Thumbs Down to the (Columbia CIty) newspaper for charging for obituaries. (See letter to the editor on this page “History should not be the victim …” by Charlotte Hurd Blair. Or go to History should not …}
That’s rude and selfish. When you lose a family member the last thing you want to do is pay for the notice. What if someone in the staff’s family dies? Do they get the obit free.
IÂ used to work as the Community Editor there and I could have told you this was coming down the pipe four years ago when I left. This useless paper needs to be boycotted, not only for the obit situation, but the lack of local news everyday. Each newspaper printed there is a waste of good paper.
From now on I’ll only read my news online and I’m not reading The Post & Mail anymore. Please join me.
Waste not! Go green with Busco Voice!!!!
Robin R. Plasterer, Churubusco
You tell them Robin! I can’t believe that they gouge the grieving familys like that.
Then dont get one if you dont like it. But you cannot expect a company to provide free services for a family just because they have lost someone. If you really want to follow your line of thinking a little further it would be fair to induce that you also disaprove of funeral homes, hospitals, EMS and anyone else who may be involved in death or dying and still charge you. Just thought I would provide you with a little consciousness raiser
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There are more newspapers that charge than don’t. It’s a shame, but it’s the way it is in MANY other places.