[saratogaman]

Let's face it, the paper is owned by the developer and it is 1) a marketing tool and 2) a megaphone for his political views.
He wants to sell homes, thus a minimal amount of negative news (e.g., a few weeks ago a vehicle plowed through one of the structures in rotary at Buena Vista & Odell; three days later it is minimally mentioned but no info on who the driver was, when it happened, was any ticket issued?).
There is nearly no news about what happens in the state capital and rarely are we told how our elected reps vote on any measure in Tallahassee or Washington. The paper recently noted that our House of Representative person loudly bragged that she voted against the debt ceiling requested by Obama...but neglected to report that she voted for every debt ceiling increase requested by Bush.
His political views are clearly stated by not just the selection of columnists (both home-grown and national) but also the six-figure donations he makes to the GOP and his underwriting of the Palin/Beck gigs at Lake Sumter Landing. He wants business to be completely unfettered by laws and regulations. Are you ready for another Wall Street fiasco bailed out by we common folk? Did our paper tell us that Citizens Wholesale Mortgage took TARP money from the feds?
There is an alternative for news outside of the cocoon: you can get home delivery of the Orlando Sentinel...a fine paper from the Tribune chain.