Letters: Thanks for valuable election coverage

I want to thank the Pine Knot News for your strong commitment to the democratic process. Your coverage of events and candidates leading up to election day was thorough and unbiased. Your voter guide was the most informative publication on candidate positions I saw this season, from any news source. I appreciated that the questions for prospective candidates weren’t generic softballs but were timely and specific to the most important issues candidates will be dealing with if elected. From state senate to school board, you left no candidate uncovered. And the most important piece of all, you delivered that coverage to every address in Carlton County free of charge.

If not for you and your willingness to take on that expense, our community would have been less informed and less prepared to participate on Election Day. I hope my fellow citizens recognize the importance of your work, and I encourage anyone who appreciated your election coverage to support the Pine Knot News with a subscription. Local newspapers hold elected officials accountable and keep citizens informed, and here in Carlton County we are lucky to have the best local newspaper in Minnesota.

Sandra Rengo, Esko