That Lord / Sherman piece isn't the only coverage this death has received; it was on all 3 television stations and mentioned previously in both newspapers. It could be that the P-G edited everything out of that story that wasn't relevant to politics (and legitimate to run a story about the politics), but if the owners expressed regret elsewhere it should be easy to find. I'd do it myself but its about time I got out of my jammies. Speaking of which: Sue, I've got to agree with Anonymous of 11:11. There are a million boards and commissions in the city (many of which are not window-dressing) and none of them have ever practiced "disclosing" the political contributions of nominees. All contributions by everyone are public record but governments generally make those interested do the work. I'm headed to the 6th floor of the County Office Building for the first time tomorrow or Friday to do research on candidates for the special election in District 2; if you'd like to come along so we can both learn how to research campaign contributions, that'd be fun.