Ok folks, I didn't go looking for this fight, but If you put a target that big on your chest you best be ready for someone to try to hit you, and since when have I ever been bashful of picking up that stone?
So I commented on their wall that something to the effect of "How about the $2,300,000 that Greg Little is trying to say was spent on fire trucks and turbines. These items were budgeted items, hence not emergency fund items, let's start with correcting that bit of disinformation!"
There were several other comments noting the unprofessionalism of a newpaper to put such a post on facebook.
A couple of hours later they removed the entire posting from their facebook wall, so I posted the following, "Wow, you can't even back up what you start? You wanted to see someone step up and tell the world how you are spreading disinformation. When we do you just delete the post? Either man up and admit you're lying to the public or shut the doors".
I took the above screenshot knowing that they would delete the post, but wanted proof that the Gonzales Inquirer is running scared. They know they are in the wrong, they just won't admit it. So they did delete the post (go see if their wall looks like my picture, it doesn't because of all the deletions), and they un-friended me. I'm going to take that as a badge of honor!
Look here's my beef with the Inquirer -
1) They have gotten so bias that it's sickening. They might as well call it the Mary Ann MacLean news paper because that's all they are printing. Did you know that they did NOT print Steve Hendershots paid article that was delivered in a timely manner. Seems to me they have an obligation to print equal space if the opponents want it (remember it's a paid ad).
2) They have gotten to where they are printing 1/2 truths. Yes, we purchased a fire truck. Yes we purchased some work on the dam turbines, but those were ALL budgeted items for the city, not emergency fund items. So somewhere we have combined 2 stories that look like one to cover up the guilty.
3) Where was their reporting on the fraud cases? These guys are suppose to be bringing us the news, not making it! When was the last real 'scoop' they had? Come on, with the information I get daily their paper should be full of 'interesting facts' that you need to be aware of.
4) They have just gotten childish. I would NEVER have posted my comment just willy nilly on their facebook wall, but THEY ASKED FOR COMMENTS!!! If you are going to do such a thing you best be willing to back it up! A professional would of never done that, but if they did they would of responded to the comments placed up there! Comment on the disinformation on the Normas House. Comment on the disinformation on the fraud cases. Comment on the disinformation on the GEDC board. Comment on the disinformation on the budget. Let's just start there! Back up your facts, the budget is there under the Freedom of Information Act to back you up, but we all know I'm right here.
I have read the Gonzales Inquirer for about 14 of the 15 years I've been here. But I dropped my subscription. We've quite advertising in their paper (admittedly it wasn't a lot, but a hundred or so a year). And honestly except when someone brings a copy over to roll their eyes with me I never even touch it, why bother I like to get my local fiction from guys like Tim Quinton and his Sea Huntress series, not from my newspaper.
It's sad, because the Gonzales Inquirer has a great tradition in our community. Unfortunately the current staff has brought it down to a couple of children wanting to take their balls home because they didn't get their way.
God Bless,
Dennis Nesser
PS, Hey Greg, I know someone at the paper is reading my blog, I see the cookies, I want you to know I won't delete your comments. Here's your opportunity to get it right. Even if I disagree with them I will either rebut them or let the world decide the truth, but I won't delete them!
Keep up the good work. There is to much cover up not only in the city but all board including the livestock board.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your hard work.
Thanks for the kind words.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right. I think though so much of it comes from people being in office so long they think that no one can stop them. They get complacent.
Keep telling people about the website, and let them know it's open for anyone to discuss!
God Bless
Cookies are items places on a client machine by a webserver. Therefore, unless you have access to the Inquirer's computer to check its cookies or you capture the ip address and get a court order for the isp to release its dhcp tables and use web logs for a comparative analysis, one cannot determine who is looking at their site. Blogspot does not offer those tools either.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work give them hell !!!!!!
ReplyDeleteahhh, your computer leaves a trace on the server you visit. I know the type of computer used (OS), I know the type of browser you're using (IE, Firefox, etc, etc), I know the name of the external router from your location, I know the IP address you looked from, and how many times that IP had visited.
ReplyDeleteDon't believe me? Go open up a blog for free at blogger.com. Add in the http://www.statcounter.com/ gadget, and then go visit. You'll be surprised at all the information you'll be told about your visitors.
God Bless,
Dennis Nesser