On one occasion, an editor there literally changed one of my columns to soften criticism of a local politician the editor supported. I did more than that, actually. I refused to write the column for about four weeks, until the publisher called me and said that he would like me to resume the column. The column was very popular, more so than some of the news stories. So when the publisher agreed there would be no more interference, I resumed.
Columns are about an individual's opinion.
It's not an objective piece of journalism, but a commentary that reflects the observations of someone who monitors the subject he or she writes about. Brennan is the brother of Orland Township Supervisor Michael Brennan. And it seems that this one newspaper doesn't like either of them. Their columnists attack them frequently, the editorial pages denounce them all the time, and the news articles are unfair. I guess one could say that the newspaper is biased against them.