I have been a subscriber to the West Seattle Herald for the last year. I also read The West Seattle Blog.

Your points offered me food for thought - what is the difference between a local paper and a local blog? The answer is clear: a blog
posts news in real time, whereas a paper posts (less) news a week later.

Unfortunately, your paper is at a huge disadvantage. Certainly, some blogs (my personal blog included) are primarily nonsense and
ramblings, but this is not the case of the West Seattle Blog. On the WSB I find real time news on relevant topics. I was grateful for the
school reporting that you disdain, and read it with interest.

I appreciate the opportunity to learn more, to research the links given...or to ingnore and keep reading another topic when I am no
longer interested.

I also appreciate the fact that I don't throw anything away (or recycle it) when I'm done reading the blog, unlike your paper.

The only thing missing from the West Seattle Blog is columns written on topics like bicycling. Still, a small column is not worth paying
for.

I will not be renewing my subscription to the paper. I can get the same information, but in greater detail, from a professional reporter
at the West Seattle Blog. I am glad to hear that your business is doing so well that I will not be missed, because the one thing that
was tempting me to renew my subscription was that I wanted to support a local business. I'm glad to hear that my readership will not make a difference to you.

Kristina Surface