— TD Bank, one of the nation’s largest banks and a sponsor of both the Boston Bruins and Celtics, is interested in helping Johnston keep track of an estimated $42 million that’s been set aside to help pay the pensions of firefighters and police officers, officials say.

Now, there is nothing wrong with that lede I guess – supporting local teams is nice- but I suppose there would have been nothing wrong with also having a lede that said that TD Bank isn’t one of THIS nation’s largest banks but actually a Canadian Bank.  And since when do private banks, American or Canadian, care so much about a munipalities future, never mind the well being of its workers?  Now, the lede could have explained that TD Bank’s CEO pay was $11.4 million last year, an increase of 8%, which I am sure he earned, and which I am sure the tax payers of Johnston are very willing to subsidize with their hard earned tax dollars.

Like I said…it’s just about choices in focus, right?