Eddie Murphy via last.fmI didn't receive the main news and Local sections with The Record of Woodland Park today, so let's look at Real Estate and the other sections I did get. (Customer service promised delivery of the news sections within two hours.)
In Real Estate, Staff Writer Kathy Lynn reports that in 2007, 143 homes sold for more than $2 million in Bergen County. Of course, one of those was the $3.65 million estate in Tenafly purchased with a company mortgage by Publisher Stephen A. Borg -- only months before layoffs and the departure of many veteran employees.
The greed of some home owners is clear. Eddie Murphy was asking $30 million in 2004 for an Englewood home he bought in 1985 for $3.5 million. (Borg sold the home he bought for $865,000 with his first company mortgage in 1999 for $2 million.) What does Michele Kolsky of Coldwell Banker in Fort Lee really think of buyers? "All last year, [they] were under a rock." So I guess she is saying they are nothing more than bugs.
Better Living has a recipe for tomatillos as the only food coverage today.
In Opinion, the most interesting reading is in letters to the editor. The paper also found room today to print guidelines for writing letters, without mentioning the volume of readers' letters is so great, letters from employees, including editors, reporters and copy editors, won't be accepted or published.
That policy hasn't really been a problem at The Record because few newsroom employees believe in anything or are willing to go out on a limb to support others employees whose rights have been routinely violated.
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I am an NJMG employee and have had letters published numerous times in the paper. It's not like I come out and say I work for the company, though.
ReplyDeleteThat's news to me. Maybe non-editorial employees can send letters in. I don't know whether the policy I cited is still in effect.
ReplyDeleteDo the Borgs still have their private jet?
ReplyDeleteDidn't know they ever had one. What information do you have?
ReplyDeleteThey have had a private jet for years. Parked at Teterboro.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it used for, do you know? Who uses it? Is it one of those jets you buy a share in or wholly owned?
ReplyDeleteShare. Not something you'd brag about while you eliminate 401k contributions and freeze salaries. Used for the family, big wigs.
ReplyDeleteWell, the Borgs come first. Employees are expendable, no matter how loyal or productive.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, true.
ReplyDeleteI think newspaper publishers should be held to a higher standard than other employers. After all, they are protected by constitutional rights, and with them comes certain responsibilities. One is to make sure your son doesn't take over the newspaper and run it for his personal gain.
ReplyDeletePower without conscience is a dangerous thing.
ReplyDeleteMost NJMG top managers never consider (or care about) the lives and the families they destroy.
Being without a job would never happen in the Borg household, so how could he imagine the devastation it brings? "Let them eat cake" indeed. Are you listening, Mac?
Everything you say rings true to me. I saw Mac in April and, although he was beautifully dressed, he is much heavier than before, and moves slowly. He was born in 1938, so at 72, could project a vigorous image. Someone needs to buy him a gym membership, and he needs to go everyday before holing up in the old headquarters building on River Street.
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