Ohio political blogger Matt Naugle is alleging that the management of the Columbus Dispatch has quashed a potentially damaging story about Columbus Mayor Mike Coleman just days before the election. Naugle reports at Right Angle Blog:The article was written by Dispatch reporter Jodi Andes, and I have confirmed that she called the Bill Todd campaign [Coleman's opponent] for a quote for the story. She also provided a brief summary of what the article was about. I couldn't find specific details, and no one at The Dispatch would talk to me, but this article was about the Mayor's questionable campaign expenditures. In addition, The Dispatch allegedly is sitting on another story about Coleman and his various "misdeeds" which, rumor has it, won't be printed until after the election... if at all. This part of the rumor stinks the most, because they supposedly had this type of dirt on Coleman during the 2006 elections. The Dispatch wouldn't run it, but apparently they almost had to...(Read Full Post)