Brit paper's attempt to sway US voters cancelled

Having gotten so much bad reaction to their efforts, the Guardian has pulled the plug after passing out names and addresses of only one fourth of Clark County, Ohio's registered independent voters. This story - Telegraph | News | Guardian calls it quits in Clark County fiasco - from a rival paper, offers this interesting postscript to the story:
"The end of the scheme comes as a relief to Linda Rosicka, the director of the Clark County board of elections, who has been fielding dozens of interview requests from the world's media.
"Yet there is one last Guardian letter Mrs Rosicka would still like to see - one containing a cheque for $25 (about �13), which the newspaper still owes her for its purchase of the county's electoral roll.
"'I was nice and made the file available, because their reporter said he was right on deadline,' she said. 'They said the cheque is in the mail. As of this morning, it still hasn't arrived, and it's been more than a week.'"

Old Joke:
What are the three promises that are almost always lies?
Answer:
Of course, I'll still respect you in the morning. (I warned you this was an old joke; but hang in there, it gets better.)
The check is in the mail. (See, this does relate to our story.)
I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you. (My favorite.)