Please turn the lights on
2-14-2003
Isn?’t this fine mess we are all in? The T-S has an editorial about a closed meeting and now those of the privileged class here in Pickerington that attended and they say nothing happens. Just some chatter nothing more nothing less. Clearly when 2 dozen citizens meet and they are talking about community problems and at least five of these people that are elected by the local voters then isn?’t it reasonable that the press be there to report what happened? I am sure John Dolske is an honorable man and he wouldn?’t lie but wait he was given time to speak. His concerns were listened too. The other 16,000 voters in the area were not given that same chance and they have no idea who even attended this meeting. Did this handful of citizens influence our elected leaders? Was there a proposal that these elected people will act on? Who knows? Did these selected speakers cover all of the topics? Who selected them? Will their neighborhoods get special attention in the future?
The common defense of this action now is to blame a biased paper. I see up the page you blame even who they endorsed last election. Strange since they don?’t agree with your views in their editorial, then they must be biased in favor of whom this time? Maybe it is some plot again by the evil city PR people. Nope I don?’t even think the city had any people there. Did they? Who knows?
No I think the T-S is correct this time. The purpose of the press is to report objectively about the community. If they are denied this access then we are all left to wonder just what was going on at that meeting. If they are given access and they fail to report or failed to attend then I would criticized them it that case, because they were failing to do their duty. Just merely trying to report and being denied I fault the organizers of this effort no matter how well their intentions were.
You all lost a big chunk of community support with the way you handled this meeting. I fear your continued arrogance about this matter will only further erode your credibility. This is a small town and those attending that meeting will soon be known to everyone and I am afraid your public images will suffer. I know I am looking a little differently at your issues now and I wonder just how many others feel as I do?
-By ReBob
2-14-2003
Isn?’t this fine mess we are all in? The T-S has an editorial about a closed meeting and now those of the privileged class here in Pickerington that attended and they say nothing happens. Just some chatter nothing more nothing less. Clearly when 2 dozen citizens meet and they are talking about community problems and at least five of these people that are elected by the local voters then isn?’t it reasonable that the press be there to report what happened? I am sure John Dolske is an honorable man and he wouldn?’t lie but wait he was given time to speak. His concerns were listened too. The other 16,000 voters in the area were not given that same chance and they have no idea who even attended this meeting. Did this handful of citizens influence our elected leaders? Was there a proposal that these elected people will act on? Who knows? Did these selected speakers cover all of the topics? Who selected them? Will their neighborhoods get special attention in the future?
The common defense of this action now is to blame a biased paper. I see up the page you blame even who they endorsed last election. Strange since they don?’t agree with your views in their editorial, then they must be biased in favor of whom this time? Maybe it is some plot again by the evil city PR people. Nope I don?’t even think the city had any people there. Did they? Who knows?
No I think the T-S is correct this time. The purpose of the press is to report objectively about the community. If they are denied this access then we are all left to wonder just what was going on at that meeting. If they are given access and they fail to report or failed to attend then I would criticized them it that case, because they were failing to do their duty. Just merely trying to report and being denied I fault the organizers of this effort no matter how well their intentions were.
You all lost a big chunk of community support with the way you handled this meeting. I fear your continued arrogance about this matter will only further erode your credibility. This is a small town and those attending that meeting will soon be known to everyone and I am afraid your public images will suffer. I know I am looking a little differently at your issues now and I wonder just how many others feel as I do?
-By ReBob
