To all Patch editors,as a longtime photo-journalist, I have been very critical of Patch as of late. My criticism is not directed at those of you (editors) trying to put the site together for the few readers that are left. I realize that you are hamstrung by the powers at AOL who have no concept how to run a news site from their corporate domain. Consequently they have hamstrung the local editors with their cutting and guidelines. The current Patch does not come close to resembling what Patch looked like initially and even last year, it has become a terrible site to get community info. And from the CEO's recent behavior (firing an employee for taking his photo, and threatening employees wit firing) it appears that a once good idea is doomed to become a non entity.
To editors I say, I commend you for publishing stories under dire conditions.
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