ON THE RECORD Walt Shepperd is a man who, it seems, needs no introduction. Everybody in Syracuse already knows him. Shepperd is one of those people — think Dick Case, and Gus Bliven, and Joan Vadeboncoeur — who became journalism icons in this town. Ever wonder what the somewhat archaic phrase “hale fellow well met” means. Just watch Shepperd working his way through Armory Square, and you’ll know. I’ve known of Shepperd for quite a while. But sealed inside the office at Clinton Square, I hadn’t met him until I joined the New Times a little more than a year ago. He had worked at the New Times for decades and was a former senior editor, but the relationship was somewhat estranged. No longer. He’s a regular contributor again, and I think it’s fair to say we’re both happy about that. It’s probably neither an exaggeration nor just a figure of speech to say that he’s forgotten more about what goes on in Syracuse than I ever knew. And, more important to me, he still has connections that give him more knowledge and understanding about what’s Photography by going on around here than Michael Davis. nearly any reporter I could name. Cover design by So, it was no surprise that when he Natalie Davis asked Mayor Stephanie Miner to sit down to talk at the start of her second term, she said yes. They talked of her philosophy looking at issues like the Interstate 81 reconstruction and the sort-of-proposed stadium to replace the Dome. What’s buzzing They talked of what she views the most. as the accomplishments of her first term and how she hopes they’ll carry over to her second. She talked about Onondaga County Executive Joannie MaFollow us honey, and about Gov. @syracusenew Andrew Cuomo. times.com Good stuff, as you’d expect from Shepperd. That’s why it’s the cover story this week. You can find it on page 17.
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