In this episode, we present a slimmed down version of the RNR and interview Phil Quinn, a candidate for an at-large seat on Richmond’s Common Council. We get to hear Phil's views on why he's running, the local political climate, education issues, the Arboretum land sale, CAFOs and more.

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In this episode: The political machine grinds forward as new candidates file in local races. We'll also rant for a bit about issues in the education system, and talk to a local not-for-profit that's taking a unique approach to solving all sorts of problems in our community. Read more below for links from this episode. Enjoy!

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Palladium-Item executive editor Mickey Johnson writes in today's edition about the paper's plans for restructuring their news delivery processes:

The P-I is breaking away from traditional methods of bringing you news. We want our newspaper, our Web site, and our specialty publications to work together to make dissemination of news as rapid and diverse as possible. We want to continue to be the only news source in the Whitewater Valley to bring you information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Johnson goes on to detail the creation of four new "centers" in their newsroom: Local Content Center (news, sports, copy desk coordination for print edition, website and specialty publications); Community Conversation Center (forums, blogs, polls, chats, editorials, columns); Data Center (events, statistics, archival records); and Multimedia Center (video, audio and interactive content for the web).

As he notes, these changes have already been evolving over the last year or so, and are now being formalized further.