I rubbed my eyes in disbelief as I read the column written by the new editor of the Hernando Today, Chris Wessel, calling for civility while printing hard hitting news articles on December 31, 2007. This first column of Mr. Wessel's outlined a testimonial, of sorts, of the things to come under his command a new editor-in-chief at the Hernando Today.
One can only assume the hiring of Mr. Wessel by Hernando Today's publisher, Duane Chichester, was to change the direction of his paper. Maybe the slumping market share for the Tampa Tribune and the Hernando Today under the direction of their previous editor, Robert Nolte, had a lot to do with the new direction of this newspaper. Maybe it was pressure from the local business community for change after the Hernando Today became in tangled with the Government Gone Wild seminars last summer with Robert Nolte's relentless attack on the county government. No one will know for sure except Mr. Chichester and Mr. Nolte but the change in leadership at the Hernando Today is a welcome relief over the many months of negative, nasty articles which were riddled with half-truths about our county government.
With that, I say welcome, Mr. Chris Wessel, to Hernando County and may your reign at the Hernando Today be a prosperous one...
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