We’re sorry to notify readers that longtime City writer Jack BradiganSpula is no longer on our staff.

            As readers
know, Jack has great strengths, and he has made important contributions to this
newspaper. His broad breadth and depth of knowledge and his coverage of such
issues as the environment, human rights, and national and international affairs
have informed and challenged us all. He has a knack for connecting the dots on
crucial issues and — especially important at this time, in this country —
of putting local issues in the context of national developments and trends.

            — Mary Anna Towler, editor

Mary Anna Towler is a transplant from the Southern Appalachians and is editor, co-publisher, and co-founder of City. She is happy to have converted a shy but opinionated childhood into an adult job. She...