KIUC collections have been paused in this paper's Lowell file while the cooperative printed restore percentages. Sunday's 7,000 still dark does not restart billing. [1] Paused is not forgiven. A dark North Shore is not a closed account. Print paused. Do not print forgiven. No member notice of resumed billing is in Sunday copy.
Paused collections are paused collections. A 7,000-dark note does not restart a billing cycle.
No resumed-billing notice is in Sunday's cooperative copy, so paused remains the collections word.
This edition will not invent forgiven bills to fill a quiet Sunday.
Sunday is not a billing restart.
Collections remain paused, not forgiven and not restarted.
Paused is not a closed account.
Paused remains the only honest word.
-- THEO KAPLAN, San Francisco