The Southwest Times has not and will not support any political candidate monetarily or on its news pages.
The listing of a contribution by Southwest Times of $406.33 on the Hash Campaign finance report is a grievous error on the part of the Hash team. Upon being made aware of this report, Southwest Times staff immediately contacted Mrs. Hash, who had already updated the campaign finance report with the correction of removing the Southwest times as a contributor. It was simply an error.
The $175 paid to the Southwest Times from Hash for political advertising was the only monies exchanged between the Southwest Times and Hash.
As to the comment regarding David Gravely and his affiliation with the newspaper … he has reported on Pulaski county sports for over 20 years and continues to do so as a contributing writer, not as an employee of Southwest Times. We are proud that he loves the children enough to continue doing so for our newspaper.
All public school board meetings are covered and reported on by Southwest Times editor Patrick Ford. Press releases generated by Gravely on behalf of the school system are published as well, and always have been … even before Gravely was an employee of the school board.
The fact that his name was still listed as sports editor on our website was simply an oversight and is being corrected.
Southwest Times regrets the error made by the Hash campaign, and promises to continue bringing unbiased news to the Pulaski County community.
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