So if the issue is that Cottage Grove is using "low cost, off the shelf" lead testing strips, wouldn't it have been a good idea to include some reason to believe that the testing strips in question don't... you know... work?  I mean, I *could* buy a bunch of $500 smoke detectors, but if the $20 one works just as well, I'd be thoroughly annoyed if the Register Guard wrote an article implying that I was putting my family in danger.

If what Cottage Grove is actually doing is actually illegal/ineffective/insufficient, I'd like the Register Guard to go ahead and say so.  But this "insinuate that there's something shady going on, but without actually providing any relevant evidence" nonsense, on the other hand, is shameful.