A growing community near Kansas City has decided this week to stop publishing its legal notices in its hometown newspaper.
Some City Council members in Gardner, Kansas, describe the move as cost cutting, but the city is acting after several officials publicly criticized the coverage the city was receiving.
The council changed its newspaper of record following a staff report that the city would likely lower its costs 75% by going with another weekly publication. But critics see it as retaliation.
Longtime publisher Rhonda Humble says, “They’re trying to shut me up.” The newspaper stands to lose thousands of dollars a year.
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