Sometimes it’s hard to generate enthusiasm for another round of the same old, same old. Yet, when you get a few minutes to reflect on the goings-on on the state and national stages, the outrage, the frustration, the same overwhelming need to shout out or strangle someone, takes over and there you are – back at it again.

Ok – here’s my thing. One evening early this month there was some kind of 9-1-1 call from the governor’s mansion that required several police and sheriff personnel to respond. The governor was scheduled to be interviewed on CNBC very early the next morning. The interview was summarily cancelled for “personal reasons.” Helena, like virtually every “government town” in the country is a hotbed of gossip and speculation. This situation was prime fodder for the grist mill. Reporters supposedly tried to follow the story and ran into a virtual wall of silence at the police department, although there is some evidence that the Sheriff, herself, was somewhat more forthcoming.

But the media has chosen to remain totally mum about the whole thing.

So what? I mean, doesn’t the governor and his family have a right to some privacy? The obvious answer is, “Sure”. But what about the public’s right to know? It seems like the media considers it absolutely necessary to publish anything they can about a Republican politician’s private family life – Governor Martz’s husband’s set-to, Secretary of State Bob Brown’s father’s death, for example – but a domestic violence call at the Democratic governor’s mansion gets nary a word of coverage.

Guess we don’t need to know about that.

But what if there’s something we do need to know about the character, behavior, or actions of one of our elected officials? And the media doesn’t want to touch the story because of political persuasion?

Domestic violence is one of the most egregious crimes in our society. Mostly because it happens below the radar – and nobody knows it’s happening right next door. It doesn’t just happen to the “trailer trash”. There are plenty of “good” families that are victims of this scourge too.

Usually, this is the kind of story the press salivates over.

Ironic, isn’t it? Nah – ssdd.