It is encouraging to learn that the TFP will be in the hands of local businessmen. While we expect significant changes for it to attain and maintain economic viability, we hope that the new TFP will continue to have two op-ed pages; one to the right and one to the left.
As Sen. Howard Baker Jr., the “Great Conciliator” in Washington, D.C., often quoted his father saying, “You should always go through life working on the assumption that the other guy may be right.”
We assume that they meant that we should listen to opposing viewpoints; we should defend our beliefs but also understand that an opponent may have a valid point and realize that compromise is how government works and avoids gridlock.
We hope the new TFP owners share this perspective.
Richard Gossett
Lookout Valley