City Resident May 7, 2009 8:11AM CST
I’m curious as to why the P.D. keeps taking down posts that allege the congressman’s illegal drug use and serial womanizing? These have been posted by numerous individuals and are issues widely known in political circles. You allow post after post accusing the guy in Columbia, IL. of murdering his wife with absolutely no substantiation whatsoever, but allegations against the congressman are taken down immediately, even when there is substantial evidence of the truthfullness of those posts. Why the double standard?
This goes to the larger point of how irresponsible much of the commenting is. There are ways to improve it, but letting people suggest conspiracies by Joyce Meyer or unsubstantiated claims about the father are just as offensive as the rumors about Lacy Clay. None of this would be allowed in a letter to the editor–why is it allowed in comments?