Big news was a big bust

Big news was a big bust

EDITOR:

The two-day, two-station over coverage of Jim Traficant’s letter to Stan Boney was not newsworthy. All I learned was the former congressman, like Al Bundy, is still reliving his high school football days. The letter, like his speeches, said nothing but filled a lot of space.

In another story, the two-station news team asked a Trumbull County commissioner what he thought about Traficant’s release, and he stated that Traficant served his time. This brilliant remark came from a man arrested last month for hitting his wife. Gotta love these stories. And then the big news was that Traficant has a ponytail.

I do wish him well, good health and laughter. But I am not one of his sheep. Twenty dollars a plate to honor a convicted felon shows how sad and lonely some people are. And one of Traficant’s supporters claimed to me that “they,” meaning all politicians, do what he did. I asked him for proof, and he had none. The claim is made by those who would justify the crime. So I guess my Valley is full of weak minded people.

JIM WILLIAMS

Boardman