We've seen communities where losing local journalists has had a direct effect on municipal taxes. This is what happens when there are no journalists checking municipal budgets.
I don't know if you have the time to dig into your municipality's budget, but often we don't. It takes people who devote their lives to monitoring public spending and holding politicians to account.
Losing journalists has effects that trickle down to people's pockets. This should concern not only Conservatives, but all of us.