I’m going to assume that you would make the argument that since one of the participants in the neighborhood wrangle is an elected official, that this is reason enough to have placed an article on the front page of Sakonnet Times: “Councilor pleads not guilty in dog case” (October 20, 2022). If that is so, would it then be too much to expect a wee bit more of investigating reporting by Ms. Campisi: “It was the third time Zarrriello has been charged with having her dogs off-leash.”

Did the Little Compton Animal Control Officer fulfill his/her duties? Were the dogs impounded, and if not, why not? If the dogs would have been impounded and Ms. Zarriello had paid a fine after the second time they were off-leash, then there may have not been a third incident. How were the first and second incidents written up in the police reports? I’m quite sure that you would agree that there are more important stories for Ms Campisi to report on; but if you are going to throw the readers some suggestive-red meat on the front page, then give us some bones to hang it on.

My political sense of smell might need to be calibrated; yet running such an article, highlighted with photograph, on the front page, above the fold, during an ongoing election does not pass the smell test.

Dennis August Almeida

Little Compton