Barney, Nick and Lou Tell It Like It Is...
If you haven't yet -- get an Independent for one of the most riveting articles I've seen in years. Barney Brantingham did a great job at reporting what happened at DLG Plaza -- and so did Nick Welsh with his timeline of what happened.
Lou Cannon's letter to Travis was riveting as well -- explaining why he cancelled his subscription. Community letters from prominent community members was the coup de grace.
I have to say I feel a bit vindicated that so much information about Travis Armstrong is now coming to light after writing about it for close to a year and a half. What amazed me, however, is how Barney and Lou were able to put in words what I've been thinking, writing and commenting on for so long -- in a way that efficiently told the story everyone could hear. That's why they get paid the big bucks and I am NOT a journalist. Good for them for taking a stand. Good for The Indpendent for taking on Barney as a columnist.
Those of you that aren't convinced that losing eight key, respected staffers isn't a big deal -- read this story. After reading it -- if you choose to make comment supportive of Travis and Wendy, I'm going to assume that it has to do with a hired gun from San Francisco peppering our pages with anonymous comments. I'll still publish them but I gotta figure I would pepper too if I was paid hundreds an hour.
I've got one word for you Travis -- KARMA.
Lou Cannon's letter to Travis was riveting as well -- explaining why he cancelled his subscription. Community letters from prominent community members was the coup de grace.
I have to say I feel a bit vindicated that so much information about Travis Armstrong is now coming to light after writing about it for close to a year and a half. What amazed me, however, is how Barney and Lou were able to put in words what I've been thinking, writing and commenting on for so long -- in a way that efficiently told the story everyone could hear. That's why they get paid the big bucks and I am NOT a journalist. Good for them for taking a stand. Good for The Indpendent for taking on Barney as a columnist.
Those of you that aren't convinced that losing eight key, respected staffers isn't a big deal -- read this story. After reading it -- if you choose to make comment supportive of Travis and Wendy, I'm going to assume that it has to do with a hired gun from San Francisco peppering our pages with anonymous comments. I'll still publish them but I gotta figure I would pepper too if I was paid hundreds an hour.
I've got one word for you Travis -- KARMA.
posted by Sara De la Guerra | 7/13/2006 07:16:00 PM
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First, I love this blog. What a service during these strange times! Second, I've been trying to download Barney's interview on NPR's Day-to-Day and can't get it. I've used all of my tricks and the story just will not play.
I guess I'm a bit jumpy given all that's happened...but is it possible that the story has been pulled from the npr.org site? If anyone is successful at downloading and playing the story, please post the URL.
I wish I could make the rally tomorrow.
I thought that too -- but I can't believe NPR would do that. Let's check again tomorrow...
I read it. I'm a local. And I have to say that I can see why these people would get fed up with what Barney described about the management.
BUT--Travis is still golden! Brantingham is an opinion writer, but he gives himself looser standards than hejgives Travis. Why? Sounds like he just doesn't like Travis or agree with his opinions. Just becuase some people don't agree with Travis's views, does not mean that he has alienated the locals. THERE ARE MANY OF US LOCALS OUT HERE THAT ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS WORK.
LOTS of people who don't hang out on these blogs, LOVE Travis. Brantingham doesn't like him, but that's just his personal view.
Sara, I LIVE HERE -- don't assume that people who disagree with you are hired guns from San Francisco. Are you still mad at Travis for not giving you a job at the NewsPress?
RealAudio failed for me, but then I went to http://www.npr.org/help/index.html,
clicked on the Streaming Audio Guide, and changed to WindowsMedia, and now I can listen to the NPR story... it is quite good! Starts with Raul Navarro, who said he started as a paperboy, says there is `disruption in paradise'. Then Margy Bash says the NP does not publish crime to keep up the lovely SB is heaven image (only partly true in my opinion). Then to Nick Welsh, who says the editorial letter content of the NP is unbalanced, then Nick goes on about the Carp City Council story. Then to Travis about the Carp City Council, who says the story had quality problems so it shouldn't run. Then an unnamed source inside the NP says the story was really spiked because it did not flatter the Councilmember. Then on to Rob Lowe and Barney, who says Wendy's letter about Lowe were over the top. Then back to Travis, who says those inside the NP are pissed off at the 8 who left, then on to Roy Clark, a scholar at the Pointer institute in St. Petersburg, FL, who takes the side of the 8 who left.
Karma is sometimes called the law of the circle. It requires that whatever we do for good or bad returns full circle to our doorstep so that our soul can learn life lessons and gain self-mastery. We determine our own fate by our thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. Our free will choices in the past set the course for our current circumstances, and the choices we make today will determine our future.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-newspress14jul14,0,5841098,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines
is today's LA Times, where Travis criticizes Lou Cannon for not calling before writing the letter in the Indy.
Those of you that aren't convinced that losing eight key, respected staffers isn't a big deal -- read this story. After reading it -- if you choose to make comment supportive of Travis and Wendy, I'm going to assume that it has to do with a hired gun from San Francisco peppering our pages with anonymous comments. I'll still publish them but I gotta figure I would pepper too if I was paid hundreds an hour.
I choose to make a comment supportive of Wendy and Travis. Does that mean I get paid for it?
What's going on? Here is from today's Independent:
WHO’LL DEFEND THE DEFENDER? Maybe there’s something in the water, but a similar meltdown has seized the county’s Public Defender’s office. On Thursday afternoon, Jim Egar, Santa Barbara public defender for the past six years, announced his resignation and began clearing out his desk. Egar — who is reportedly leaving under great duress — is giving the county two whole days notice and will begin work next week as the Monterey County Public Defender. Precipitating Egar’s abrupt and stormy resignation was an equally stormy and tumultuous relationship with County Über Excutive Mike Brown. According to attorneys with the Public Defender’s office, Egar addressed workers at the North and South County offices on Wednesday, explaining in great detail the difficulties — and verbal humiliations — he encountered with Brown. Brown, known for his tempestuous temper, reportedly rained profanities upon Egar, showering him with spit. According to several accounts, Egar reported that Brown told him, “We got rid of the last public defender and we can get rid of you, too.”
for the rest of the story:
http://www.independent.com/opinion/2006/07/the_poodle_barks_again.html
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