The Other Blogger (TOB) introduces Kevin D. Thompson, our Post beat reporter, to readers of her blog

Last Thursday, 5/21, TOB (aka, Lynn Anderson) introduced The Palm Beach Post beat reporter Kevin D. Thompson to her readers for the first time. As an aside if you Google the name 'Kevin Thompson' you can understand why he uses his middle initial; there are a lot of "Kevin Thompson's" in the world.

Anyhow here is how she introduces the reporter for the first time and I (Wes Blackman) get referred to IN THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE:

The reference to me running reporters "out of Lake Worth" has already been dealt with. Again. But it's what appeared a short time later on her blog which is very curious and a bit odd. We're all very aware of some recent incidents in our City having to do with race and racism. There's no need to rehash those incidents of blog posts, Facebook entries, and generally disgusting behavior by a small group in the City. A video of a former city commissioner at a recent city commission meeting said really all that needed to be said. And quite powerfully I might add. 

Before we proceed to TOB's odd blog post note that Kevin D. Thompson is a Black man. This is not unusual by any means: The Palm Beach Post has many Black people working there including editor Rick Christie, reporters Leslie Streeter and Wayne Washington to name just a few. 

Here is what TOB put on her blog only a few short hours after introducing the reporter to her readers that is well, very odd:

CNS News refers to itself as "THE RIGHT NEWS. RIGHT NOW". 

Why in the world would TOB feel it necessary to use Walter Williams and Ben Carson in a blog post soon after introducing our new beat reporter? I'll leave it to you to draw your own conclusions.

The bigger issue, I believe, is this: on many issues be it Climate Change, or 'Dark Skies', race relations, or even issues such as infrastructure repairs too many see our little, tiny city as some crucial cog in the national stage. We're not. Lake Worth is a small city, like many other small cities all over the country trying hard to solve our problems and make life better for all our citizens. Let's put Lake Worth in perspective:

• Lake Worth has 36,000 residents
• Lake Worth is approx. 7 square miles in land area
• Lake Worth is one of 38 cities in Palm Beach County
• Palm Beach County has 1,400,000 residents
• Lake Worth's population is less than 3% of PBC
• By land area, Lake Worth is less than 1% of PBC

A little perspective is in order, don't you think?