So here's the Chron story about the District C race, which features Council Member Anne Clutterbuck and two challengers, Robert Glaser and Alfred Molison, who had also been a candidate in the At Large 3 special election. I know I shouldn't expect too much from this kind of story. I know it's the lowest of common denominators, with precious little beyond what you could learn by peeking at each candidates' web page. I know that even this skimpy effort is better than what we'll get in more wide-open fields like District D and At Large 5. Yet somehow I can't read it and not think "What was the point of this?"

Maybe it's just me, I don't know. All I can say is that I don't see how this sort of thing helps to educate any voter. Perhaps just by having all the candidates' names in the paper, or by reminding people that there is an election coming up, some folks will come away better informed than before they read the story. Maybe some people will go on and do some research of their own. I just think there should be more than this. Does anyone else think this way?