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Don't look for much North Jersey news in The Record today -- with most of the front page covered by the eighth and ninth stories on the Dharun Ravi verdict, and a takeout on possible expansion of the state's corrupt gambling industry.
Editor Marty Gottlieb doesn't seem to know much about who is reading the Woodland Park daily.
Gambling addicts who read every word from the biggest self-promoter in the newsroom, Staff Writer John Brennan, are few and far between.
Rich and powerful
Hanson also is a close friend of Chairman Malcolm A. "Mac" Borg's, and the two multimillionaires co-own a business jet -- though Brennan would never tell that to readers.
Since Christie took office in January 2010, The Record has been famous for ignoring his refusal to tax millionaires or raise the low gasoline tax and focus instead on gambling as one way to rescue the state's economy.
One story I would have liked to see on Page 1 today is the A-3 report that Christie's rosy projection of a 7.4% revenue increase over the next fiscal year is "the highest jump of any of the 50 states -- and more than double the national average" of 2.8%.
Wrong photo -- ouch
Talk about embarrassing corrections. On A-2 today, Production Editor Liz Houlton corrects a huge screw-up -- running the wrong, poorly reproduced photo with Saturday's L-6 obituary of Terrence Pellegrino, a retired Paterson firefighter.
On the front of Sykes' Local section, that blithering idiot, Road Warrior John Cichowski, talks about getting burned at the gas station, which pumped $42 worth of gas instead of the $25 he wanted.
What kind of gas guzzler does the moron drive? Why doesn't he just buy a plug-in hybrid and shut-up, so he can fulfill his column's mission of writing about commuting problems?
Two local obits
At the bottom of L-1 today, readers find a full report on the unintended suicide of the Rev. James F. Reilly, who died early Saturday from the severe burns he suffered when he apparently fell asleep while smoking.
Readers have had to study the words and quotes in stories about the Palisades Park priest to conclude he caused his own death, because Sykes has done her best through editing to obscure that.
On L-3, the obituary of Librarian Mary Louise Helwig-Rodriguez, 46, ignores the role her obesity might have played in her short lifespan, as evident in the photo of her reading to children in the Little Falls Public Library.
Today's Local section carries a long story about development in Englewood (L-3), but nothing from Hackensack, Teaneck or other large communities.
Drink up
In Better Living, Staff Writer Elisa Ung does her best to promote wine sales in restaurants by allegedly telling readers how to get "the most value" with tips from the pros (The Corner Table, F-1).
Readers shocked by the outrageous markup of wine in restaurants might be excused in not believing Ung when she says they "generally mark up wine at least two to three times the wholesale (not retail) price."
In Opinion, the most readable piece today is not from Mike Kelly. On O-2, Bill Holland of Better Choices for New Jersey calls Christie's proposal to cut income taxes a bad one:
"Over three years it will cost the state $1.1 billion, and as you might expect from a governor who has made tax cuts for the wealthy a point of pride, over $400 million will go to the richest 1 percent of New Jerseyans" while "the average working family will see about $2 a week."
More heat than light
In Real Estate, the cover story on the so-called untested market for solar homes doesn't include anything on the huge federal tax deductions enjoyed by homeowners who install panels or loans that can be paid back with money from Solar Renewable Energy Credits (R-1).
Congratulations to Travel Editor Jill Schensul, a vegetarian, for finally including a full discussion of food options in a cover story -- today's piece on Austin, Texas (T-1).
Readers who wonder why Travel has rarely, if ever, had anything on South Korea should know the animal-loving Schensul has been punishing that country in the mistaken belief the consumption of dogs is widespread.
Gov. Christie has a big repair job before him. Prudential should have never tried to get Urban Transit Hub funds. Tap the state for a quarter of a billion bucks that were meant to go to new business? It's not in the spirit of the original tax incentive and it's shafting other part of Jersey along with the taxpayers. With a profit of $3.5 billion last year, Prudential can afford to pay for their own building.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Prudential is trying to milk government for all the financial concessions it can get under the implied threat of moving out of Newark -- a threat it has held over the city for decades.
ReplyDeleteMs. Mary Louise, our Little Falls children's librarian was a beautiful person inside and out. Everyone is saddened by her loss. I am horrified to read your cold comments.
ReplyDeleteI am sure she was everything you say, but Governor Christie and the editors of The Record have ignored the obesity epidemic for far too long, especially childhood obesity.
ReplyDeleteShe did not present a good example to the children, and her weight should have been mentioned in terms of whether it shortened her life.
Fascinating response.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you expect? An apology?
ReplyDeleteMr. Sassoon, I could care less about Christie and The Record editors today. Are you always so empathic?
ReplyDeleteI try to be.
ReplyDeleteYou again demonstrate it.
ReplyDeleteIf an Anonymous commentator thinks I am "irrelevant," why is he or she reading "Eye on The Record"?
ReplyDeletePerhaps, like kings of old, we like to keep a court jester around. That seems to be what you were looked upon as during your days at The Record, judging what I have read on other blogs.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what you've read, but no one who runs The Record thought an age-discrimination suit was funny.
ReplyDeleteI do have a great sense of humor, however.