Longtime Star Tribune ombudsman Lou Gelfand writes his final column today after being forced out. Mr. Gelfand has been the ombud for the paper for as long as I've read it- which is as long as I've known how to read- and I've actually met him before, as one of my best friends in elementary school was his grandson.
As one of the few remaining ombuds willing to regularly trash his own paper, Gelfand will be missed, and I'll be rooting for him in his upcoming age discrimination lawsuit against the paper.
Posted by Stephen Silver at May 10, 2004 11:26 PM