It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town

Our eyes are obviously getting worse. Contrary to our last post, the Boston Globe did run an item about the Boston Public Library suspensions of three administrators under mysterious circumstances, smack in the middle of yesterday’s Metro Minute page.

In our defense, we had to go to the epaper to find it in the search engine – the website search engine produce endless pages of links to any article with “Boston” in it.

Our apologies all around.

Yesterday it was front-page news in the Boston Herald.

The scoop from Herald reporter Sean Philip Cotter.

Library talk hushed

Authorities mum on ‘personnel matter’

The Boston Police Department is “reviewing” a “personnel matter” at the Boston Public Library — while City Hall and the BPL remain tight-lipped about why three administrators have been placed on unpaid leave.

BPL spokeswoman Lisa Pollack confirmed that the library had referred “a matter” to the police, but refused to elaborate.

“As this issue remains pending, we can not comment any further,” Pollack told the Herald.

Columnist Joe Battenfeld also checked in, urging Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to “intervene to get to the bottom of the mini-scandal before it gets out of control or buried by BPL management.”

Today the firsty local tabloid ran this editorial.

Boston Public Library should be open book

More than ever it is crucial that government institutions show complete transparency in their day-to-day operations.

That is why it is concerning that the Boston Public Library has placed three managers on unpaid administrative leave and no one is saying why. There is an internal investigation underway. Additionally, the BPL has referred “a matter” to the police but library spokeswoman Lisa Pollack refused to elaborate.

Also not weighing in: The Boston Globe.

We get it that no news organization wants to play caboose to another. But c’mon, Globeniks – time to circulate some BPL news of your own.