County judge and the Times editorial board

November 3, 2016

A concerned reader sent this in:

 

http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/11/02/editorial-el-paso-threaten-small-towns/93143142/

Is there any doubt that Veronica Escobar is running the editorial board of the El Paso Times?
Hers is the uninhibited ego who tried to pull this coup d’etat at the MPO. Fortunately, our city leadership and Vince Perez had the wisdom to see that her ploy was unacceptable and disenfranchised 80% of the county’s residents … oh, and let’s not forget …  a violation of state law.
Noe and Acosta were giving the Judge and the small towns a simple message, “If you want to play with the rules, we can too.” Their response was Politics 101. As a city resident, I would be disappointed if they didn’t take this position.
The Times comes back and covers for Escobar. Have no doubt … Judge Escobar is in constant contact with Bob Moore. Positions like this one are a reflection of Moore’s unwavering allegiance to the Judge.
Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI), if you are reading this, please note … businesses threatened by emerging technologies do not survive when they are co-opted by B-caliber politicians.
Brutus, we deserve better.

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People do make choices

October 15, 2016

I spoke with a prominent El Pasoan the other day about the El Paso Times.

He said that walking through his neighborhood on Sunday mornings he sees more copies of El Paso, Inc. and El Diario de El Paso in driveways than he does the Times.

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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Sad Times

October 12, 2016

According to the September 24, 2016 Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation published by El Paso Times they distributed 26,190 copies of their August 26, 2016 edition.

The population of the city is somewhere greater than 681,000, with the county coming in above 838,000.

Using the city numbers that means that our only daily newspaper is bought by 3.85% of the population.  Many people in the newspaper industry think that each copy gets read by approximately 2.5 people.  That could mean that a whopping 9.62% of our population reads the Times.

Contrast that with the Albuquerque Journal with daily circulation around 90,000 copies and a population (including Rio Rancho) of about 650,000.

Just how relevant is the Times?

We deserve better

Brutus

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No help from the Times

October 1, 2016

There was a time when the Times would help correct pieces that were published in their newspaper.

Recently they printed an “Editorial graphic” and left a few errors in it.

For the benefit of their staff:

booboo should be hyphenated

tax-payer should not be hyphenated

beaurocratic is properly spelled bureaucratic

Then again they may have left the errors in order to try to discredit the author.

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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1.5 times

September 24, 2016

Word on the street is that the Times will raise the price of their daily publication to $1.50 within the next few weeks.

We deserve better

Brutus

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