Our El Paso Times continues to misinform its readers.
The Monday, September 15, 2014 edition has a front page article that claimed:
“The city will consider making a zoning change today that would restrict where payday and car loan companies can set up shop.
The zoning amendment is up for discussion and action at today’s 8 a.m. City Council meeting.”
Not true
City council meets on Tuesday. This Monday a “Legislative Review Meeting of the Whole” was scheduled.
The meeting was to start at 9 a.m.
No action can be taken during the Monday meeting. They must wait for a city council meeting to take action.
The issue is scheduled for a public hearing before council Tuesday, September 16. Members of the public should express their thoughts about the issue at the Tuesday meeting. I wonder if anyone attended the Monday meeting intending to speak.
The online edition of the Times contained the same mistakes earlier in the morning of the 15th. In reviewing the online edition while writing this post I see that the Times has corrected its errors online. This was done without telling us that they changed their article.
At least with the printed edition of the Times we have proof of what they publish. With the online edition they evidently feel it is okay to change their story without telling us that they have made a change.
It’s hard to believe that the reporter does not know the difference between a city council meeting and a legislative review meeting. Does that mean that the article was published too early? With that being a possibility, why wouldn’t the reporter refrain from using the word “today” and instead write the actual date being referred to?
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
An award-winning paper, too. It makes you wonder how the losers looked.
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The Times also still hasn’t corrected an error in a Thursday story about an El Paso federal jury convicting a Houston-area businessman on fraud charges. One of the companies involved was Luster National Inc. At one point in the story, the company was referred to as Luther National. My favorite error in recent weeks was the headline which referred to Tim Tebow as Tebox. Small details.
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Clever
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