Get organized, make a difference.
By the sound of it, they already have...
Or, at least the people have begun voting with their feet (no pun intended).
Nice story Chron. Do a story like this every day and you'll have peple [sic] lining up to buy your newspaper too.
Newspapers have the power to serve the local interest, if they would just accept the responsibility and effort necessary to do so.
Local politics is not as hopeless as national/federal. You do have a realistic chance of making a difference there.