Sign The Rascal's Rockford pledge

In light of the Register Star's persistent pimping for the Positively Rockford Pledge, the latest example of which appeared on today's editorial page, The Rascal is prompted to mount a counteroffensive.

The Positively Rockford pledge, while well-intended, has a few problems, as The Rascal noted in this post last month.

Those problems have been rectified in The Rascal's own Rockford pledge, which reads as follows:

"I promise to promote Rockford's good points and defend the community against unfair criticism, whether from within or without. But this pledge should not be construed as a vow of silence in the face of local corruption, mismanagement or injustices."

That second sentence counters the principal problem with the pledge the paper is pushing.

Your subscription to (or criticism of) The Rascal's pledge is welcome in the comments section of this post.