The Times takes the weekend off

September 1, 2016

The Monday, August 29, 2016 “A” section of the El Paso Times was an example of how little local content the newspaper offers.

Juan Gabriel had died the day before and the front page had two articles written by local reporters.

There were no other local articles in the entire section.  Instead there were five from the Associated Press and two from USA Today.  Even the editorial was written by USA Today, not the local editorial staff.

When companies that are considering relocation to El Paso look at quality of life, local newspapers are part of what they look at.

We deserve better

Brutus

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Electronic devices and city council meetings

August 31, 2016

This came in from Helen Marshall:

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Racist or nationalistic?

August 30, 2016

Lou Holtz was recently fired from a future speaking engagement at a Cathedral high school fundraiser.

According to an article in the Times “He endorsed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump …”.

The Times wrote that he also said immigrants needed to assimilate better.

Evidently while speaking at a luncheon he said “I don’t want to speak your language, I don’t want to celebrate your holidays, I sure as hell don’t want to cheer for your soccer team”.

Many of us see those words as an expression of nationalism.

Evidently some Cathedral alumni considered Holtz’s remarks to be racist.  The Times wrote two editorials criticizing the comments.

Many of us would say the same thing about Turkey, Germany, France, or any other county for that matter.  Residents of those countries would probably say the same thing about the United States.

Why is it that anything that anyone says about some individual or group that is less than positive is now labelled racist?

We deserve better

Brutus

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Lost, either geographically or morally

August 29, 2016

I did not read the article in the Times about their new president when it was first published.

The article quoted their new president as saying:  “As a native Texas who has spent my entire life in the Southwest …”.

They then told us that she has been in Harlingen, Texas since 2012.  Before that she was in San Antonio for nine years, and before that she was in Dallas for 25 years.  She also has worked in Oklahoma City.

Revisionist

I guess that we will continue to see the Times modify the content of their pieces to support their editorial position.

Most of us will agree that neither Harlingen, San Antonio, Dallas, nor Oklahoma City are part of the southwest.

If the problem is that she is geographically impaired we offer this map in an effort to try to inform her:

southwest

If she just wanted to mislead us we say “Welcome to the Times, you will fit right in”.

We deserve better

Brutus

 

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We don’t have to listen

August 28, 2016

Watching the video of a recent city council meeting there was an item on the agenda that council voted to postpone consideration of.

Evidently some members of the public had signed up to speak about the item.

Incredibly the city clerk pointed out that those people would not be allowed to speak since the item had been postponed.

Arrogance

Members of the public took the trouble to interrupt their normal routines to appear before council to express their thoughts.

Council ignored them.

We deserve better

Brutus

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