BY PHIL CUSTODIO
Clarkston News Editor
Clarkston residents will soon receive the Super News treatment, with the approval of City Council to join Independence Township in contributing news and columns by local leaders to The Clarkston News.
Council members voted 5-2, April 10, to approve $400 for space in the once-a-month Super News edition, so named because distribution of The Clarkston News is expanded to all Clarkston area residents, not just subscribers.
“This will be our first try at it – we’ll see how it goes,” said Council member Sue Wylie, who voted for it along with Mayor Steven Percival, and council members Rick Detkowski, Eric Haven, and David Marsh.
Council members Sharron Catallo and Jason Kneisc voted “no.”
“When you could produce the same thing for free and put on the website, it seems like a cost measure you could easily avoid,” said Catallo.
Speaking during public comment, resident Tom Stone said it could be useful to neighbors who do not use the internet.
“They would be left out of any internet option,” Stone said. “We have a variety of people in the community. Some are not as technologically versed as the rest of us. Testing this alternative makes a lot of sense.”
Council members will review the content of the city’s contribution, the first of which should be in the June 14 edition. Super News comes out the second edition of every month.