Believing the Spout Off hasn't been taken over is delusional. Just review editorial comments. My own informational Spouts have routinely not been published. Friends have had the same experience. I had planned to Spout that I would subscribe when four consecutive Spouts of mine were published, except the site was open only to those subscribed or donated for a time. We NEED a local paper. We need to work to save this one, when it does not put its finger on the scale.