News-Press Cape Life shows part of the story.
I’ve been known to state things contrary to the News-Press a number of times during this UEP investigation and discussion. I personally feel that it is important to tell the entire story, even if the answer isn’t something that we want to hear.
I reviewed the Cape Life section of the paper this morning, along with an introductory article on the front page of the paper. Several things immediately jumped out at me.
First, the price for services to the residents changed three times from the front page of the paper, to the front of Cape Life, to the second page of Cape Life. 28k on the Front page, by Jeff Cull, 25k on the Intro area on the front of Cape Life, and 24k in Tom Hayden’s introduction on the second page.
Next, going through the ‘Key Players’ they left out at least one very important key player on staff, Mr. Chuck Pavlos. Mr. Pavlos is not only heavily involved, he is ultimately responsible with maintaining the system as it comes online. His modifications to processes, and his guiding hand are responsible for many of the tweeks, and savings they have been able to put in place for us.
Lastly, they chose a forum thread to cover as a news story. They listed a handful of posts from a thread related to flooding in a neighborhood. This thread had nothing to do with the Utility Expansion at all. It was instead a story about a new school being built, and the flooding caused during an extremely heavy downpour. They left out any posts other than the most inflammatory, and decided not to post anything about the outcome.
For your edification, the entirety of the original post is here: I want the NP to look into a construction site! After the situation was resolved, a new thread was created, and the outcome of the complaint was listed here: Have to give credit where credit is due!
News-Press, I’m disappointed. You want to investigate, and place yourself in a position of trust, for the people. You want us to believe in your investigative power as journalists. You want us to purchase your paper, because you are ‘watchdogs’ of the City’s interest. If you wish to be in this position, you need to display the entire story, not just the part that supports your current position.
