I'm posting this story that ran today because, well, ok...I'll be honest...I might be a little proud of it. Maybe. And it's not the whole story.

City officials actively tried to prevent this little dittie from getting to the eyes and ears of the press. I had two separate people confirm this...but neither would go on record. If they had, well, man - that woulda been the story. As it stands, I'm still happy how things turned out: The very picture they didn't want to see in print? It wound up on the front page - above the fold. Meh!

A ridiculously far more-experienced environmental reporter and I pulled a mini Woodward & Bernstein to get at info I had already been told existed by one source through another avenue. Yep, that's right - we had our own Deep Throat and everything. I learned a lot, and had some serious fun with this one.

(Even if I was the Bernstein.)


The sidebar on official golf rules in animal tracks? Fuckin' brilliant (...the other guy, of course.) Oh, and the page layout guys put the picture of these freaky bighorn sheep smack next to the headline another story: "'Alien' criminals targeted by county." Some days, things just come together so damn perfectly, you know?


I don't even know if this post makes any sense...suffice to say we might've just helped push a city to buy a big, expensive fence.